Breakfast Club Assistant
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Location: | Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1LG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | c88c58b2-57e1-4297-9c81-a36e8260ff73 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Childcare and Supervision Skills:
• Supervising children in a safe, engaging environment.
• Managing different age groups calmly and confidently.
Communication Skills:
• Communicating effectively with children, staff, and parents.
• Listening to and responding to children’s needs.
Teamwork:
• Working cooperatively with other staff to run the club smoothly.
Time Management:
• Setting up and clearing away quickly and efficiently.
• Keeping to schedules, especially around food service and school start times.
Food Preparation and Hygiene:
• Preparing and serving simple breakfasts (e.g., toast, cereal, fruit).
• Following food hygiene and safety guidelines.
Behaviour Management:
• Encouraging positive behaviour and resolving minor conflicts calmly.
Creativity and Activity Planning:
• Organising simple games, crafts, or quiet activities to keep children engaged.
What the school offers its staff
Pool-in-Wharfedale CofE Primary School offers an excellent environment, with well-motivated pupils and supportive parents and governors. A flavour of the school can be gained from our website, and visits from those interested in the post are also warmly encouraged.
Further details about the role
Main Duties
• Ensure that all the equipment required for the session is set up before receiving pupils, such as putting the tables and activities out.
• Prepare food, such as cleaning and chopping fruit, making toast or other breakfast choices as directed.
• Supporting pupils while they eat breakfast, cutting up food for pupils and making sure tables are clean and that water is available
• Ensure the health and safety of children in your care at all times, such as know who has gone to the toilet and ensure any potential dangers such as spillages are cleaned up etc.
• Ensure standards for healthy eating and table manners are maintained
• Lead the children in the establishment of suitable games/activities, ensuring the inclusion of all pupils
• Report accidents to the manager and complete an accident form if necessary
• To treat all information relating to families as confidential
• Ensure that school behaviour management policies are implemented
• Support the work of other extended services workers
• Support the induction and training of new staff as required by the manager
• Respond to duty delegation as required by the manager
• Record inappropriate pupil behaviour and convey serious incidents to the manager
• Ensure that all equipment is cleaned and stored away, as necessary, at the end of the session
• To ensure the promotion and support of Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety
• To undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our school is a place where everyone should be able to flourish in a loving and hospitable community. Each person in all their unique difference should be able to thrive, irrespective of physical appearance, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, academic ability, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Childcare and Supervision Skills:
• Supervising children in a safe, engaging environment.
• Managing different age groups calmly and confidently.
Communication Skills:
• Communicating effectively with children, staff, and parents.
• Listening to and responding to children’s needs.
Teamwork:
• Working cooperatively with other staff to run the club smoothly.
Time Management:
• Setting up and clearing away quickly and efficiently.
• Keeping to schedules, especially around food service and school start times.
Food Preparation and Hygiene:
• Preparing and serving simple breakfasts (e.g., toast, cereal, fruit).
• Following food hygiene and safety guidelines.
Behaviour Management:
• Encouraging positive behaviour and resolving minor conflicts calmly.
Creativity and Activity Planning:
• Organising simple games, crafts, or quiet activities to keep children engaged.
What the school offers its staff
Pool-in-Wharfedale CofE Primary School offers an excellent environment, with well-motivated pupils and supportive parents and governors. A flavour of the school can be gained from our website, and visits from those interested in the post are also warmly encouraged.
Further details about the role
Main Duties
• Ensure that all the equipment required for the session is set up before receiving pupils, such as putting the tables and activities out.
• Prepare food, such as cleaning and chopping fruit, making toast or other breakfast choices as directed.
• Supporting pupils while they eat breakfast, cutting up food for pupils and making sure tables are clean and that water is available
• Ensure the health and safety of children in your care at all times, such as know who has gone to the toilet and ensure any potential dangers such as spillages are cleaned up etc.
• Ensure standards for healthy eating and table manners are maintained
• Lead the children in the establishment of suitable games/activities, ensuring the inclusion of all pupils
• Report accidents to the manager and complete an accident form if necessary
• To treat all information relating to families as confidential
• Ensure that school behaviour management policies are implemented
• Support the work of other extended services workers
• Support the induction and training of new staff as required by the manager
• Respond to duty delegation as required by the manager
• Record inappropriate pupil behaviour and convey serious incidents to the manager
• Ensure that all equipment is cleaned and stored away, as necessary, at the end of the session
• To ensure the promotion and support of Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety
• To undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our school is a place where everyone should be able to flourish in a loving and hospitable community. Each person in all their unique difference should be able to thrive, irrespective of physical appearance, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, academic ability, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.