Job Description
Download printable version
Job Title: Midday Assistant
Salary Grade: Scale 2, Spine Point 3, £10.26 per hour
Working Hours: 6 hours 15 mins per week (11.55am-1.10pm, Monday - Friday). Term Time only
Contract Length: Fixed Term 1st September 2022 to 21st July 2023 (will be reviewed at this time)
Closing Date: 5 p.m. Wednesday 13th July 2022
Interviews week commencing: 18th July 2022
We wish to appoint a Midday Assistant who will supervise and ensure the safety of children throughout the midday break.
We are looking to appoint someone who possesses the following skills:
● Has a calm, patient personality, who is highly organised, flexible and resilient.
● Someone who has the ability to engage and motivate children and can support children with social and emotional needs.
● An enthusiastic and highly committed individual with excellent interpersonal skills.
● Someone who is committed to working as a member of a team, and also shows initiative to work independently.
● An understanding of Trauma Perceptive Practice (TPP) would be useful but not essential as training will be given.
White Bridge Primary School will offer you:
● The chance to work and develop in a good primary school
● Supportive and friendly staff
● Personal and professional development opportunities linked to Social and Emotional needs. This will include TPP training.
Key Requirements
Your duties will include:
● Supervising and assisting the children in the dining hall eg. teaching and reinforcing the social, hygiene and meal time etiquette and routines
● Ensuring the children are safe and happy during the lunchtime period
● Supervising and helping with the children outside on the playground or in the classrooms if it rains
● Liaising with the class teacher/class teaching assistant
● Deal with minor behaviour issues and report any other concerns to one of the Senior Middays
Additional Information & How to Apply
Please collect/request an application form from the School Office on 020 8508 8624 or via admin@whitebridge.essex.sch.uk
Informal visits are warmly welcome by appointment via the school office.
Information about the School
White Bridge Primary School is a thriving, welcoming, two-form entry school. We are set on the edge of Epping Forest and next to a large area consisting of Nature Reserve and Parkland. We are easily accessible on public transport as we are situated just a short walk away from Loughton Underground Station.
We are fortunate that our school is set in expansive and attractive grounds – offering a wonderful environment for inside and outside learning. Our building is spacious, with well-equipped classrooms, halls, library, computer suite and study areas.
White Bridge Primary School is a caring and aspirational community. We pride ourselves as being at the heart of our community and have staff who are committed to the values of trauma informed practice.
Our school motto is to “be the best version of you.” We have a strong conviction to develop each child socially, emotionally, spiritually, and academically in order that they can be the very best version of themselves.
Our aim is to develop curious, independent, and confident children who have a love of learning whilst giving them the foundations they need for whatever they seek to achieve in their future.
Our staff are enthusiastic, positive, happy, and are dedicated to the work they do. Staff actively engage in the Trust - finding benefit, support, and collaboration to enhance and develop opportunities and experiences for their pupils, and develop as practitioners.
Staff work incredibly well as part of a team and realise the value of shared empathy and compassion to make it the healthy working environment that they thrive in, sharing expertise, thoughts, and ideas.
Our children are well-behaved, happy, motivated, and love to learn. They strive to show our school values and make us proud every day.
We are part of The Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust of fifteen Primary and one Special School all based in the Epping Forest District. Along with our SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training), School Improvement Team, Well-being Service, and Resourced Provisions based in three of our schools, we are a leading educational organisation in Epping Forest.
EFSPT was formed in 2018 from a consortium of schools, which had worked together for over 20 years, and are committed to collaborative working to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children and school communities. The schools maintain their identities but work in a highly collaborative manner supported by a small but very experienced Central Team.
Our Mission is to provide an exceptional education that is inclusive and challenging for all, which provides wider opportunities for the children within the EFSPT to flourish.
EFSPT is committed to Trauma Perceptive Practice; the Essex approach to understanding behaviour and supporting emotional well-being. Being trauma-perceptive means that through our values, policies, and practice, we are able to effectively support the children, families, and communities in our Trust, creating spaces of belonging and safety that enable everyone to flourish, become resilient, and learn.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we are committed to safeguarding our school’s communities. The appointment will therefore be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks.
West Essex SCITT is an outstanding provider of Initial Teacher Training.
We currently have student finance or self funded postgraduate trainee teacher vacancies available to start in September 2024 across all of our 16 primary schools.
Please visit the below website for further information;
https://www.westessexscitt.co.uk/