Welfare Assistant
St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9HHDeadline is today
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
4 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.60 Hourly FLW
Welfare Assistant job summary
Job Advert Welfare Assistant - FLW
The Governors of St. Clare’s Catholic Primary School wish to appoint a Welfare Assistant to join our school and make an outstanding contribution to our lunchtime staff team.
This post is permanent and is subject to a probationary period.
The hours are 1.66 hours per day, 1 hour and 40 mins as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 11.50am to 1.30 pm.
The post is term time only (38 weeks).
We are looking for someone who is reliable, enthusiastic, flexible, responsible and caring, with a desire to make the pupils’ lunchtime a happy, safe and fun time.
The main duties of the post are:
- to supervise children in the hall eating their lunch, with vigilance around safety and pupil wellbeing in respect of dietary requirements, food allergies and choking risk;
- to clear up any spillages with due regard to your own and others’ health and safety;
- to actively supervise children outside in the playground, ensuring all children are well cared for and included in play by initiating or supporting structured play activities;
- to establish supportive relationships and promote kindness between pupils, with adherence to the school’s behaviour policy;
- to attend to any first aid needs and record using the school’s system;
- to supervise the tidy and safe storage of play equipment;
- to liaise with teachers and key staff, passing on any important information;
- during wet lunchtimes, to supervise the children in their classrooms.
- responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.
This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro -rata basis.
Please note that this vacancy closes at 12noon on 04/02/26.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Paediatric First Aid Training
Previous experience of working with primary school age children .
For an informal discussion please contact school on 01772 787037
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 279 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston website
St Clare’s is a thriving, vibrant one-form entry Catholic Primary School with a strong sense of community. It is a founding member of the Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the Lancaster Diocese. The school currently caters for 288 children between the ages of three and eleven years and was awarded good in our OFSTED inspection in March 2022 and outstanding in our Diocesan Inspection in April 2023.
We aim to develop the whole child so that they can reach their individual potential both socially, spiritually and academically.
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