Before & After school playworker
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9JJ24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 12.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24790 - £25183
Actual salary
- £7,081-£7,193
Pay scale
- Grade 3 scp 5 – 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Joseph’s RCP School are currently seeking a Playworker. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust at the beginning of a journey of transition, development, and growth within the multi-academy trust
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Assist in the delivery of age appropriate and creative play opportunities for both indoor and outdoor play for the children in a safe and caring environment.
- Maintain a register of the children on arrival and departure.
- Assist in the preparation and provide breakfast/snacks/refreshments to the children following food hygiene practices and clean up afterwards.
- Prepare and set up room as required, ensuring the cleanliness and tidiness of the club’s facilities during opening hours and that the room is left clean and tidy.
- Administer basic first aid as required and maintain accurate records in the accident book.
- Undertake the personal care of children as required, including toileting, dressing, and any sickness.
- Ensure children are supervised at all times.
- Work alongside and maintain good relationships with colleagues ensuring you can work as a team.
Our Mission:
Our Trust Mission is simple, it is to make Christ known, making lives better for our communities, our children and young people.
Our Values - One of Hope:
Inspired by St Teresa of Calcutta, we are people of hope. We have a complete belief in the future we will build together. By offering our children, staff and schools’ opportunities to grow and flourish, we make aspiration and ambition a reality. Our people, just like St Teresa are relentless and fiercely ambitious. We will always reach for that which seems to be just out of our grasp.
One of Courage:
As modelled for us by St Teresa of Calcutta, we will have the courage to do what is right. As a community, we will not shy away from making decisions that ensure our communities thrive. We will be brave in our actions. As a truly Catholic organisation this courage will be most apparent in how we collectively support the most vulnerable.
One of Innovation:
St Teresa of Calcutta changed the world. Together, we will always be pursuing new ideas and best practice in all areas of our work. We will prepare our children and young people for the world that awaits them. A world which they will shape and change.
We are seeking an individual who is:
Hardworking and able to create positive working relationships with the children and their families, as well as other staff members. Candidates must be honest, reliable, and able to conduct themselves professionally at all times. Most importantly we are looking for an individual who enjoys working with children in a play setting, making it a fun and enjoyable experience for them.
What the school offers its staff
- A supportive and dedicated Local Governing Body and Staff
- Highly effective safeguarding procedures.
- A working environment where all feel valued and respected.
- Supportive colleagues and governors with a clear vision and high aspirations for the school.
- A highly dedicated and inspirational team.
- A commitment to relevant, personalised Continuous Professional Development.
- A happy, calm and welcoming working environment.
- Opportunities to work within the wider STOCCAT team
- Generous 22.7% Local Government Pension scheme employer contribution
- Recognition of continuous Local Government service (where applicable)
Further information about the job
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
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About St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@stoccat.org.uk
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