Playground Supervisor - Great Missenden, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council

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Great Missenden, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Reference number
BUC09737

Contract type
Permanent

Working hours
Part Time

Level of DBS check required
Enhanced with Barred List

Date posted
31 Jul 2023, 11 p.m.

Application deadline
31 Aug 2023

Overview:

Do you have a nurturing personality and enjoy working with happy and enthusiastic children? Would you like to be a part of a warm and family-feel environment?

Term time only

Salary Type:
Other

Salary details:
Other

Contract type:
Permanent

Hours:10-2 Monday to Friday

Closing date:31/08/2023 12:00

Interviews to be held:
w/c 4 September 2023

About us:

We are a nurturing and thriving independent co-educational prep school set in the heart of the Chilterns with 250+ children.

About the role:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

To supervise the children during staff breaks, to ensure the safety of the children

and to promote their well being at all times

To assist the member of staff on duty at break time during outdoor or indoor play,

by supervising 1 area of the playground each and interacting with the children

To ensure sufficient playground equipment is laid out at break times and cleared

up afterwards, to encourage the children to play together by modelling positive

social skills, to teach children playground games

To read the staff meeting minutes posted on the staff room notice board once a

week

To meet with the Head of Pastoral care once a week to discuss the needs of the

children

To deal with incidents in line with the Positive Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policies

and record them in the playground incident book

To communicate serious incidents to the Lead Playground Supervisor, the

appropriate teacher and head of key stage if necessary

To ensure children play in the designated areas
To ensure children are dressed appropriately for the weather and wear trainers for

the courts

To provide basic first aid treatment where appropriate and to manage the

transference of more serious injuries to the nurse

To ring the bell outside the staffroom 5 minutes before the end of break and at the

end of break. Ensure the children walk into their lines and supervise the lines until

staff arrive

For further information, please see the attached job description.

About you:

We are looking to appoint an energetic and caring individual to join our friendly team of playground supervisors. You will help to safely supervise the children at break times and encourage engaging and fun activities. In addition, there is a requirement to assist with meal times across the school.

Other information:

Application forms to be received by midday 31 August 2023. Interview w/c 4 September 2023.

Gateway School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent convictions and conditional cautions:

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All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance
and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice** (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').