This permanent post at Swan Lane First School, a maintained school of Worcestershire County Council, leads the wrap-around care provision. The work centres on planning and running activities, supervising a team of staff, and keeping attendance, health and safety and safeguarding records in order. It is a part-time afternoon role of 17.5 hours a week, running the After School Club and planning the Breakfast Club. An appropriate Level 3 qualification is wanted, but willingness to complete the school-funded training is also accepted.
What the job involves
- Plan and deliver age-appropriate activities that support pupils' development, including those with special needs
- Lead the wrap-around care staff, brief them and set clear expectations for their roles
- Monitor and evaluate children's responses to activities and adjust them to meet their needs
- Keep daily administration, attendance, collection and medical and allergy records
- Manage pupil places and the waiting list, offering places to parents and carers
- Ensure health and safety, hygiene and first aid procedures are followed, recording and reporting hazards and accidents
- Ensure food is prepared safely and that dietary requirements, including allergies, are met
- Co-ordinate equipment maintenance and stock, and the safe setting up and putting away of equipment
- Uphold the school's behaviour policy and support pupils with challenging behaviour and independence
- Carry out safeguarding duties, following child protection procedures and raising concerns with the Designated Safeguarding Leads
- Supervise pupils, resolve issues between them and maintain a safe, stimulating environment, including the outside area
- Work with parents, carers and external agencies, and plan varied weekly activities
Qualifications
- Appropriate Level 3 qualification, or willingness to complete the relevant training funded by the school
Checks & eligibility
- Satisfactory DBS check covering cautions, reprimands, warnings and convictions
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
