Welfare Assistant x 2
Moorside Community Primary Academy School, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9EAThis job expired on 23 January 2026 – see similar jobs
Closing date
23 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday, 11:20am to 12:20pm daily. 5 hours per week.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months (may be extended subject to funding)
Hourly rate
- £12.60
What skills and experience we're looking for
Moorside Academy are seeking to appoint 2 Lunchtime Welfare Assistants to assist in the care and general welfare of pupils across the 2-11 years age range during the lunchtime period - 5 hours per week.
This post will initially be in the early years setting with children aged 2-5 years old.
The role requires someone who has a positive attitude toward working with children in their care and the ability to be a good role model. You will need to provide a nurturing approach and be supportive of the distinctive ethos and values of our school.
Desirable Qualifications
- First Aid training
- Food Safety
Desirable Experience
- Working as a welfare assistant or working with children in the past
- Positive behaviour management
- Working knowledge of safeguarding
What the school offers its staff
Moorside Academy offer all staff:
- Induction training accessed through the National College
- Continued professional development
- An extensive wellbeing package
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Moorside Community Primary Academy School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 255 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School website
- Email address
- jlee@moorside-academy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01695 722931
At Moorside Academy our primary aim as educators is to ensure that our pupils are safe, happy and ready to learn. The ethos of our school is that the foundations are built firmly on peace and respect, regardless of an individual’s role in the academy. Our children and their families (community) are at the heart of everything that we do here at Moorside and our curriculum has been developed in partnership with our children to be stimulating and engaging and to promote a lifelong love of learning. Our nurturing approach ensures that our curriculum is fully inclusive for all learners and we work hard to challenge all of our children and develop in them the resilience that will accompany them on their future learning journey.
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