Mealtime Assistant - Maternity Cover

Woodlands Park Primary School, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9TF

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  12 May 2025

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: £4,009.51 Annually (Actual) 7.5 hours a week, 38 weeks a year

Mealtime Assistant - Maternity Cover job summary

To ensure that lunchtime activities are supported and managed in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures under the overall direction of the Headteacher for a fixed term period to cover maternity. Grade A, 7.5 hours per week, 38 weeks a year.

This includes:

School Meals

Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour in the Dining Hall.

Assist young children in handling knives and forks and if necessary cut up their food.

Encourage children to eat the meal provided and encourage them in avoidance of waste.

Supervise the orderly return of dishes.

Wipe down tables.

Clean up after spillage of food, water or sickness in dining area during the service of the meal.

General

Undertake playground and play leadership duty, supervising by circulating amongst children.

Supervise children in designated area, other than playground, during wet weather.

Attend to minor accidents.

Support the effective operation of the Mealtime Assistant team by demonstrating flexibility and co-operation.

Undertake training as required at the school or at an alternative venue.

Report to Headteacher any untoward circumstances.

Assist Headteacher as required in order to care for the safety and well-being of children.

An enhanced DBS is required for this position.

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.

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

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Woodlands Park Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 332 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodlands Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-park-primary-school-ivybridge

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