KS1 Midday Assistant

Rise Park Infant School, Romford, Essex, RM1 4UD

26 days remaining to apply

Start date details
Required as soon as possible
Closing date
16 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £3,228.00 - £3,274.00 Annually (Actual)

KS1 Midday Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic midday assistant to join our successful school to work with KS1 or Reception children during the lunch break.

The successful candidate will be:

Able to develop positive relationships with pupils and use a variety of strategies to keep pupils engaged;
Proactive, flexible, well-organised and willing to work collaboratively with other colleagues;
Able to contribute to ensuring lunchtime is a safe and enjoyable experience for all pupils;
Warm and caring, developing positive relationships with pupils;
Proactive in promoting social skills and collaboration amongst children;
Flexible and willing to take on a range of roles and responsibilities.
Follow the schools’ key policies and procedures;

We can offer:

A well-resourced environment
A cohesive and enthusiastic staff team
Polite and motivated pupils
Support and commitment to continuing professional development
A positive, engaged wider school community.
As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the Health Assured and Medicash organisations. This includes;
Access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline where you can have a telephone conversation for you and close relatives
Access to Physiotherapy and alternative therapies*
Chiropody*
Optical support*
Dental treatment*
Access to a counselling service
Weight Management Programme
Support for stress management
Lifestyle Screening
Relationship Counselling
Long-term condition support - support for you and family members where you or a member of your family is suffering from a long-term condition such as cancer, Multiple Sclerosis or Motor Neurones disease. This list is not exhaustive
Private Medical Service
Stress Counselling
* up to the maximum annual thresholds of the healthcare cash plan

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.