Wrap Around Care Leader and MDSA

From the advert

The working hours for this role are expected to be 19 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. The start date for this role is as soon as possible.

St Nicholas Church of England Primary School is seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.

Wrap Around Care Leader: BSC - 1 hour per day, 5 days per week and ASC - 2.25 hours per day, 4 days per week (Monday to Thursday)

The Wrap Around Care Leader is responsible for leading the day-to-day organisation of provision, ensuring a high standard of care while creating a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for children. They plan, prepare, and deliver inclusive play activities that support children’s social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development, while also meeting individual needs and promoting independence. The role involves supervising staff, maintaining resources, ensuring safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed, and supporting positive behaviour in line with school policies. In addition, the leader builds strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues, communicates effectively, and continuously seeks to improve the quality of the service provided.

MDSA: 1 hour per day, 5 days per week

The Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA) is responsible for ensuring the safety, welfare, and good conduct of children during the lunchtime period, supervising them in dining and play areas while promoting positive behaviour in line with school policies. The role includes setting up and clearing the dining environment, cleaning tables and equipment, and maintaining a tidy and safe space for pupils throughout the lunch break. The MDSA also provides basic first aid, reports accidents or illnesses, and communicates effectively with children and colleagues to support wellbeing and development. Additionally, the post holder is expected to uphold the school’s ethos, attend training and meetings, and contribute to safeguarding practices by maintaining a safe and supportive environment.

For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.

About EQUA Mead Learning Trust

EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.

Important Application Information

When completing your application, please ensure that you add at least 2 references, with the first being your most recent employer. Please ensure that you read the attached referencing guidelines to familiarise yourself with our process. Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date. Your application must include a full employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. If this is not included it may not be possible to consider your application. To comply with safer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered.

This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.