Current Vacancies
Governance Professional
Pay Grade: SCP8 £25,992 FTE £13.47p.h.
Great Corby School (Academy Status)
Great Corby, Carlisle CA4 8NE
NOR 92 + Nursery
Headteacher: Mrs Kirsty Fox Tel: 01228 560399
To commence as soon as possible
Great Corby School are looking to appoint a ‘Governance Professional’ to join our School for 70 hours per annum.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified or experienced individuals who have excellent listening and oral and written communication skills as well as good ICT skills. This role is permanent, subject to a probationary period.
The main responsibilities of the role are to:
Provide advice to the governing body on governance, constitutional and procedural matters
Provide effective administrative support to the governing body and its committees, including attending and recording minutes for full governing body meetings (6 per year) and sub-committee meetings (3 per year)
Ensure the governing body is properly constituted
Manage information effectively in accordance with legal requirements
In return we can offer you:
An outstanding staff and trustee team who are friendly and supportive
A school ethos which values every member of the school community
Visits to school are welcomed, please contact Mrs Walsh on 01228 560399.
Application packs, including full job description are available from Mrs Walsh admin@gtcorby.cumbria.sch.uk.
Great Corby Primary School & Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post.
Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure
Job title: Play Team Member
Salary: PCD3 - £24796.00 FTE (pro-rata salary £3602.69)
Hours: 6.15 hours per week, 11:45am – 1:00pm
Contract type: Term-time / permanent
Reporting to: Headteacher
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Working as a member of the play team, you will ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day. You will work as a member of the play team to create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all. The play team is also responsible for ensuring that all our children have a pleasant eating experience at lunch time, while maximising the time they can spend outside playing. You will support our children as they visit the dining hall and are responsible for clearing the tables to a state ready for use by other diners.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Work as part of the play team to cover all daily lunchtime tasks. This will include sessions outside, and in the dining hall.
● Work with the play coordinator to ensure all children have access to exciting age-appropriate play opportunities every lunch time.
● Facilitate play opportunities and act as an ambassador for play.
● Work with the play coordinator, and play team members to ensure that all our children have a safe site for play.
● Coordinate and communicate between play zones and the dining hall to ensure all children visit the dining hall and eat their lunch.
● Assess play areas for risks daily and communicate/implement any changes required.
● Assist with putting out and packing away play equipment/kit.
● Record and report incidents of note that occur during lunchtime – e.g. site issues, behaviour, first aid.
● Assess and deliver first aid to pupils. Assist with first aid reporting.
● Communicate effectively with the play coordinator, play colleagues and the catering team to ensure that all children visit the dining hall in a scheduled manner, to minimise queuing and maximise play time outside.
● Assist children at lunch, e.g. with queuing, getting seated, opening packets, spillages, disputes, clearing plates / cutlery and encourage good eating, hygiene and social skills.
● Clear and clean the hall during service (e.g. spillages, assisting with waste food, trays and cutlery).
● Contribute ideas and suggestions to improve the team practices and performance.
● Promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with school child protection and behaviour management policies.
● Support and uphold the school’s values system and school rules and reward pupils with verbal
praise for positive attitudes and behaviours.
● periodic team meetings and/or training for professional development.
● Assist with training new team members.
● Complete school-based induction and any subsequent training required to improve performance.
The post holder will be subject to a full police and suitability check to satisfy child protection requirements. The post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and all convictions or cautions must be declared.
The post holder has a responsibility to promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with the school's child protection and behaviour management policy.
Whilst the school hours are set, it is inevitable that other duties will be required from time to time.
The post holder should be willing to work flexibly to deal effectively with such eventualities.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our employees to share this commitment. An enhanced CRB check will be required for this post.
Visits to school are welcomed, please contact Mrs Walsh 01228 560399
Attend
For further details and an application pack, please email our School Business Manager, Mrs Walsh at
Great Corby School, Great Corby, Carlisle CA4 8NE
Interviews will be held on – date to be confirmed
GREAT CORBY SCHOOL & NURSERY
PLAY TEAM MEMBER
Job title:
Play Team Member
Reporting to:
Play coordinator
Salary: PCD3 - £25,949 FTE (pro-rata salary £4,484.57)
Hours: 7.30 hours per week, 11:45am -1:15pm
Contract type: Term-time / permanent
Reporting to: Headteacher
1. Job purpose/overall description
Working as a member of the play team, you will ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day. You will work as a member of the play team to create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all. The play team is also responsible for ensuring that all our children have a pleasant eating experience at lunch time, whilst maximising the time they can spend outside playing. You will support all our children as they visit the dining hall and are responsible for setting up the hall to a state ready for use in the afternoon.
2. Main duties
• Work as part of the play team to cover all lunchtime tasks daily. This will include sessions outside and also sessions in the dining hall.
• Work with the play coordinator to ensure all children have access to exciting play opportunities every lunch time.
• Facilitate play opportunities and act as an ambassador for play.
• Work with the site manager, play coordinator, and play team members to ensure that all our children have a safe site for play.
