Lunchtime Supervisor

Clewer Green CofE First School, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3RL

4 days remaining to apply

Start date details
asap
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £5,211.00 - £5,211.00 Annually (Actual) 8.5hrs/week, term-time only. Mon-Fri 11.45am-1.15pm with an additional hour for admin to be taken flexibly

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

The ideal candidate will:

Be able to relate to pupils in a positive way through encouragement, support and empathy. Must demonstrate caring skills

Be able to work in a calm manner in a busy and sometimes noisy environment.

Basic First Aid knowledge and a willingness to complete First Aid training.

Be able to operate positively in a small team

Job Accountabilities:

Organise the rota and responsibilities of the lunchtime controllers, ensuring that there is sufficient supervision of pupils during the lunch period.

Prepare the dining area so that all pupils can be accommodated during the lunch period and ensure that the area is clean and tidy and returned to its normal state to enable it to be used during the afternoon session.

Have high expectations of behaviour, ensuring that pupils behave in accordance with the schools Behaviour Policy by identifying unacceptable behaviour and dealing with the individual. Serious misconduct should be reported in accordance with the schools procedure.

Ensure that pupils eat their lunch in an acceptable manner and that tables are left clean and tidy. This will involve teaching children to use a knife and fork, encouraging good manners, monitoring eating habits/behaviour and reporting concerns to the appropriate teacher. Use the schools reward system to encourage good behaviour.

Check lunch boxes and children’s selected school meal to encourage healthy eating and report concerns to the appropriate teacher.

Supervise the dining area and designated school grounds ensuring that pupils behave in an acceptable and safe manner. This will involve encouraging social interaction and play and reporting areas of concern to the appropriate teacher.

Maintain awareness of individual children’s problems/needs so that any behavioural issues can be dealt with in an informed and appropriate way.

Deal with any emergencies including giving first aid in line with school operating guidelines.

Perform duties in line with Health & Safety rules of the school and to take remedial action where hazards are identified. Where hazards are serious report to line manager immediately

Maintain awareness of individual children’s problems/needs so that any behavioural issues can be dealt with in an informed and appropriate way.

Deal with any emergencies including giving first aid in line with school operating guidelines.

Perform duties in line with Health & Safety rules of the school and to take remedial action where hazards are identified. Where hazards are serious report to line manager immediately.

Attend Team meetings (held during school time) and essential training (often held out of school time but for which there is pro-rata payment).

Work in collaboration with the kitchen staff.

Conduct appraisals for lunchtime controllers.

Encourage acceptance and inclusion of all children in the school, in accordance with our Mission Statement.

Promote pupils’ self esteem.

Contribute to a positive school environment.

Act as a good role model when interacting with children.

Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance.

Clewer Green First School is committed to safeguarding and the successful candidate will undergo all necessary recruitment checks, including online checks and will need to complete an enhanced DBS.

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.