26 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP, following successful completion of pre-employment checks

  • Closing date

    7 January 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 December 2025

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Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £5,835.32 - £6,057.41

Meal Time Assistant job summary

Salary Scale Grade B point 3 - FTE £24,027, Actual Salary £5,654.35 per annum plus additional hours

10 hours per week - 38 weeks per year, Permanent Contract + commitment to attend two Autumn Term Non-Pupil Days (September Safeguarding refresher and Autumn term Safety Interventions refresher) which the successful candidate would be able to claim additional hours for.

Positions available will be based at our Rochford School location, Ernesettle, PL5 2PY.

We are looking to appoint several flexible, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our outstanding team.

Our Mealtime Assistants are required to work 2 hours a day, 5 days per week and term time only. Experience or knowledge of autism, Severe Learning Disability and Profound & Multiple Learning disability would be advantageous but is not essential as full training and support will be provided. Initial training will include Safety Interventions which involves several hours online training and one full day in person training which the successful candidate would be able to claim additional hours for.

The role can be challenging and does require a high level of resilience, but successful candidates will have the opportunity to support our incredible & amazing children and young people, with the full support of colleagues in class and the school as a whole, and share in their successes.

We are committed to Safeguarding and expect all staff to share this commitment - an enhanced DBS disclosure, online checks and satisfactory references are required for this post.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Mill Ford School is fully committed to keeping our pupils safe. Safeguarding means keeping everyone safe from harm such as abuse, bullying, discrimination, hate crimes or harassment, including child on child sexual harassment and abuse. Safeguarding also includes keeping children and young people safe from on line abuse, bullying and risks to their health and safety.

More information on safeguarding at Mill Ford School can be found on our website at: https://www.millfordschool.co.uk/important-documents/safeguarding

Successful applicants will be required to complete a DBS application as part of our pre-employment checks as well as participating in a rolling programme of regular safeguarding checks.

Applying for the job

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About Mill Ford School

School type
Special school, ages 3 to 19
School size
132 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
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Mill Ford is a school with a specialism in meeting the needs of children and young adults aged 3-19 with complex needs, including severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties, complex medical needs and autistic spectrum conditions.
We are a friendly, child-centered school where staff work tirelessly to provide each child and young person with an individual and exciting curriculum that ensures pupils develop skills and knowledge for life now and in the future. We place a strong emphasis on ensuring our pupils aspire to be the best they can, are able to contribute to society, develop their communication and social skills, enjoy learning and have a strong sense of self. We ensure pupils can achieve these things independently in a nurturing environment, where they feel safe enough to take risks.

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