Breakfast and After School Club Support Worker/Teaching Assistant
Cronton Church of England Primary Academy, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5DFThis job expired on 11 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 10.75 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £6,062 - £6,163
What skills and experience we're looking for
Duties and Responsibilities:
➢ To provide a safe, creative and appropriate positive opportunities including preparing activities, organisation programmes and arranging equipment.
➢ To ensure that all activities are carried out within an equal opportunities framework.
➢ To have any necessary qualification and/or to undertake any necessary training as required.
➢ To encourage community wide participation, activity planning and delivery.
➢ To help to develop and maintain good relationships and communications with parents to facilitate day-to-day caring needs.
➢ To encourage parental involvement and support through the development of effective working relationships.
➢ To ensure that activities are carried out in a safe and responsible manner in accordance with statutory responsibilities.
➢ To ensure that any food provision is carried out within the guidelines of the food safety act 1990. Food is balanced and healthy in accordance with dietary requirements.
➢ To help the club leader to ensure that a wide range of creative and enjoyable activities are offered.
➢ To ensure that the activity meets the full range of children's individual and group needs.
➢ Adhere Staff Policies and Practices.
➢ To ensure the provision of good standards of physical and emotional care.
➢ To ensure good standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
➢ To be responsible for the Health and Safety standards appropriate for the needs of the children.
➢ To assist with the preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment.
➢ To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.
➢ To ensure confidentially of information received.
➢ To participate in staff training and staff meetings when applicable.
➢ To comply with both the school’s and LDST policies and procedures.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer the successful candidate:
• A friendly and supportive environment
• A chance to make a real difference in the lives of our wonderful children
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Cronton Church of England Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 233 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- lesley.aldridge@ldst.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 424 3881
Cronton Church of England Primary school is an outstanding 1 form entry school, with level access, located in the heart of Cronton village. We have a pre-school nursery that we are currently extending for 2 year old provision and run wraparound care on site to support parents.
Our mission is: “I can do everything through God who gives me strength”
To provide a wide range of outstanding educational and life experiences so that every child can attain their full potential within a happy and Christian environment based on Christian values.
WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE . . .
Based on the Christian faith, we aim to teach every child to be considerate and respectful of themselves, others and the environment with everyone leading by example and demonstrating our belief in the Christian values.
To make school a place of happy memories and enjoyable learning, where all children are given a chance to shine and to leave the school as well-rounded individuals prepared for the future.
To develop the children in our care by giving them wide ranging experiences so that they gain knowledge and understanding of the world around them and value the opportunities that they have.
To give the children a firm foundation in the skills needed to succeed by being literate, numerate, creative and to possess technology skills to discover information for themselves within a safe, purposeful and open learning environment. We have a well thought out and sequenced KEYS curriculum which is now fully embedded throughout the school. Extensive resources and the development of key learning attitudes enable ALL children to learn more and remember more, and in doing so unlock their knowledge. Our extended programme of enrichment activities fully supports our academic opportunities.
To develop the whole child so that they are confident and motivated to learn and develop their own individual abilities and talents to achieve success that is recognised and celebrated.
To involve parents in the partnership of their child’s education at our school and foster relationships that will support the development of their child. We aim to develop our own skills and knowledge as we recognise that learning is a lifelong journey and all staff are committed to their own development to benefit ourselves and the children we teach.
ETHOS AND VALUES
As a Church of England school, the foundation of our approach is the Christian faith. The school enjoys strong links with the church, and this allows everyone to learn about and practice Christian beliefs, and to take part in its community life. The school is committed to respecting the personal values and beliefs (religious or otherwise) of parents and children.
Our school values are underpinned by our Christian beliefs and values for life. The eighteen carefully chosen Christian Values which are Generosity, Justice, Wisdom, Compassion, Forgiveness, Trust, Service, Humility, Friendship, Responsibility, Resilience, Perseverance, Courage, Creativity, Hope, Respect, Truthfulness and Peace. These are taught on a three year cycle with six values in each cycle.
The Governors and staff of Cronton C. E. School have aims for the children linked to our school motto “BEST”.
Believe - to have faith in God, oneself and others
Enjoy - to be happy, secure, confident and independent.
Succeed - for every child to be well motivated, develop their potential and experience success.
Together - to be part of the community, locally, nationally and globally; to be well mannered, disciplined, sociable, caring and respectful.
Education at Cronton CE Primary School is a partnership between the home, the school and the church. We aim to make the school a warm, inviting and welcoming place, where children can feel secure and where parents are valued.
We aim to develop children’s spiritual maturity enabling them to take responsibility for their own actions and to understand the needs of others. Giving children opportunities to reflect with awe and wonder on what they learn in school and the world around them and fostering their spiritual development. Throughout their time at Cronton C. E. School children are encouraged to express experiences, feelings, questions and ideas in their own words.
We believe that the school is both happy and welcoming, and that the education the children receive is of an extremely high standard. We foster a caring attitude in all who attend the school.
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