Job Title: Lunchtime Supervisor
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Hourly rate: £16.52
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: Yes
Advert Closing Date: 08/06/2025
Job Overview
Mont a L’Abbe School wish to recruit Lunchtime Supervisors to join the team to ensure the safety, good conduct and welfare of pupils during the lunchtime break. Lunchtime Supervisors work with pupils who have special needs and/or disabilities aged from 3-18. You will have some experience of working with children and young people. Mont a L’Abbe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For more information regarding this role please contact Tina Hutchison on Tel 875801.
Job Purpose
Ensuring the safety, good conduct and welfare of pupils during the lunchtime break, in and about the premises and sites of the school in accordance with the practices and procedures of the school.
This involves effective supervision of pupils during the lunchtime period.
To encourage children to treat each other with respect and to follow the school’s behaviour policy at all times.
Lunchtime supervisors work with pupils who have special needs and/or disabilities aged from 3 – 18. The abilities/disabilities range from profound and multiple learning difficulties, physical difficulties, sensory loss, severe and moderate learning difficulties, Autism, challenging behaviour and associated conditions e.g. ADHD, Tourettes, Dyslexia. All school staff undertake lunchtime duties. These are on a rota basis to ensure that in any session there is a member of staff who knows and understands the needs of individual pupils.
LTS work on a rota system and may be deployed anywhere in the school to meet the needs of the pupils and/or staffing needs.
Main Duties
Provide lunchtime supervision to ensure the care, safety, and welfare of the pupils during their lunch break on school premises.
Possess an awareness of relevant school policies to assist in the supervision of pupils, including health and safety requirements and safeguarding and child protection policies
Supervise and/or feed individual/small groups of pupils
Supervise outside play and associated equipment (or wet play inside). This would include engaging pupils in playtime activities.
Ensuring the safety of pupils e.g. known allergies, feeding, in their play, in their interactions with others.
Supervise and carry out personal care routines, push children in wheelchairs and use hoisting equipment (for which training will be given)
The weekly hours are 7.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday term time only.
Knowledge
- The ability to be calm and responsive to children’s needs.
- To be flexible and follow advice from professionals.
- To understand health and safety at work.
- To work as part of a team.
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