Midday Meals Assistant

Jack Tizard School, London, W12 7PA

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 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: £4,354.00 - £4,416.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only (39 weeks per year), 6.25 hours per week, Monday - Friday 12:00 - 1.15pm

Midday Meals Assistant job summary

You will play a vital role in keeping pupils safe during mealtimes, supporting them to improve their eating and drinking skills and providing fun play and interaction opportunities. This is a truly a life enhancing role and one where no two days are the same.

We are a special school for pupils aged 2 to 19 years with a range of Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), including Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD). Jack Tizard is a happy, friendly school where pupils are encouraged and supported to learn and achieve. Each child and young person within our school is treated as a unique individual and, our multi-disciplinary approach to learning, provides the opportunities for them to reach their full potential.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a positive and enthusiastic approach with a passion for supporting learners with SEND
• Be an excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Develop and maintain positive relationships across the school community
• Be able to multi-task
• Have excellent IT skills
• Be flexible and solution focussed
• Be calm and patient
• Embrace working in a varied and sometimes unpredictable environment

We can offer you:

• The chance to work as part of a supportive and dedicated staff team, where all individuals are valued
• Annual wellbeing day
• Staff discount at Westfield London
• Inclusive and supportive community
• A chance to work in a diverse, inclusive and vibrant community with excellent transport links
• Access to the Local Government Pensions Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Performance Management and career progression support

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; staff share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for successful appointees in accordance with current legislation. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website https://www.jacktizard.lbhf.sch.uk/about-us/school-documents

We welcome a school visit as part of the application process and this can be arranged by contacting us on 0208 735 3590 .

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Jack Tizard School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 73 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Jack Tizard School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/jack-tizard-school (opens in new tab)

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