Wrap Around Care Assistant

Do you have experience of working with primary school aged children?

We require friendly and caring people to work within our wrap around care unit providing high quality childcare afterschool.

We have received funding from the Department of Education for our new Wrap Around Care facility, starting from January 2025.

Working for 15 hours per week during the term time, the role is temporary, initially until 31 March 2026, with the view to becoming permanent.

The position will require you to plan, set up, prepare, and coordinate the weekly timetable and ensure appropriate resources and healthy snacks are provided for our children as well as supervising our children during the After School Care sessions.

About us

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy is a Primary school and is located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. We are an Ofsted-rated 'Good' school.

We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.

You will:

• Be caring and supportive and promote a good standard of behaviour.
• Act as a role model and set a positive example to our children.
• Ensure the provision offers a safe and stimulating environment.
• Have strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.
• Have a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for children.
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents.
• Be self-motivated, energetic and proactive and will ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality education and care for all of our children.
• Have the ability to deal with new challenging situations.
• Be a strong team player able to support colleagues within a small team.
• Have a positive and flexible attitude.
• Be given Paediatric First Aid Training on commencement of this role

Desirable:

• To have a Level 3 qualification in Child Care and Education
• To hold a valid Paediatric First Aid Training Certificate

It is an expectation of the role that you will hold a Paediatric First Aid Training Certificate and if you do not currently have this, training will be provided.

Why work for us?

We offer:

• A salary of £8,401 - £8,668 (OLOL Band 2, Scale Point 3)
• A team of talented and highly committed staff.
• A supportive working environment.
• Access to first class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
• Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee benefit scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme

For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact the school on 01724 842382.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school to arrange this.

Closing date: 12th December 2024 at 12:00 noon.

Apply Today!

If you're ready to make a difference and help shape the future of our students, we'd love to hear from you

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.

You do not need to be a catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

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