Breakfast​/After School Club

Somerlea Park Junior School is looking to appoint a caring, reliable, and enthusiastic Breakfast Club Assistant to join our dedicated team. This is a rewarding opportunity to help create a safe, happy, and enjoyable breakfast club experience for our pupils.

The Breakfast Club Assistant will be a member of the school team and will be accountable to the Headteacher and the board of Champions body. The postholder must carry out his/her responsibilities with due regard to the Equal Opportunities Policy.

To improve children’s enjoyment of wraparound care, and their behaviors by setting up and leading activities and teaching children how to play.

This will include supervising team games and creative activities, encourage the appropriate use of equipment and promote fair play. The role will also involve preparing and supervising a light meal and clearing up afterwards.

• Enjoys working with children.
• Is caring, patient, and approachable.
• Has good communication and teamwork skills.
• Can remain calm and confident in a busy environment.
• Is reliable, punctual, and committed to safeguarding children.
• Shares our commitment to providing a positive and inclusive school environment.
• Previous experience is welcome but not essential.

• A friendly and supportive school community.
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• A rewarding role where you can make a real difference to children's daily school experience.
• A welcoming and inclusive working environment.

Somerlea Park Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, and other pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

• Experience of working with children essential
• Experience of leading play

• An ability to make playtimes fun and fair essential
• Good communication and liaison skills essential
• Ability to organise essential
• Ability to use own initiative when necessary essential
• Basic cooking/food preparation essential
• Committed to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle essential
• An understanding and empathy for the needs of our children and the community essential
• Always understand the need for confidentiality essential
• Able to work as a team member essential
• Show respect to adults and children essential
• Willingness to learn. essential
• Ability to inspire and lead children and other staff
• Able to suggest and promote ideas towards the continual improvement of our wraparound care provision

• Commitment to attend appropriate training and development

• Eckington Business Centre II
• Gosber Street
• Eckington
• South Yorkshire
• S21 4DA

Learners' Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. Learners' Multi Academy Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.