Overview
How you’ll make a difference
As a School Crossing Patrol, your role is key in providing a safe road crossing service for children and adults. Working one hour per day, you will ensure the safety and orderliness of pedestrians approaching or waiting at the crossing point and crossing the road.
What you will be doing
- You will provide safe road crossing services for children and adults at fixed sites, helping to ensure their safety.
- It will be key for you to build and maintain strong relations with pupils, parents and staff.
- It will be your responsibility to report any problems, hazards or incidents to the Lead Road Safety Officer.
- Working with a range of basic equipment to complete tasks, you will check stock to ensure that materials which are necessary to do the job are available and report any defects.
What we need from you
- We require you to have some practical skills in order to facilitate safe road crossing and be willing to undertake basic training.
- You will have the ability to learn how to use tools and equipment (e.g. use of a prescribed road safety sign).
- It is essential that you are willing and able to follow road safety procedures to ensure the job is carried out safely.
What you need to know
- This post is term time, working Monday to Friday and 30mins in the morning and 30mins in the afternoon.
- Your salary will be pro rata to hours worked.
- Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
- There are multiple posts available for this role across various locations of South Gloucestershire, please indicate on your application the school you are interested in:
- Almondsbury
- Barrs Court
- The Tynings
- Frampton Cotterell
- Christchurch, Downend
- St John’s Mead
- Bromley Heath
- Casual hours
Interviews will be carried out regularly over January, February and March 2026.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
- We’re planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
- We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
To view the full job description, please click this link: School Crossing Patrol – Job Description
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
