Lunchtime Supervisor

The Headteacher and Governors wish to appoint a Lunchtime Supervisor to join our dedicated, enthusiastic, hard-working and supportive team. The successful candidate will be fully committed to our school ethos 'Working Together as One'. We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic person who is a real team player and who is keen to work with our existing lunch time team. We are seeking to appoint someone who can:

• Supervise and interact positively with children during the lunch time.
• Organise dinner queues and entrance of pupils into dining hall and from dining hall to playground; ensuring good behaviour and calm atmosphere.
• Direct pupils to the playground and supervise their activities and behaviour. Ensure their safety and well-being and provide emotional support where necessary.
• Supervise pupils inside school premises when they are not allowed outside in inclement weather.
• Be proactive and keen to encourage and take part in playground games
• Deal effectively with any behaviour issues at lunch time in accordance with school policy.
• Show willingness to administer first aid treatment (ideally the successful candidates will hold a first aid
• certificate or be willing to become a qualified first aider).
  
  Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement. At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here