Reports to: SMSA Lead

Salary: Starting salary: NJC scale 2,  scale point 3, pro-rata salary: £6,624.31 (FTE £28,617)

Rising to: NJC scale 2, scale point 4, pro-rata salary: £6,718.75 (FTE £29,025)

Working Days: Monday - Friday (11.30 am - 1.30 pm) 10 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only) 

Start date:  As soon as possible 

The main purpose of the role

The SMSA will: 

• ensure service and supervision of school meals, preparation and cleaning of kitchen, dining room and utensils;

• ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct, either individually or as part of a team, of pupils at lunchtimes, during the midday break period;

• provide a positive role model to the pupils at all times;

• maintain confidentiality at all times; and

• work under the direction of the SMSA lead.

Core duties

The SMSA will: 

• ensure kitchen and dining room are adequately set up to serve lunches from 11.30 am;

• assist children as appropriate with their meal selection;

• ensure children have adequate lunches before they sit down to eat;

• assist children to empty trays;

• clear and clean the dining room, sweep and mop the floor;

• serve items from the salad bar for Reception and Year One;

• help children make selections;

• help children with their trays;

• ensure the clear-up table is adequately prepared for children to easily use;

• help children to scrape their plates into bins and place utensils in the correct bowls;

• at the end of service wipe down the tables, empty the bin and wipe down any splash marks on the walls;

• remove trolley and bin from the hall; and

• remove tables from Dining Hall (follow the correct process for opening and closing the tables).

  
  

  Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

  This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website (click here).

  Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

  Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.