Welfare Play Assistant -

Cascade Multi Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Welfare Play Assistant to join the Trust.

Our vision at Cascade MAT is to transform the life chances of our children; ensure safe and secure learning environments; create inspirational places for our staff to work and to be an influential part of the local community.

Across the Trust we inspire our children to aim high and succeed, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the future. We promote understanding, respect and tolerance for each other. This is an exciting time to join Cascade Multi Academy Trust with each of its four schools judged as good by Ofsted.

Whiteways Primary School is a collaborative, multicultural and vibrant place to work. We pride ourselves on working together as a staff team to ensure we give our children the best starting points in life. Our curriculum is what excites the children for learning, and we strive to be innovative in our teaching approaches. We continually celebrate our uniqueness and diversity through our curriculum and community cohesion; making learning purposeful, immersive and challenging.

The Role:

The role is based at Whiteways Primary School which has an experienced, inspirational and forward-thinking senior leadership team. You will work under the guidance of teaching/senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision, to implement work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas and will involve assisting the teacher in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources.

The Role

• The successful candidate will be reliable, versatile and enjoy working with children. They will supervise the children at lunchtimes in the playground and the dining room and will be required to:
• contribute to the development of a positive approach to lunchtime play;
• take part in activities with children over the lunchtime period;
• organise and maintain play equipment
• support other Supervisory Assistants in delivering play activities;
• encourage children to practice appropriate table manners and maintain a calm atmosphere in the dining room;
• be aware of and deliver Health and Safety in the dining room.

Applicants should be willing to join in games, oversee quiet activities and supervise children having free play in the school playground.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following skills/attributes

• A patient and calm manner
• Team player
• Positive and engaging style with children
• Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with children and colleagues