After School Club Playworker
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School, Harrow, HA1 3BEThis job expired on 1 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
1 April 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
27 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 3.15-6.15pm, 5 days a week (15 hours per week)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Pay scale
- G2 08
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
A commitment to equal opportunities
Enthusiastic and passionate about working with children.
Experience in planning and delivering engaging and safe activities for children.
Ability to communicate at all levels ie with children, parents and other staff.
Ability to meet children’s individual needs.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Reliable, punctual and committed to the role.
Flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
Desirable
Experience working with children in a playwork or similar environment.
Knowledge of child development and effective behaviour management strategies.
Some administrative experience.
A current first aid certificate.
Childcare qualification or a willingness to work towards in NVQ in Playwork.
What the school offers its staff
- the opportunity to work in an outstanding Catholic school with a strong reputation for excellence in education and care;
- a safe, inclusive and engaging environment for children to thrive;
- a supportive and dynamic team committed to child development and well-being;
- the opportunity to make a positive impact on children’s social and emotional growth;
- opportunities for professional development to enhance skills in childcare and playwork.
Further details about the role
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Set up and supervise pre-planned activities suitable for children of different ages and abilities.
- Set up the areas to be used before the children arrive at the Club, ensuring that the environment is welcoming, safe, and clean at all times.
- Providing full care including collecting children and delivering to their class/ the club/ the parents or carers.
- Be responsible, with other team members, for ensuring that play materials and equipment are properly used, maintained and stored and for reporting any worn or damaged materials to the Wrap-around Supervisor.
- Supervise the children while they eat their snacks.
- Providing safe, creative, appropriate play opportunities, organising and preparing activities, being aware of inclusion of different minority groups and those with disabilities.
- Support children with homework as and when appropriate.
- Ensure the well-being of all children attending the club, adhering to the school’s safeguarding policies.
- Administering first aid as appropriate.
- Record, or supervise, the recording of any accidents/incidents in the accident book.
- Implement behaviour management strategies to maintain a positive and inclusive atmosphere.
- Liaising closely with parents and carers in a nurturing and professional manner.
- Work as a team to ensure after school club duties are covered under the direction of the supervisor and in line with agreed policies.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Anselm’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references are required for all successful applicants
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Anselm's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 413 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Anselm's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- office@st-anselms.org
- Phone number
- 02084221600
St Anselm’s is an outstanding Catholic Voluntary Aided School vibrant, inclusive and successful. Our teachers enjoy working here and we value every member of staff.
We have high standards for academic achievement with progress and attainment consistently and significantly above the national and local authority averages.
Our Mission Statement 'Learning and growing together through prayer, belief and love’ is at the heart of our Catholic ethos and permeates all areas of school life.
Arranging a visit to St Anselm's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@st-anselms.org.
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