After School & Holiday Club Staff – Playworkers / Sports Coaches

Crofton Junior School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 1EL

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15.24 Hourly

After School & Holiday Club Staff – Playworkers / Sports Coaches job summary

After School & Holiday Club Staff - Playworkers / Sports Coaches

Required: As soon as possible
Contract: Casual
Hours:

• After School Club: approx. 3:00pm - 5:30/6:00pm, Monday-Friday (flexible days)

• Holiday Club: during school holidays
  Pay: £15.24 per hour

Main purpose of the role

Crofton Junior School is looking to recruit enthusiastic and reliable Playworkers / Sports Coaches to join our After School and Holiday Club provision.

This role involves supporting and delivering a range of play, creative, and sporting activities for children aged 3-11 years, helping to ensure a safe, engaging, and enjoyable environment for all children attending.

You will be joining an established and supportive team, working across both term-time after-school provision and school holiday clubs.

Key responsibilities

• Support the safe supervision of children during after-school and holiday club sessions

• Plan and deliver engaging activities including:

• Sports and games

• Arts and crafts

• Play-based activities

• Promote positive behaviour and inclusion

• Support setting up and packing away equipment

• Work effectively as part of a team to maintain a safe and welcoming environment

The successful candidate will:

• Enjoy working with children and as part of a team

• Be friendly, approachable, and reliable

• Have good communication skills with both children and adults

• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

• Be willing to undertake training as required

• Hold a current First Aid qualification or be willing to complete training

Previous experience working with children or in a play, sport, or childcare setting is desirable but not essential. Applicants must be aged 18 or over.

Mosaic Schools Learning Trust is an inclusive Trust where we value everyone’s uniqueness and seek to build the values of respect, resilience and resourcefulness within and across our school communities. We are firmly committed to working as a team across schools through intentional collaboration.

As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all members of our community equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness through our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Mosaic Schools Learning Trust is committed to equal opportunities and to the safeguarding and promoting of children and young people’s welfare. We expect all staff to fully comply with this commitment.

Successful applicants will be subject to DBS clearance and other relevant employment checks including an online search. References will be requested prior to interview for candidates who are short-listed.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Crofton Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 715 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Crofton Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crofton-junior-school

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