Wraparound Care Assistant

The Abbey Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 8AZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Grade L3, Point 6 Pro rata - £5133.75

Wraparound Care Assistant job summary

We are excited to offer an opportunity for staff to join our After School Club team as a Wraparound Care Assistant. This role is a wonderful chance to support children in their play, promote inclusion and our school values, prepare snacks, and provide positive, nurturing supervision at the end of the school day. With up to three afternoons available (3 hours per day), it’s a flexible way to take on a rewarding position that makes a real difference to our pupils. If you’re enthusiastic, caring, and passionate about creating a safe and engaging play environment, we’d love you to apply!

Job Purpose:
To assist in the provision of the care, safety and learning of the children. This will involve supporting children to participate in engaging and enriching activities and making sure they follow relevant policies and procedures to ensure their safety and wellbeing.

After school club working hours are 3:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday during school term time, including set up, preparation and clear up time.

Main Duties:

- To provide care for pupils using the after-school club provision, ensuring they are safe, secure and happy.

- To plan and prepare various activities to promote engagement, teamwork and various wider learning opportunities

- To liaise with parents and carers to ensure that the welfare and development needs of individual students are met

- To develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues by working effectively as a member of the school staff team.

- To develop inclusion by:

- facilitating participation;

- helping to build confidence and self-esteem

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- promoting a sense of independence;

- - encouraging and supporting students to reach their full potential.

- Provide pastoral care to pupils

- To require a high standard of behaviour, encouraging students to develop relationships with others and to recognise and deal with their emotions;

- To establish, develop, monitor and maintain positive relationships with students.

- To administer first aid, as appropriate

- To prepare a range of snacks and supervise children as they eat

- To uphold and promote the school values

- To be responsible for the safeguarding and wellbeing of children by following school policy relating to safeguarding, health and safety and behaviour management.

- To undertake any other relevant duties as deemed appropriate by the Headteacher

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

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.

About The Abbey Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Abbey Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-abbey-primary-school

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