Wrap Around Care Coordinator

The Ferrars Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0LL

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  3 July 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £9,888.00 - £10,053.00 Annually (Actual)

Wrap Around Care Coordinator job summary

The Ferrars Academy is a very popular, successful and well resourced academy with a well established and supportive leadership team; rated Good by Ofsted, we pride ourselves on delivering excellence in education, for our infant and nursery children. We are located in Luton on the Luton/Dunstable border, close to the M1, A5 link roads and the L&D hospital. Our 3 form entry school has children who are well behaved and learn in a vibrant and friendly environment.

Our Wrap Around Care provision is one of the essential services we offer our parent community. We are looking to recruit a highly committed and passionate person to join our team. As the co-ordinator, you will be responsible for organising, developing and leading the provision, ensuring that it provides high quality care for the children who attend.

This is a permanent position, starting in September 2024.

About you

The successful candidate will be someone who can:

• Engage effectively with the children in their care
• Greet parents and children in a welcoming manner
• Plan, set up and engage in recreational activities and the provision of healthy food
• Ensure children are safe and happy
• Clear away snacks and activities leaving a tidy environment
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, be flexible and model good communication skills
• Display high expectations of pupil behaviour
• Work well as part of a team

In return we can offer you:

• A vibrant and positive working environment
• Well behaved children
• Friendly and welcoming staff
• A range of staff benefits and incentives including discounted wrap around care fees, online shopping parcel drop off facilities and free refreshments
• A supportive leadership team and professional development opportunities,

Hours of work:

Monday - Friday 7:30am - 9:00am and then 3:00pm - 5:15pm, term time only (38 weeks per year)

Additional information:

Applicants for this public facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice in fluently spoken English.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

CV's and Personal statements are not accepted for any posts based in schools.

Please ensure that references include your most recent employer and that the contact email is their professional NOT their personal email address.

Successful applicants may be called to interview before the closing date and as such the advert may be withdrawn earlier than stated so early applications are encouraged.

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

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Using the application form

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

About The Ferrars Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 339 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Ferrars Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-ferrars-academy (opens in new tab)

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