Breakfast Club Assistant – Dean Park Primary School

Job Description

Breakfast Club Assistant – Fixed term until 02/04/2027

Dean Park Primary

Salary: £26,205 – £26,525 (pro rata for part time and sessional)

Hours: 5 per week, 38 weeks sessional

Monday – Friday 7.50am – 8.50am

Dean Park Primary serves the village of Balerno in south west Edinburgh. The school operates across two sites: a main campus within the Deanpark/Marchbank housing estates and a nursery annexe in the heart of the village. We currently have 504 primary pupils and 88 full time nursery places, and the main campus is expanding with six new classrooms due for completion this year.

Position Overview

Dean Park’s Breakfast Club offers a safe, warm and welcoming environment where pupils can enjoy a healthy breakfast and socialise before school. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Breakfast Club Team and support the safe delivery of our large breakfast club provision. Experience in working with children is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

Support the safe delivery of the Breakfast Club provision.

Qualifications and Requirements

Experience working with children is desirable but not essential.

Regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates must join the PVG Scheme or undergo an update check, and provide an overseas criminal record check if they have spent a continuous period of 3 months or more abroad in the last 5 years. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post are subject to the outcome of these pre employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and can be their best. Applicants from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply, and disabled and care experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.

Interview Process

The interview will include an assessment of how you bring the Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.