Midday Supervisory Assistant

Duties and responsibilities:

Supervision

Supervise pupils in in the lunch area, playground and classrooms (for wet play)

Encourage pupils to eat their lunch and monitor those who don’t, reporting any concerns to the class teacher

Monitor pupils that aren’t engaging in play and feed back any concerns to class teachers

Organisation

Set up and put away the tables, chairs and other equipment needed for eating in the lunch area

Manage pupils’ entrance and exit from the lunch area in an orderly manner

Clean up food and water spillages

Health and safety

Observe pupils and the environment and take action to minimise any identified health and safety risks

Deliver first aid to respond to minor incidents and refer any major incidents to a qualified first aider

Record details of incidents in line with the school’s reporting procedures

Be aware of and support pupils with medical/dietary needs

Promote the school’s policy around healthy eating to pupils

Feed back concerns relating to pupils’ health and safety to a senior member of staff

Behaviour

Report any incidents of serious misbehaviour to the relevant staff member, in line with the school’s behaviour policy

Take necessary action to minimise disruption and harm to pupils, in line with the school’s behaviour policy

Make sure children tidy up after themselves in the lunch area and when using play resources/equipment

Follow any directions from class teachers on supporting specific pupils with challenging behaviour

Play

Organise play activities to encourage pupils to play and make use of play equipment

Offer educational instruction where needed to help pupils to share play equipment

Help to resolve issues between pupils during play activities

Safeguarding

Work within the School ‘Safeguarding’ policy and report any concerns to the named people responsible

Maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of school-related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential and sensitive information.

Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies

Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Other areas of responsibility

Read and follow the relevant school policies

Undertake training required to develop in the role

Uphold and model the values of the school.

Please note, this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the postholder will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher or line manager.

We reserve the right to interview, close and appoint when a suitable candidate is found.