Post: Little Spires Wrap Around Care Lead
Responsible To: Head of Pre-Prep
Start Date: Monday 2nd November 2026
Hours: Monday to Friday 3:15pm to 6pm, term time only
Salary: £8,201.11
Closing Date: Friday 4th September 2026, interviews w/c Monday 7th September 2026
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
· To ensure the safeguarding of children at all times.
· To provide a safe and stimulating environment for the children attending Little Spires with creative and appropriate play opportunities.
· To create a nurturing, calm and caring wrap around care service for our children catering for a range of interests and needs.
· To plan, prepare and deliver age and ability appropriate activities.
· To ensure that play equipment is properly used, maintained and stored.
· To ensure that areas used by Little Spires are kept organised, clean and tidy.
· To arrange and supervise the provision of refreshments as needed.
· To ensure that the arrival and departure of children is properly recorded.
· To be a point of contact with parents and carers.
· To ensure adequate supervision of the children at all times.
· To direct the use of other staff within Little Spires, such as the duty Gap student.
· To ensure that records of attendance are passed to the finance department for fee billing purposes.
· To undertake minor first aid duties.
· To be responsible for the intimate care of the children, including supporting them with toileting as required.
Other responsibilities:
· Carry out the work of this school to the best of your ability, displaying initiative and enthusiasm and recognising that its status as preparatory and pre-prep, boarding and day school, and also a choir school, places additional demands and responsibilities on staff who choose to work here.
· Do all you can, by the relationships that you build with pupils, staff, parents, and the wider community, to promote the caring ethos of the school and reflect its Christian foundation.
· Engage actively in the school appraisal process.
· Willingness to undertake CPD and complete essential training courses as directed by the school .
· Adhere to policies as set out in the staff operations handbook. Maintain high professional standards of attendance, punctuality, appearance and conduct.
Qualifications
● Level 3 or above qualification, full and relevant for EYFS
● Experience of working with young children
● Paediatric First Aid qualification is desirable but we can provide training if required
Experience
- Experience of working with young children, planning and delivering fun and engaging activities
Skills
● Flexible approach to meet the needs of the role
● Adaptability
● Open to new ideas and approaches
● Strong team player
Personal qualities
● Good sense of humour
● Calm under pressure
● Positive outlook
● Ability to use initiative
● Approachable
● Warm, kind and caring manner
● Good communication skills
Pay: £8,201.11 per year
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
