Lunchtime Play Team Member

Riverside Primary School and Nursery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7JA

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 5 hours per week, 1 hour per day
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,043
• Actual salary: £2,760
• Pay scale: Scale 2a, Point 2

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main duties

• Work as part of the play team to cover all lunchtime tasks daily. This will include sessions outside and also sessions in the dining hall.

• Work with the play coordinator to ensure all children have access to exciting play opportunities every lunch time.

• Facilitate play opportunities and act as an ambassador for play.

• Work with the site manager, play coordinator, and play team members to ensure that all our children have a safe site for play.

• Coordinate and communicate between play zones and the dining hall to ensure all children visit the dining hall and eat their lunch.

• Assess play areas for risks daily and communicating/implementing any changes required. • Assist with putting out and packing away play equipment/kit.

• Record and report incidents of note that occur during lunchtime – e.g. site issues, behaviour, first aid.

• Assess and deliver first aid to pupils (if trained). Assist with first aid reporting.

• Coordinate and communicate with the play coordinator, play colleagues and the catering team to ensure that all children visit the dining hall in a scheduled manner, to minimise queuing and maximise play time outside.

• Assist children at lunch, e.g. with queuing, getting seated, opening packets, spillages, disputes, clearing plates / cutlery and encouraging good eating and social skills.

• Clear and clean the hall during service (eg spillages, assisting with waste food, trays and cutlery).

• Clean, pack down and store all dining hall furniture at the end of lunch. Sweep the floor ready for use in the afternoon.

• Offer care, support and advice for children during lunchtime.

• Contribute ideas and suggestions to improve the team practices and performance.

• Promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with school child protection and behaviour management policies.

• Support and uphold the school’s values system, our four school rules and reward pupils with verbal praise for positive attitudes and behaviours.

• Attend periodic team meetings and/or training for professional development.

• Assist with training new team members.

What the school offers its staff

We will offer you:

• A friendly, motivated and supportive working environment
• Professional development and training
• The opportunity to make a difference

Further details about the role

Job purpose/overall description

Working as a member of the play team, you will ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day and create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all. The play team is also responsible for ensuring that all our children have a pleasant eating experience at lunch time, whilst maximising the time they can spend outside playing. You will support all our children as they visit the dining hall and are responsible for clearing and cleaning the hall to a state ready for use (e.g. for PE, school assemblies) in the afternoon.

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.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Advert lunch play team member july24.pdf - 174 KB (opens in new tab)

Lunchtime play team mamber Recruitment Pack July24.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

About Riverside Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 397 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Riverside Primary School and Nursery website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk
• Phone number: 01628 621741
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-primary-school-and-nursery (opens in new tab)

Welcome to Riverside Primary School and Nursery.
Everyone at Riverside, staff and Governors, strives to provide the highest standard of educational opportunities for our children. Our vision for Riverside is for EVERY CHILD TO BE A HAPPY LEARNER. We aim to provide the highest quality of teaching and extra-curricular activities. Our school values are: Strive for excellence, Do the right thing and Build relationships. Our vision and values underpin all aspects of school life.
The first-rate team of teachers and support staff act as role models, educating and nurturing each child to bring out their individual strengths and achievements and to enable them to become capable, caring and confident citizens of the future. To achieve our aims, we work closely with parents so that we understand the needs of your children and to address any concerns or anxieties that you may have.
We warmly invite you to come and visit us at Riverside School and to see for yourselves the range of experiences we can offer your child. I am pleased that you have visited our website and look forward to meeting some of you soon.
Richard Daniels
Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Riverside Primary School and Nursery

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email finance@riversideprimaryschool.org.uk.

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