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As a Lunchtime Supervisor you will work within a small team to ensure an organised approach to meal breaks. Students should receive their meals in a timely manner, in a clean, tidy and safe environment. The college supports students with Autism and complex needs, you will support the students over the lunchtime period assisting them with eating and personal care if needed.
The working hours are Monday - Friday 10 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate the dinner queue, communicating effectively with students.
- Supervise & support learners eating meals.
- Ensure crockery, cutlery, trays and leftovers are returned by learners to relevant collection and disposal points
- Deal with spillages in Dining Hall.
- Ensure student behaviour management and safeguarding processes are followed, ensuring any incidents are properly reported to the duty manager or LSA manager.
- Work effectively with catering staff and learning support staff to ensure a positive lunchtime experience for students, including following agreed strategies with individual students where necessary
- Demonstrate a positive attitude towards disability and assist those students who may need help.
- Any other relevant duties as directed by the line manager or Catering Manager (where appropriate).
- Attend any training and development identified by the LSA management team to support job performance or that is a QAC requirement e.g. safeguarding, equality, H&S, food hygiene.
- Follow College policies and procedures as directed by the line manager.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- To have a positive attitude towards disability
- To have the ability to use judgement and common sense
- To have the ability to work as part of a team.
- To be flexible
- To be honest
- To be reliable and punctual
How to apply
We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to review the job description above.
Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are available here
About Queen Alexandra College
Queen Alexandra College (QAC) is a national residential College and registered charity that supports a diverse range of student/client abilities and needs.
Our College provides education, training, routes to independent living and employment through an innovative, holistic approach to learning and support.
QAC offers a vibrant, varied and fun educational experience for both residential and day students. Our curriculum aims to maximise adult life, independence and work opportunities for all students. Class sizes are small and support levels high.
All students, clients and staff are supported within safe and well-resourced environments. We have educational and learning sites based in Birmingham, one of Europe’s most welcoming and vibrant cities, with a rich and diverse culture. Our main site is based in Harborne, a pleasant leafy Birmingham suburb, on a friendly and green 8-acre campus with excellent facilities and resources.
As QAC has grown, we now have new educational and learning sites – Pinewood Campus (dedicated to employment progression) and Umberslade Campus (dedicated to horticulture and outdoor learning).
QAC makes a positive difference to the lives and learning of people with disabilities and learning difficulties. We have high expectations of staff, students and clients whilst being responsive, innovative and collaborative. Our College values drive how we work with students, clients, stakeholders and as a team.
We continue to attract and retain staff of the highest calibre, who are proud of QAC’s achievements and who wish to be an integral part of ongoing and future successes.
As Leaders in Diversity which drives the culture at QAC and we warmly welcome applications from individuals who share our values, from all backgrounds, to add to our committed and diverse team.
