School Lunchtime Supervisor Northampton, England
Job description
We are looking for a Lunchtime Supervisor to work 8.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 11.45am-1.30pm, for 38 weeks per year on a fixed term contract until 31 August 2024.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- To ensure the security, safety and well-being, and care of the pupils of the school and to promote their social, emotional and physical development during the lunch time period.
- To supervise pupils, during the lunch period, in dining hall, playground areas and school premises, ensuring the safety, welfare, physical and mental well-being of pupils and the maintenance of good order and discipline.
- To monitor the behaviour of pupils discouraging in a positive way any anti-social behaviour and reporting any incidents to the Senior Leadership Team and class teacher as appropriate.
- To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing emotional support where necessary.
- To arrange and supervise appropriate play and physical activities.
- To ensure that all pupils who suffer any injury or accident are dealt with appropriately in accordance with the schools’ agreed procedures.
Dining Hall
- Assist with the setting up and clearing of the Dining Hall e.g. tables, benches, waste bins etc
- To organise dinner queue and seating to provide a calm and orderly entrance of pupils into dining hall and from dining hall to playground.
- Promoting and ensuring good behaviour and calm atmosphere.
- Dealing with any misbehaviour that may occur in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy.
- Addressing issues calmly and politely and in doing so being a role model to the children.
- Report, as appropriate, incidents to the Senior Leadership Team
- · To encourage all pupils to eat but especially those with special needs or disabilities, and to assist children with cutting up food, opening tubs, pouring water etc. where appropriate to e.g. age of child, needs of child, as necessary.
- To encourage social skills and good table manners, ensuring safety with knives and forks.
- To clean up spillages of food and to organise clearing cutlery and crockery off tables.
Playground
- To supervise and control entrance and exit by pupils during the lunch break to school premises and ensure calm orderly conduct in accordance with the school’s high expectations.
- To actively support the role of Play Leaders in terms of the setting out of equipment, organisation of games / activities and show the importance of keeping the rules, playing fairly etc and report any problems to the Teacher responsible for supervising the Play Leaders.
School Premises
- To supervise pupils and promote good behaviour on the school premises in the hall, classrooms and through corridors, during lunchtimes and in addition when children are inside because of inclement weather.
- To ensure that, when classrooms are used during the lunch break because of inclement weather that the children are quietly occupied and that the classroom is left tidy, ready for afternoon school.
- To check toilet areas regularly to ensure that they are clean and being used appropriately. To report any problems to the Senior Leadership Team.
- To check toilet areas regularly to ensure that they are clean and being used appropriately. To report any problems to the site supervisor.
- To take part in training appropriate to the job of lunchtime supervisor.
- To take part in any appraisal arrangement made by the school.
- To undertake any other duties consistent with the purpose of the job.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment.
Closing date: Friday 16 June 2023.
Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 19 June 2023.
Start Date: As soon as possible
Visits to the school:
We encourage and welcome visits to the school where there will be the opportunity to discuss the role further with the Executive Headteacher. Please contact Sam Chambers in the school office to book a visit.
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 8.75 per week
Salary: £10.60-£10.79 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Please confirm that you are aware of the working hours.
Experience:
- working with students: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- First Aid Certification (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 16/06/2023
Expected start date: 05/06/2023