• Coordinate and communicate between play zones and dining hall to ensure all children visit the dining hall and eat their lunch.
• Assess play areas for risks daily and communicating/implementing any changes required.
• Assist with putting out and packing away of play equipment/kit.
• Record and report incidents of note that occur during lunchtime – e.g. site issues, behaviour, first aid.
• Assess and deliver first aid to pupils (if trained). Assist with first aid reporting.
• Coordinate and communicate with the play coordinator, play colleagues and the catering team to ensure that all children visit the dining hall in a scheduled manner, to minimise queuing and maximise play time outside.
• Assist children at lunch, eg with queuing, getting seated, opening packets, spillages, disputes, clearing plates / cutlery and encouraging good eating and social skills.
• Clear and clean the hall during service (eg spillages, assisting with waste food, trays and cutlery).
• Offer care, support and advice for children during lunchtime.
• Contribute ideas and suggestions to improve the team practices and performance.
• Promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with school child protection and behaviour management policies.
• Support and uphold the school’s values system, our four school rules and reward pupils with verbal praise for positive attitudes and behaviours.
• Attend periodic team meetings and/or training for professional development.
• Assist with training new team members.
3. Job context
The post holder will work under the general direction of the play coordinator. The play coordinator is directed by the headteacher/governing body who will take the lead on the strategic direction of the school, setting its philosophy and its vision. The post holder will have an important role in working directly with our children; working alongside the play coordinator and other play team members to deliver a programme of activities that is appropriate to the age and needs for the children in their care.
4. Supervision and work planning
The play team member will not be required to supervise staff within the setting but will need to work with the play coordinator on planning activities for the children. It will be incumbent on the Play team to supervise children at all times. Please note: this supervision may be at some distance depending on the school’s play policy (methods of supervision could include direct, remote and roaming).
5. Problems and decisions
The play team member will be required to resolve day to day issues of a practical or routine nature amongst the children, but issues of an operational or organisational nature should be referred to the play coordinator.
6. Knowledge, experience and training
• Previous experience of play work or working with children is highly desirable.
• Knowledge and/or understanding of the Playwork Principles is desirable.
• Previous first aid experience is desirable (basic First Aid training will be provided).
• Literacy and numeracy: Ability to follow written guidance and procedures.
• Problem solving: Ability to identify and resolve straightforward problems and refer complex problems to an appropriate member of staff.
Verbal and written skills: Play team members will be required to record incidents swiftly and add to appropriate central school records. Ability to give clear verbal instructions to children and team members. Ability to follow good protocol.
7. Skills and personal attributes
• Enjoy working with young people (all ages in the primary school range 3 – 11 years).
• Positive and supportive attitude towards young people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
• Confident in working with and able to influence and negotiate with children from Nursery (3 years old) to Year 6 (11 years old).
• Strong teamwork skills; enjoy being part of a team, supportive, flexible and reliable.
• Practical, solutions driven.
• Friendly, approachable and caring manner.
• Dependable, with good time keeping.
• Willingness to try new things and work outside of their comfort zone.
8. Physical effort and/or strain
Working with children is demanding and requires stamina and resourcefulness. This post will require physical effort, such as initiating active games, demonstrating safe play, walking on uneven surfaces (slopes, sand) and moving ‘loose parts’ materials, containers and furniture.
9. Working environment
The working environment will be part, or all of the school premises or accommodation selected by the school. Areas of high use are the outdoor play spaces (playgrounds, field, MUGAs, outdoor seating, wooded / scrub areas, ‘The Beach’, Mud Kitchen, Forest School area) and the dining hall, but not restricted to these.
10. Equipment
• Play materials (eg scrap materials, loose parts, sports kit, storage containers, logs) are in regular use.
• Whistles are used to communicate when a year group can go in for dinner/packed lunches.
• Cleaning equipment (brooms, bags, sprays, cloths etc).
• Folding tables/chairs.
• First aid kit.
11. General
This job description only contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the tasks required to carry them out. Duties may vary from time to time without changing the character of the post or the level of responsibility.
Special notes or conditions
The post holder will be subject to a full police and suitability check to satisfy child protection requirements. The post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and all convictions or cautions must be declared.
The post holder has a responsibility to promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with the school's child protection and behaviour management policy.
Whilst the school hours are set, it is inevitable that other duties will be required from time to time.
The post holder should be willing to work flexibly to deal effectively with such eventualities.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our employees to share this commitment. An enhanced CRB check will be required for this post.
Visits to school are welcomed, please contact Mrs Walsh 01228 560399
For further details and an application pack, please email our School Business Manager, Mrs Walsh at
Great Corby School, Great Corby, Carlisle CA4 8NE
Recruitment policy and procedures or ex-offenders
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or via the Unlock website.
Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.
Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Click here for Guidance on Employment of Ex-Offenders
Click here for Guidance on 'What will be filtered by the DBS'
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Please view our Safeguarding page by clicking HERE and for reading about Barring and Disclosure DBS checks.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013&2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.
Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
