Mrs Ethelston's - Breakfast Club Playworker and Teaching Assistant - (Fixed term, 16 hours per week)
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy, Lyme Regis, Devon, DT7 3TT13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) £8844.56 (Actual salary)
Mrs Ethelston's - Breakfast Club Playworker and Teaching Assistant - (Fixed term, 16 hours per week) job summary
The First Federation Trust, a Multi Academy Trust of 29 primary schools across Devon and Dorset, including Mrs Ethelston's CE Primary Academy.
Mrs Ethelston’s Church of England Primary Academy is situated in the lovely village of Uplyme, which adjoins Lyme Regis. We have close links with other schools in both Dorset and Devon, and we are a feeder school to The Woodroffe School. We make the most of our rural location with visits around the local area, and are also proud to be part of the Jurassic Coast and the many unique learning opportunities this provides.
Mrs Ethelston’s has close and happy links with St Peter and St Pauls Church and is very much a community school and although the children come from a fairly wide area, they are encouraged to feel involved in village life. There are many links with the village of Uplyme creating a real partnership with the local community.
The First Federation Trust are seeking to appoint for a combined Breakfast Club Worker and Teaching Assistant post at Mrs Ethelston's CE Primary Academy.
Breakfast Club Playworker
We are looking for a warm and caring individual to support our wrap around care facility at our school.
The key purpose of the job is to:
- Safeguard children during the breakfast/after school sessions
- Preparing and assisting with activities for the children on site
- Supervising any relevant meals/snacks required
Teaching Assistant
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated individual to work alongside the class teacher to support teaching and learning.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- To deliver targeted interventions
- To promote inclusion through the development of social skills, language and emotional well-being
- To work under the direction of the class teacher and liaise with other professionals both within and outside the school
- You will be expected to show a high degree of initiative and be able to react to given situations with integrity and compassion
You should:
- Be able to build a strong and appropriate rapport with children;
- Demonstrate the aptitude to work as part of a successful team;
- Have effective communication skills;
- Be able to support children in their play, while maintaining the children's safety and following the school's behaviour guidelines;
- Be able to demonstrate good food hygiene practices and follow the school health and safety policies
You would be working alongside a wonderful team of supportive staff with strong links through the Multi Academy Trust.
Fixed term until 31 August 2025, 16.25 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 11.15am
Closing date: 3 January 2025
Interview date: w/c 6 January 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for this post. Our Child Protection policy can be found on the school's website. All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.
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.
About Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
The Acorn Multi Academy Trust (www.acornacademy.org) currently consists of seven schools in West Dorset and East Devon: St Andrew’s CE Primary, Chardstock; Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary, Uplyme; Axminster Community Primary; Membury Primary; Loders CE Primary, Marshwood CE Primary & Thorncombe St Mary’s CE Primary. However from 1 September 2024, the Acorn Multi Academy Trust is expected to join First Federation Trust (www.firstfederation.org)
First Federation Trust is an expanding multi-academy Trust of primary schools located across Devon and Dorset. The Trust celebrates diversity and distinctiveness of each primary school and is committed to driving high standards through close collaborative working and the sharing of collective experience. The Trust is driven by their values and is committed to providing the best possible education for all the children in our schools.
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