Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA)
Woodlands Secondary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3SPThis job expired on 20 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
March 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 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
- £6,168.00 - £6,308.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only 38 weeks per year
Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA) job summary
The job
Our Midday Supervisory Assistants (MDSAs) play a vital role working alongside our class teams to support our amazing students to develop their self-help and independence skills over lunch time.
Staff usually work with individual students or small groups to assist them with eating their lunches, personal care, support on the playground and managing their behaviours.
Promoting good communication skills is a key element of the role; good spoken English skills are essential.
Some of our students require additional physical support with personal care and understanding how to regulate their emotions and behaviours.
MDSAs play a key role in ensuring that the students are safeguarded and their welfare promoted.
Hours
11.45am – 2.00pm, daily.
11.25 hours per week, term-time only
Salary
Actual salary £5,176.
Working in a special school is a unique and privileged opportunity for the right person. We advise interested parties to have a look at our website and our Facebook page - Official Woodlands Secondary School.
Closing Date
The closing date for applications is 20th January at midday.
The interview process
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to visit the school in the week beginning 20th January, to spend time in a classroom, Identified candidates may then be called for a face to face interview on Monday 27th January 2025
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post meets the definition of ‘Regulated Activity’ as defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended).
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for an enhanced DBS check to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
IT IS AN OFFENCE TO APPLY FOR A ROLE WORKING IN REGULATED ACTIVITY IF YOU ARE BARRED FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED POLICIES - Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy - Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy
Commitment to safeguarding
Woodlands Secondary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children.
About Woodlands Secondary School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 262 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Woodlands Secondary School website (opens in new tab)
Woodlands is a large secondary special school located in the north of Luton. Our mission statement is to 'Empower our young people to become successful adults.'
Our students have severe or profound learning difficulties, some have additional learning needs.
We have developed and refined our ambitious curriculum offer to meet the needs of the different cohorts of learners to ensure that learning is interesting, relevant and functional.
We have great facilities on site and aim to enrich learning by accessing the community and applying learning beyond the classroom.
School location
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