Supervisory Assistant - Moordown St john's Primary School

We are looking for a caring and committed person to join our happy team of lunchtime staff.

As a member of our lunchtime team, you will contribute to ensuring positive lunchtimes for our pupils and will be responsible for:

 * Overseeing pupils eating their lunches

 * Overseeing games and positive play in the playgrounds/field/outdoor areas

 * Overseeing indoor activities in the classrooms in the event of wet weather 

 * Assisting with cleaning/clearing of Hall after the lunch session.

The contract, which is for 6.25 hours per week, for 39 weeks per year is offered on a fixed term basis until 31 August 2027 in the first instance. Working hours will be 11.55 – 13.10 during term time plus some INSET day training. Reduced days can be considered. 

Casual Lunchtime staff are also required to help out on an ‘as and when needed basis’.

You must be self-motivated, committed and have:

 * experience of working with children 

 * knowledge of playground games

 * an ability to maintain a healthy and safe environment 

 * a sense of humour.

In addition, you will be expected to support our Church School ethos.

Application packs are available from the school website www.st-johns.bournemouth.sch.uk 

or from the School Office either by collection or by sending a large stamped addressed envelope (large letter stamp) to the school address.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may appoint before the closing date.

Our school values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Our school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.