Welfare Assistant

Job Title: Welfare Assistant
Grade: Grade 1A SCP 3
Directly responsible to: Children & Families Officer
Directly responsible for: Lunchtime Supervision
Hours of Duty: 2 hour 10 minutes per day, 190 days per year. Overtime paid for additional training

Closing Date: 12th May, 2026.

Interviews on the week of 18th May.

Start date (as soon as possible)

About us
We are a large urban primary school in Salford, touching distance from Manchester City
Centre. We serve a vibrant, diverse community and value and celebrate this diversity at all
levels in school. The Friars is a supportive, friendly school with opportunities for growth
within our staff group and a range of additional opportunities for staff and children.
We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on
our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

About the role
We are looking for a Welfare Assistant who has experience of working with children in a
Primary School setting to join our staff team who has a passion for supporting children. This
role will predominantly involve lunchtime support including playground monitoring and
interacting positively with children.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate a commitment to our school ethos and values
• Have a passion for promoting and supporting children’s learning and wellbeing
• Be able to support the wellbeing of children of different ages across school as required
• Be able to relate well to both children and adults and be able to work well in a team

Duties will include planning, preparing and delivering fun activities for individuals/small
groups whilst on the playground and supporting children getting their dinner.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic school and to be part of its future
developments.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a fully enhanced DBS check.

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