Assistant Playcare Worker

Greasby Junior School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 3AR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,965.49 Annually (FTE) This role is part time 8.75hours per week and the salary will be pro rata

Assistant Playcare Worker job summary

Part Time - 8.75hrs per week.

3.45pm - 5.30pm, every week day.

38 weeks per year.

Fixed Term until 31.08.26

We are looking for an Assistant Playcare Worker who:

• Is a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Has high expectations and aspirations of children, behaviour and personal development.
• Has a passion for supporting the needs of all children, especially those with SEND
• Has a positive outlook and loves developing children’s’ learning.

Our children would like someone who is:

• Kind and helpful
• Creative
• Enthusiastic, fun and always encouraging
• Firm, but relaxed and calm

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for formal interview, which is provisionally scheduled for the morning of 19th March 2026.

Please refer to the employee specification for more detail about the requirements of the post. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS disclosure. If you have not been contacted about this post by Monday 16th March, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Closing date: 12pm, 10th March 2026.

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Greasby Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 245 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greasby Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greasby-junior-school-wirral

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