Mdsa- Chippenham- Term Time Only

**MDSA Location Chippenahm**

We are looking to recruit Midday Supervisory Assistants (MDSAs) to work 5 days a week, 12:00 until 14:00 2 hours a day, 10 hours a week, term time only.

You will be part of our friendly and valued team and will supervise the children during lunch.

**You will be required to**:

- Encourage positive play and activities both on the playground and indoors on wet days.
- Prepare food and help the students eat a nutritious meal.
- Be training in medical procedures.
- Communicate with the Teacher and Classroom based staff on issues arising during lunchtime

**Essential Requirement**:

- Good Level of literacy and numeracy
- Experience of team working
- Ability to form good relationships with children and adults
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Well organised
- Good common sense
- Good communicator
- Resilient
- Good sense of humour
- Personable
- Flexible
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Good team player Punctual
- Fitness to carry out duties of post

Applicants should be enthusiastic, organised and flexible. A good, general education and previous experience of working with children are desirable.

We are a strong, supportive staff team, committed to high standards of delivery. Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed by prior arrangement.

**Employee Benefit**:

- Local Governance pension
- 26 days holiday, plus public bank holidays
- Company Sick pay
- Access to store discount, Cycle to work scheme, discounted health care plans, child care voucher and more
- Access to Employee assistant programme
- Training and development opportunities

**About Us?**

Silverwood School is a maintained co-educational special school for pupils aged 4 to 19 years. We formed in September of 2020 with campuses in Chippenham, Trowbridge and Rowde:
We have an ambitious vision to create a truly integrated and inclusive system of outstanding education for all young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Wiltshire. Wiltshire are investing in a £33 million new build at one site to create a state of the art centre for SEND education, health, and care and training focusing predominantly on pupils with complex SEND.

Our inclusive system of excellence will seek to re-balance and improve educational provision for all children and young people with SEND, including those currently in mainstream schools and resource bases or in other alternative provision. Offering local and community-based SEND provision across a wide area from its new inception. It will also deliver high quality training and expertise to a wide range of SEND settings across the county.

Silverwood School is committed to all aspects of personal development, it is inclusive and seeks to ensure every individual achieves. We provide a Local Government Pension Scheme, Wiltshire Employee Rewards, offer continuous professional development and a comprehensive wellbeing package. If you want to work with us, then we look forward to hearing from you.

**Safeguarding Statement**

Silverwood School is an amalgamation of 3 special schools in Wiltshire. The three campuses of Silverwood School are known as Chippenham Campus (formerly St. Nicholas School), Rowde Campus (formally Rowdeford School) and Trowbridge Campus (Formally Larkrise School) it also incorporates Popular College in Chippenham.

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £11.59-£11.98 per hour

Expected hours: 10 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- School: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Chippenham (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Chippenham: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person