Wrap Around Care Assistant
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 2LW8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
12 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 15 hour per week.
Contract type
- Fixed term - initially until 31 March 2026, with the view to becoming permanent.
Pay scale
- Band 2, Scale point 3-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you have experience of working with primary school aged children?
We require friendly and caring people to work within our wrap around care unit providing high quality childcare afterschool.
We have received funding from the Department of Education for our new Wrap Around Care facility, starting from January 2025.
Working for 15 hours per week during the term time, the role is temporary, initially until 31 March 2026, with the view to becoming permanent.
The position will require you to plan, set up, prepare, and coordinate the weekly timetable and ensure appropriate resources and healthy snacks are provided for our children as well as supervising our children during the After School Care sessions.
About us
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy is a Primary school and is located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. We are an Ofsted-rated 'Good' school.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
You will:
- Be caring and supportive and promote a good standard of behaviour.
- Act as a role model and set a positive example to our children.
- Ensure the provision offers a safe and stimulating environment.
- Have strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.
- Have a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for children.
- Have strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents.
- Be self-motivated, energetic and proactive and will ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality education and care for all of our children.
- Have the ability to deal with new challenging situations.
- Be a strong team player able to support colleagues within a small team.
- Have a positive and flexible attitude.
- Be given Paediatric First Aid Training on commencement of this role
Desirable:
- To have a Level 3 qualification in Child Care and Education
- To hold a valid Paediatric First Aid Training Certificate
It is an expectation of the role that you will hold a Paediatric First Aid Training Certificate and if you do not currently have this, training will be provided.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for us?
We offer:
- A salary of£8,401 - £8,668 (OLOL Band 2, Scale Point 3)
- A team of talented and highly committed staff.
- A supportive working environment.
- Access to first class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Employee benefit scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme
For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact the school on 01724 842382.Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school to arrange this.
Closing date: 12th December 2024 at 12:00 noon.
Further details about the role
Apply Today!
If you're ready to make a difference and help shape the future of our students, we'd love to hear from you
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
You do not need to be a catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
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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.
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About St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@OLOLCATHOLICMAT.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01522527500
Arranging a visit to St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@OLOLCATHOLICMAT.co.uk.
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