Supervisory Assistant

Job Title

Supervisory Assistant

Reports To

Principal / Senior Supervisory Assistant

Job Purpose

Responsible for the supervision of children and ensuring discipline during the mid-day break (the interval between the close of morning school and the re-opening of school in the afternoon).

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the supervision of children in all areas of the school and grounds to ensure health and safety regulations are observed and school discipline is enforced.
• Liaise with the principal/senior supervisory assistant on all matters relating to mid-day supervision.
• Deal with minor problems, accidents/sickness and report any serious incident to the principal/senior supervisory assistant immediately.
• Supervise children consuming meals and packed lunches, including:
  • Movement of children between classrooms and dining areas where necessary, including dining areas outside the school premises.
  • Supervision of queues, seating arrangements, and the circulation of pupils to and from service points.
  • Supervision of the conduct of diners.
• To be responsible for:
  • Collection of dinner tickets where appropriate.
  • Distribution of meals within the dining area as appropriate.
  • Ancillary duties such as cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are cleared and cleaned, and removal of litter from all areas used for the consumption of food, including packed lunches.
  • Assisting children where necessary.
• Duties as delegated in connection with cash cafeterias.
• Carry out all duties in compliance with:
  • Health and Safety at Work Order 1978.
  • Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments, Regulations and other legal requirements.
  • Codes of Practice.
• Carry out all duties in the working conditions normally inherent in the particular job.
• Complete all necessary paperwork.
• Carry out duties for jobs up to and including those in the same grade, provided such duties are within the competence of the employee.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Experience of working with or supervising children in a formal environment such as a school, nursery, or playgroup.
• Knowledge of:
  • Requirements of a Supervisory Assistant.
  • Child Protection and Safeguarding as relevant to the role.
  • Health and Safety regulations as relevant to the role.
• Willingness to undertake job-related training as and when required.

Additional Essential Criteria (Interview)

• Ability to work flexibly to ensure safe and supportive child-centred supervision.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven effective team-working skills.
• Good planning and organising skills to ensure work is completed on time to the required standard.
• Evidence of how experience and approach to work reflect the School values/ethos.

Desirable Criteria

• A minimum of three months’ experience of working with or supervising children in a formal environment.
• Experience of working with pupils with SEN.

Disclosure of Criminal Background

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 defines working directly with children or young people or in specified places as regulated activity. An Enhanced Disclosure of Criminal Background may be required for this post.

Equal Opportunities

The Education Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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