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Lunchtime Learning Support Assistant (Middle Phase)
The role is Permanent, Part-Time
Wednesday to Friday (11:00am – 14:30pm)
Salary: £5,719 per annum
To Start: January 2026
We have a lovely opportunity for an enthusiastic Lunch-Time Assistant to join our Teaching Team, supporting children during lunch time and at play time.
What the role involves:
• Providing support to children during lunch and at play time, promoting positive behaviour.
• Supporting pupils to access, eat and put away their packed lunches.
• Ensuring the classrooms and playground are clean and tidy before, during and after lunch.
• Supporting pupils requiring additional support during eating times.
• Setting up and clearing up educational/play equipment and resources during lunch time and play time.
• Providing cover while colleagues have their lunch.
• Liaising with Teachers, Therapists and other staff teams.
The ideal candidate will have:
•Confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning and working with children.
•Excellent English skills (clear written and spoken English) along with good reading, writing and numeracy skills.
•The ability to build good working relationships with children, teachers, parents and carers.
•Experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), particularly children on the Autism Spectrum.
•The ability to manage a small group of children with complex social communication needs.
•The ability to promote positive behaviour in a nurturing environment is essential.
•Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
Closing Date: Friday 12th December 2025
Safeguarding Statement
Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.