South Gloucestershire Council is on the look-out for people to join its school crossing patrol teams. The role will provide a valuable service to local children and the community ensuring their safety around schools.
The school crossing patrol workers are given the power under the law to stop traffic, and those failing to comply can be prosecuted. For roughly half an hour every morning and afternoon during school weeks, you can become a school crossing patrol hero.
Full training and uniform is being provided by the council and currently, 11 different schools require someone to work just five hours a week in their local community.
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The Road Safety Team at South Gloucestershire Council advises to prospective applicants: "No formal qualifications or experience are required as we will train suitable applicants. Experience of working with or being responsible for children is desirable and knowledge of the Highway Code as a driver, cyclist or pedestrian would also be helpful.
"The main duty of a school crossing patrol is to judge when it is best to signal for traffic to stop and to ensure the safety of the people wishing to cross. We also look for our patrols to build and maintain a good working relationship with the children, parents, drivers and the schools that does not compromise the safety or the efficient and effective operation of the site."
The full list of schools currently requiring a school crossing patroller are:
- Almondsbury Primary School
- Elm Park Primary
- Hanham Abbots
- Iron Acton Primary School
- Longwell Green Primary School
- Manorbrook Primary School, Thornbury
- North Road Primary School, Yate
- Stanbridge Primary School
- Staple Hill Primary School
- St Barnabas Primary School
- St Michaels C of EVC Primary School, Winterbourne
The council's jobs page does not currently specify the wage. According to the Government's careers website, the salary of a lollipop person is "variable".
Derbyshire County Council is currently advertising a job vacancy for its school crossing patrol at £9.43 per hour, according to Indeed, while Essex County Council has vacancies advertising £11.13 per hour.
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