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[241126] School Club Assistant

Stoke Damerel Primary Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5PA

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Start date details
6th January 2025
Closing date
5 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 November 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Grade A Point 2, Actual Salary £8,534 per annum

[241126] School Club Assistant job summary

Stoke Damerel Primary School, Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced School Club Assistant to join the School from January 2025

Post: [241126] School Club Assistant

Location: Stoke Damerel Primary School, Collingwood Road, Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5PA

FTE Salary Range: NJC Grade A point 2 £23,656 per annum pro rata

Actual Salary: £8,534 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent, term time only (39 weeks per year)

Contract Hours: The hours are 7.30 am to 8.45 am (Monday to Friday) and 3.15 pm to 6.00 pm (Monday to Friday)

Various hours and days are available

About the role

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic School Club Assistant required to join our new Breakfast and Afterschool Club provision from January 2025. We are seeking to employ a creative individual who will make a positive contribution to our busy and friendly club. The role will require:

To assist the Club Supervisor as appropriate to ensure the smooth and reliable operation of the club
To encourage, and support a team of playleaders to provide a safe, stimulating environment for the children, with creative and play opportunities
To assist in ensuring the safety of all those children at the club
To act in a responsible manner towards the children at all times
To be responsible, with other team members, for ensuring that play materials and equipment are properly used, maintained
To assist with the day to day administration and record-keeping
Preparing and serving breakfast and afternoon snack to the children
Escorting children

About the successful candidate

Experience of working with parents and carers from a range of cultural backgrounds, encouraging full participation in their children's play and learning opportunities
Experience of working as part of team providing high quality childcare services
At least 2 years' experience of working with children in the 4-11 years age range and their families
Knowledge of child protection issues and policies and relevant Safeguarding procedures
Already holding a first aid and/or food hygiene qualification would be advantageous.

About the School

At Stoke Damerel Academy our motto is Dream Big, Achieve Together. What does this mean for our children? It means that as a school we have a clear aim and intention to provide an education that enables each child to dream of their own unique, possible future. Dream Big means that we seek to provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities for children to discover their potential. The children at our school consistently exemplify the words Achieve Together; they show time and again that they care for and support each other.

Our core school values are to help our pupils become well-rounded, ambitious children who strive to reach their potential through the exciting opportunities and experiences we provide. We teach our children to develop life skills such as resilience, resourcefulness, relationships, reflectiveness and risk taking to achieve success in learning. The Academy has a PAN of 420.

We Offer:

Happy, engaged children who love to learn

Classes organised so that you can really focus on children’s learning, with a highly effective support staff team

A school with Reading at its heart

Friendly and supportive staff

A school excited about moving forward with excellent opportunities for professional development

About the Trust

Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 17 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.

Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.

Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.

Next Steps

If you think this role may be for you and want to be involved at this exciting time in our development and have any questions about the position, please get in touch by calling the Recruitment team on 07759365064 or emailing us at recruitment@reachsouth.org.

Closing date: for applications is 5th December 2024 (12 noon)

Interview Date: Interviews are provisionally booked for 11th December 2024

To apply for this opportunity, please complete our online application form by clicking ‘apply now’ on the advert.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Therefore, an early application is strongly advised.

Opportunities and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary plus LGPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme with many other benefits.

We’re proud of how we support our staff in order that you have high levels of job satisfaction, are aware of the difference you are making for the children and families you work with and can see your contribution towards our community. There are regular opportunities for professional development and training, and a wider community of staff to network with within Reach South Multi Academy Trust. You will have the chance to visit other local schools, work alongside a range of outside professionals and take part in a variety of e-learning and face-to-face training.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Reach South Academy Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section of the application form before submitting.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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