At a Glance
- Tasks: Supervise play and dining areas, ensuring safety and encouraging positive interactions.
- Company: A supportive academy focused on nurturing children's development.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, experience working with children, and a fun environment.
- Other info: Great opportunity for students looking to gain experience in education.
- Why this job: Make a difference in children's lives while having fun and being active.
- Qualifications: No specific qualifications required, just a passion for working with kids.
Main Duties
Provide support during play periods
To supervise and support pupils at play ensuring their safety and access to learning.
To encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in play activities.
To encourage pupils to act independently and develop independence, as appropriate.
To establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
To organise games for groups of children, skipping, ball games.
To encourage children to learn new games and participate in them.
To support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.
To implement the academy’s behaviour policy in a fair and consistent manner.
The play environment
To prepare play equipment ready for the correct times.
To encourage children to use equipment with respect and to return equipment.
To ensure that the Health and safety of children is observed at all times.
To be aware of potential risks.
To ensure children are appropriately dressed for the weather conditions.
During indoor play times ensure that activities are appropriate for the space being used.
The dining room /eating areas
To supervise children in the dining area, encouraging children to eat the food, use cutlery correctly and observe table manners.
To be aware of children on special diets and to ensure that these children eat the correct food.
To be aware of potential risks and take action to remove any risk.
To supervise the clearing of tables, staking of plates and cutlery and scraping of plates.
