Midday Supervisor/Play Team Member (Relief cover)

Role Profile:  PCD3

Salary: £22,737 pro rata, hourly rate £11.79 with non-contractual pay supplement to increase to the UK Living Wage of £23,151 pro rata, hourly rate £12

Relief Midday Supervisor/Play Team Member required for short-notice absence cover.

Working as a member of the play team, you will ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day. You will work as a member of the play team to create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all. The play team is also responsible for ensuring that all our children have a pleasant eating experience at lunch time, whilst maximising the time they can spend outside playing. You will support all our children as they visit the dining hall and are responsible for clearing and cleaning the hall to a state ready for use (eg for PE, school assemblies) in the afternoon.

Knowledge, Experience and Training

• Previous experience of play work or working with children is highly desirable.
• Knowledge and/or understanding of the Playwork Principles is desirable.
• Previous first aid experience is desirable (basic First Aid training will be provided).
• Food Hygiene Certificate (or willing to undertake online training)
• Literacy and numeracy: Ability to follow written guidance and procedures.
• Problem solving: Ability to identify and resolve straightforward problems and refer complex problems to an appropriate member of staff.
• Verbal and written skills: Play team members will be required to record incidents swiftly and add to appropriate central school records. Ability to give clear verbal instructions to children and team members. Ability to follow good protocol.

Closing Date for applications: Ongoing advert  
Please contact Mrs Karen Myers, School Business Manager, email: sbm@thomlinson.cumbria.sch.uk 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all job applicants and aim to select people for employment on the basis of their individual skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where appropriate, qualifications and training.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered 'protected'. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record and other sanctions self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prohibitions and disqualifications, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

In addition to the above, as part of our due diligence checks, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children

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