JOB PURPOSE
Supervisory Assistants are engaged on a part time basis to undertake supervision of pupils during the school’s lunchtime break. The extent of the supervision to be exercised includes the washing of hands, entry of pupils into the dining room, general help during the service of meals, assisting younger pupils in cutting up meat, general training in table manners and provide close supervision in the playground or classroom. Supervisory Assistants are responsible to the Senior Supervisory Assistant for the satisfactory performance of their duties. Normal hours of duty correspond with the school’s lunchtime break.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
GENERAL
a. To be responsible to the Senior Supervisory Assistant for the supervision of pupils on the premises during the school’s lunchtime break
b. To be in charge of a group of pupils in the playground, in classrooms and whilst moving around the school
c. To actively respond to any incidents of poor behaviour and to take the appropriate action
d. To attend to any minor accidents sustained during the lunch hour in accordance with the authority’s procedures
e. To attend to any pupil who becomes sick or ill during the lunch hour
f. To report to the Senior Supervisory Assistant if an accident occurs, or if any pupil has been taken ill.
g. To see that pupils taking school meals are in the dining room at the required time for lunch
h. To see that pupils wash their hands and attend to the necessary toilet requirements before and after lunch
i. To help younger pupils with the proper use of cutlery and with cutting up food when necessary
j. To assist pupils with scraping their plates, clearing tables etc when the lunch is completed
k. To mop up spillages as they occur within the dining rooms
l. To ensure that pupils are escorted to and from detached dining rooms
m. Confidentiality guidelines must be observed
n. Such other duties as may be commensurate with the grade and nature of the post
