Mds/opal Playworker

A passion for play and understanding of it’s importance in child development.
- To oversee a group of pupils in the playground, in classrooms and whilst moving around the school.
- To support and promote positive interactions and play.
- To attend to any minor accidents sustained during the lunch hour in accordance with the authority’s procedures.
- To attend to and report any pupil who becomes sick or if an accident occurs during the lunch hour.
- To see that pupils taking school meals are in the dining room at the required time for lunch.
- To see that pupils wash their hands and attend to the necessary toilet requirements before and after lunch.
- To help younger pupils with the proper use of cutlery and with cutting up food when necessary.
- To work closely with the OPAL working party, including the regional OPAL lead and in-school OPAL lead to develop and embed OPAL practice at Turves Green Primary School.
- Confidentiality guidelines must be observed.