Vacancies

Required to start Wednesday 8^th November, or as soon as possible, for 5 hours 40 minutes per week, Monday to Thursday, term time only.

 We wish to appoint a Lunchtime Supervisor who is happy, friendly and reliable.  We want a person who will enjoy interacting positively with children in our school.

You will be part of the school Lunchtime Team and will:

• need to be enthusiastic, hard-working and confident in working within an education setting.
• have excellent communication skills and a positive approach.
• be willing to undertake training appropriate to the job.

You will work with an experienced team and you will be especially responsible for supervising children during the lunchtime break, which may require you supervising a small group of children with specific needs.  This involves you looking after children in the Dining Hall, playground and/or classroom.  Previous experience is not necessary but evidence of a positive approach to children is essential.

Please download an application pack below, or a paper pack can be collected from the school office. For further details please contact Mrs Helen Mallard (School Business Manager) on 0121 327 0662 or email vacancies@slfield.bham.sch.uk. 

 Completed applications and recruitment monitoring forms to be emailed to vacancies@slfield.bham.sch.uk

 Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 25^th October. Interviews to take place on Monday 6^th November.

Please refer to the guidance notes when completing the application form. All sections relevant to you must be completed. The most common cause for an application form to be rejected are the applicant not completing the following sections correctly:

Section 8: Please ensure full employment history, from the end date of your secondary education, is provided. Dates and reason for any gaps must be explained.

Section11: Details of two referees must include a work email address. Written references will not be accepted from relatives or people writing solely in the capacity of friends. 

Section 12: This section must be completed, detailing how your knowledge, skills and abilities match those set out in the job description and person specification.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Sladefield Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. 

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

An online search will be carried out as part of due-diligence on all shortlisted candidates.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that, when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Applicants who have lived or worked outside the UK will be required to provide a certificate of good conduct from the country in which they worked or lived. Further checks will be made abroad if school deem appropriate. Teachers may need to provide proof of their past conduct as a teacher, issued by the professional regulating authority in the country in which they worked.