Lunchtime Assistant: 7 hrs 55 mins per week, term time only.
Salary: A1 point 02 (£11.59 per hour).
We have a vacancy for a lunchtime supervisory assistant to join our team.
For our children, we’re a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we’re a happy and healthy place to work.
We want someone who demonstrates personal qualities of dedication, patience, flexibility and humour. They will be able to work collaboratively as part of a team as well as respond quickly to the changing needs of the school and individual children.
Some experience of working with children would be useful though not essential as full support will be given to the successful applicant.
This role will involve supervising our children to ensure that lunchtime is a fun, active and enjoyable time of the day. The successful candidate will also be expected to supervise the children in the dinner hall. This will involve supporting children while they eat their lunch, helping to keep the dinner hall clean and tidy and ensuring the school discipline and safeguarding procedures are implemented at all times.
For children and staff alike, Scholes has:
– A perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
– A leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment
– Friendly, welcoming staff
– A great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
The hours will be 11.45am to 1.20pm, Monday to Friday (7 hrs 55 mins per week), term time only. The post is permanent and is subject to a satisfactory probationary period.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Sphere Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found here.
We may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, that might compromise your professional role.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria from the Ministry of Justice on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found here. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that are not filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guidance.
Please note, under Section 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006 (Legislation.gov.uk), it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred in engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Job description and person specification
Please email your completed application form to: scholesfinance@spherefederation.org.
Sphere Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found here.