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After School Club Assistant

Lawley Village Academy, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2SG

This job expired on 19 September 2024 – see similar jobs

Start date details
As soon as possible (pending safer recruitment checks)
Closing date
19 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 September 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: £22,737.00 - £23,114.00 Annually (FTE) NJC England & Wales 37 SCP 3-4 FTE (£22,737 - £23,114) Permanent, 13.75 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days

After School Club Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint an excellent Afterschool club assistant to help us in running a professional and caring afterschool service for our children. The position is for 13.75 hours per week.

In particular, successful candidates should have: 

Experience of working with young children 

Basic understanding of child development and learning 

Enthusiasm and dedication to caring and supporting pupil activities 

You should be: 

A responsible and reliable person 

Confident in dealing with young people, maintaining discipline and motivation 

Able to relate well to pupils and adults 

What can we offer you? 

An active school community with supportive parents; 

An award winning learning environment; 

Excellent professional development opportunities; 

A supportive working culture that focuses on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children; 

The chance to work with a supportive family of schools (REAch2 trust) who share the same passion for primary education. 

Why work with us:

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:
 
▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
 
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
 
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing

You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.

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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