Senior Holiday Playworker

Senior Holiday Playworker

Play and Youth Service

Casual hours with potential for FTC of 37 hours per week during school holidays

Grade E scp 11 £13.4656 Per Hour (£25,979 Per Annum – Full Time Equivalent Salary)

Casual

The Role

Job Description

As a Senior Playworker you will coordinate, lead and manage a mobile Play team that will provide play activities within the community from Monday 24^th June – “5^th August 2024. You need to be able to manage a staff team and you will be reporting to the Play and Youth Managers.

You will be responsible for running your own mobile play sessions, leading a team of playworkers to deliver day to day activities in a safe, fun environment catering for and meeting the children’s needs, during the school holidays and in line with Ofsted standards.

Your role will include planning and providing activities for children and young people in line with the Ofsted EYFS Statutory Framework. You will also be required to ensure all records of staff details and supervisions are kept up to date.

About You

We are looking for enthusiastic Play workers who can work as part of a team and be responsible for providing safe, fun, high quality childcare /play sessions.

For the Senior role, you must have at least 2 years’ experience, skills, and knowledge of working with Children and Young People aged 4-12 years and staff management.

An NVQ Level 3 qualification in childcare or broadly relevant equivalent qualification is desirable but not essential.

Driving will also be essential to this role.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. 

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.  

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs;  for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

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