Lunchtime Care Assistant - Booker Park School
Location: Stoke Mandeville
Overview
Are you looking for a varied and rewarding role? Do you enjoy working with children who have special educational needs – we are looking to appoint a Lunchtime Care Assistant for Booker Park School to assist pupils in self-care such as feeding and personal hygiene care, supporting pupils on the school playground, as well as working with the Catering team and classroom staff as required during lunchtimes. Don’t delay! Interviews may be offered on receipt of applications from suitable candidates. You can also enjoy the benefits of working within Buckinghamshire Council including financial rewards and discounts on purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants, pension scheme and a 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay - Range 1A
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 15 hours a week
Closing date: 05/01/2025 00:00
Interviews to be held: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply.
About us
Part of the Vale Federation of Schools, Booker Park School is a primary special school.
With 243 pupils on roll, Booker Park caters for primary aged children with a broad diversity of complex needs including profound and multiple, severe and moderate learning difficulties. Almost half of the pupils have an additional diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition. We look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve their potential in a caring and supportive environment. We provide high quality education and care and students have access to a range of therapies, multi-agency professionals and a team of therapists who support students’ needs. We offer an excellent training package for staff together with a fantastic opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward thinking team who are providing a therapeutic and unique learning environment for its pupils.
Website: www.thevalefederation.com
About the role
The main duties of this position include working with pupils during the lunchtime period. This may include helping pupils develop their social and independence skills, supporting with feeding where necessary following feeding advice, following individual physical and self-care programmes, including the changing of continence wear and helping with toileting. You will also interact with pupils on the school playground encouraging interaction with their peers, taking turns with playtime equipment and promoting good pupil behaviour.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
Resilience, common sense, and a commitment to working as part of a team will make you an ideal candidate for this role. We are looking for people who have an appreciation of the positive attitudes needed to encourage independence in our pupils. You will be able to communicate with all members of our school community liaising with other professionals in order to carry out recommendations required. The successful applicant should be enthusiastic and caring and someone who will enjoy working with pupils with special educational needs. Please see the Candidate Pack to find out more about or school.
For further information please see attached Person specification.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lynne Worley on the number below. For further information on our recruitment process please visit our website www.thevalefederation.com
Completed applications should be emailed to: [email protected]
Closing date: 5th January 2025. CVs alone will not be accepted.
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted as suitable candidates apply.
If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date, you must assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
School Address: Booker Park School, Stoke Leys Close, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9ET
Office Tel: 01296 427221
Email: [email protected]
The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
