About this role
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Wrap Around Care Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality care and supervision to our children during before and after-school hours ensuring a positive start and end of their school day . Duties will include organising and delivering engaging activities, ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, preparing and serving healthy snacks and light meals.
JOB DESCRIPTION
WRAP AROUND CARE ASSISTANT
GLT Support Staff 1B-2
Accountable to: Wrap Around Care Lead
Purpose of Job:
To provide support and care for the children who attend wrap around care at Great Missenden C of E Primary School; ensuring children have a positive start and finish to their day at school.
To be part of a team providing a safe and stimulating environment for the children with appropriate play opportunities, planned activities and healthy food.
Duties and Responsibilities
To assist the Club Lead as appropriate to ensure the smooth and reliable operation of the club including:
Ensuring the safe arrival of children and delivery to carers at the beginning and end of the club sessions.
Ensuring the arrival and departure of children is recorded and monitored on the registers including School Gateway/Arbor as appropriate and in line with our wider school arrival and end of day processes.
Setting up the room for daily activities and aiding with the care and cleanliness of the room and equipment, tidying the room at the end of the day.
Helping plan and deliver safe, creative, appropriate activities in a fun and caring environment.
Preparing and serving snacks and food for the children ensuring that hygiene, health and safety measures are met.
Promote healthy eating and lifestyle.
Positive management of children’s behaviour and to act in a responsible manner and role model at all times
Keeping children safe and minimising risks in the wrap around care environment
Administering and recording first aid as appropriate.
Be aware and apply the school’s policies and procedures.
Participating in appropriate school-based meetings and training activities within contracted hours.
Whilst every effort has been taken to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Therefore, there is an expectation that the post holder will carry out any other reasonable duties or requests in keeping with this post or as may be determined from time to time by the Headteacher. The Post holder will contribute to the school’s objectives in service delivery by:
Supporting the school by adhering closely to policies and procedures and being a good role model of the school’s vision and values
Being professional at all times
Adhering to the school’s safeguarding procedures and attending relevant child protection training when required
Enactment of Health and Safety requirements and initiatives as directed
Ensuring compliance with GDPR legislation
At all times operating within the school’s Equal Opportunities framework
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
WRAP AROUND CARE ASSISTANT
Essential
Desirable
Skills, Aptitude, knowledge and experience
Experience of working with children in a play, childcare or out of school setting
Excellent communication skills with children, parents/carers and colleagues
Good organisational, record keeping and planning skills
A positive approach to inclusive practice with children and colleagues
Professionally discrete and able to respect confidentiality at all times
Commitment to the school values & ethos
Experience of preparing and serving healthy food in a child-based setting
Experience of planning and delivering creative, enjoyable and age -appropriate activities for children in the age range 3 to 11years.
Personal Qualities
Positivity and enthusiasm with a genuine passion for working with children.
Patience, kindness and approachable manner
Reliability and trustworthiness
Adaptability
Ability to act on own initiative
Qualifications
A positive approach to completing relevant short courses and qualifications
An understanding of the importance of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene in the workplace
An understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection
An understanding of paediatric first aid
Completion of a recognised Childcare qualification
Completion of a Safeguarding Awareness Course
Completion of a Health and Safety course
Completion of a Food Hygiene course
Completions of a Paediatric First Aid Course