Job Title: Tea-Time Club Leader & Learning Support Assistant
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Part Time, Permanent
Working hours: Tea-Time Club, Monday to Friday, between 3.30pm and 6.00pm
Closing Date: Tuesday 6th December 2023
The College has an incredible sense of community among its staff which can be felt immediately. The fascination of our setting is lasting and the Good Schools Guide describes the College as: “A successful, flourishing, dependable school with real spiritual heart.”
Our 400-acre site with its large leafy grounds, impressive playing fields and attractive school buildings offers modern facilities in a country setting, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. With excellent transport links and only 30 minutes by train to central London stations, the College is 20 minutes’ drive from junction 25 of the M25, immediately off the A10. Also within easy access is London Stansted airport, which is a 20-minute drive.
Please note candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK to apply for this role.
About the Role:
We require a Tea-Time Club Leader to lead our successful Tea-Time Club, Monday to Friday, between 3.30pm and 6.00pm.
Additional hours as a Learning Support Assistant will be available for the right candidate, to support the pastoral and academic care of the students of our Prep School.
The role involves supporting the students and providing general support to teachers in the management of students’ learning in and out of the classroom and during Tea-Time Club.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties will vary depending on the particular class and the needs of the children but are likely to include a proportion of the following:
- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact
- Assisting teachers in the day-to-day delivery of the Curriculum
- Lead our successful Tea-Time Club
- Supervising individuals or small groups of children engaged in various curriculum activities, e.g. cooking, art activities, needlework, computer work and focused programmes of study
- Giving individual help to children with academic work, for example listening to children read, helping with maths
- Assisting teachers in the observation and recording of children’s progress
- Helping in the preparation and duplication of teaching and other materials
- Helping the teachers to keep the classrooms safe and tidy
- Helping with simple clerical work
- Assisting the teachers in the control and organisation of stock, library books and other teaching materials
- Supervising children at playtimes and lunchtimes
- Accompanying teachers on out-of-school trips and visits
- Escorting sick children to the Health Centre or Swan’s Nest
- Administering comfort to injured or ill children
- Helping to maintain a safe environment and reporting any potential hazards to teachers
About you:
Essential Requirements:
- The successful applicant must have high professional standards as well as excellent communication skills
- The role requires a good degree of flexibility as well as a sense of humour
Qualifications:
- Minimum of NVQ level 3 in Childcare or similar
Experience:
- Experience of working with 3- to 11-year-olds (Desirable)
- Desire to work with children who require further support academically or experience in this area (Desirable)
Skills and Knowledge:
- Assistants will be encouraged to attend in-service training courses
- Attendance on school INSET days will be required within the terms and conditions of employment
Benefits:
- Excellent catering facilities including school lunches during term time when the kitchens are open. Cakes and biscuits during break times in the staff common room and hot drinks machines
- Free parking
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- An increase to 25 days'(FTE) annual leave following 5 years’ service plus public holidays
- Lieu time is accrued when working beyond contractual hours. These hours can be taken off throughout the year, in addition to annual leave.
- Pension: Employee contribution 4% College contribution 8.5%.
Additional Information:
The post will involve close contact with, and a high degree of responsibility for, children and young adults. The majority of this will be regulated activity.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. As with all College staff members, you will therefore be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of: Student Support Coordinator, Learning Support, Support Assistant, Learning Support Worker, LSA, Learning Guidance Advisor, LSW, Learning Support Assistant, Student Support, Learning Advisor, Learner Support, Guidance Advisor, Support Worker, Learning Assistant, Afterschool Club, Afterschool Support may also be considered for this role.
