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Queen Alexandra Charity (QAC)
Lunchtime Supervisor
Description
Description
As a Lunchtime Supervisor you will work within a small team to ensure an organised approach to meal breaks. Students should receive their meals in a timely manner, in a clean, tidy and safe environment. The college supports students with Autism and complex needs, you will support the students over the lunchtime period assisting them with eating and personal care if needed.
Working Hours
Monday - Friday
10 hours per week (Term time Only)
Hourly Rate
Β£11.44
Contract Type
Permanent
Key Responsibilities
Duties and Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Facilitate the dinner queue, communicating effectively with students.
- Supervise & support learners eating meals.
- Ensure crockery, cutlery, trays and leftovers are returned by learners to relevant collection and disposal points.
- Deal with spillages in Dining Hall.
- Ensure student behaviour management and safeguarding processes are followed, ensuring any incidents are properly reported to the duty manager or LSA manager.
- Work effectively with catering staff and learning support staff to ensure a positive lunchtime experience for students, including following agreed strategies with individual students where necessary.
- Demonstrate a positive attitude towards disability and assist those students who may need help.
- Any other relevant duties as directed by the line manager or Catering Manager (where appropriate).
- Attend any training and development identified by the LSA management team to support job performance or that is a QAC requirement e.g., safeguarding, equality, H&S, food hygiene.
- Follow College policies and procedures as directed by the line manager.
Safeguarding Requirements:
QAC complies with Safeguarding guidelines; all appointees are required to have DBS Check and two references.
How to Apply
We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role at QAC. Please take time to review the job description above.
You are required to upload a CV detailing your full employment history (since leaving school), including education, employment, voluntary work along with reasons for any gaps in employment. Your CV/Resume will be reproduced in standard format by our system (without personal identifiers) for anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for this role if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The College's Safeguarding Policies are available here.
As part of our commitment to safer recruitment aligned with updated guidance published in September 2022 we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates which may identify incidents or issues publicly available online that we may wish explore further during interviews.
Please provide account names/usernames/handles for social media platforms used along with names of websites owned/post on/contribute towards as part of your application process; Google searches will also be conducted but only if shortlisted for interview.
Please see our safer recruitment selection policy for further information regarding these checks which comply alongside DBS Check requirements alongside two references needed from appointees at QAC.
Why Work at Queen Alexandra Charity Birmingham
Join our team at Queen Alexandra College! Are you passionate about making a difference in lives of students with special educational needs? Do you thrive within an inclusive supportive academic environment? If so we want YOU on board!
QAC has just gone through exciting rebranding while dealing swift growth academic improvement providing opportunity become part vibrant college moving forward making real difference lives futures our students!
The newly structured Queen Alexandra Charity Birmingham offers chance have positive impact joining committed group colleagues ensuring all achieve aims aspirations! We dedicate exceptional education support diverse learning needs life experiences fostering inclusive community every student valued supported empowered reach full potential!
QAC provides vibrant varied enriching educational experience both residential day-students aiming maximise adult life independence work opportunities class sizes designed meet specific needs high levels supports provided!
Joining supportive team allows opportunity:
- Work closely SEN achieving goals
- Make difference educational experiences young people
- Be voice staff specialist education
- Foster positive inclusive learning environments promoting academic growth self-development confidence
- Develop own skills aspirations progress career
Our Benefits Include:
Access onsite car parking
Use QAC Fitness Centre (subject opening hours)
Cycle To Work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice)
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme Helpline (BHSF)
Access Education Support Free Helpline Teachers & Education Staff
Mental Health First Aiders
BHSF Benefits Package including Healthcare Plans discounted shopping/services
Annual Flu vaccination/voucher
Access other benefit discount schemes subject charge e.g Blue Light Card TOTUM(NUS), Charity Worker Discounts Discounts Teachers
Dell Advantage programme offering savings up 20% off
5% discount National Express West Midlands bus passes
Health Wellbeing Services Occupational Health/Counselling
Free Tea/Coffee Staff Room facilities
Dining Room facilities hot/cold food free meal provided supporting during mealtimes
Additional discretionary concessionary closure days leave entitlement including closure over Christmas/New Year period
Support training CPD either study leave/or funding
Flexible working arrangements Flexible Working Policy Agreements Time Off lieu prior agreement line manager
About Queen Alexandra Charity
Queen Alexandra Charity(QAC) provides education residential support community services enterprises supporting young adults learning difficulties disabilities!
Education provided through national residential college supporting diverse range student/client abilities needs offering innovative holistic approach learning support delivering vibrant varied fun educational experiences both residential day-students maximizing adult life independence work opportunities class sizes small high levels supports maintained!
We have educational sites based Birmingham one Europes most welcoming vibrant cities rich diverse culture main site located Harborne pleasant leafy suburb friendly green-acre campus excellent facilities resources additionally Pinewood Campus located business park designated employment progression clients within Residential Services programme still require ongoing assistance aim deliver service enabling independent/semi-independent living future many clients engaged either education voluntary paid employment not linked directly QAC
Community Services based Umberslade Campus Stirchley include supporter worker service womenβs group menβs group LGBTQ plus group Saturday Socials Night Owl Experience disability friendly nightclub visit Birmingham City Centre
All individuals supported safe well-resourced environments making positive differences lives learners disabilities difficulties maintaining high expectations responsiveness innovation collaboration among stakeholders teams continuing attract retain highest calibre proud achievements integral ongoing future successes Leaders Diversity driving culture warmly welcoming applications individuals share values backgrounds adding committed diverse teams