Care Club Playworkers

Menston Primary School, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 6NY

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 May 2025

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: £12.45 - £12.65 Hourly

Care Club Playworkers job summary

Playworkers are required at our very popular before and after school Care Club based in

Menston Primary School

A variety of permanent, Fixed Term and Casual, term time only Playworkers are required,

to start in September 2025

All posts are Grade 2, SCP3-4 (£12.45 to £12.65 per hour), pay award pending

Our Care Club is a well-established, friendly and caring 75+ place, play based before and after school care facility for Menston Primary School children, with tremendous indoor and outdoor facilities. We have our own dedicated Care Club playrooms and a wide variety of appealing outdoor play spaces. New staff are fully supported with a full induction programme and ongoing training.

We would welcome applications from anyone with an enthusiasm and interest in working with and developing young children. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply so that we gain a wide variety of skills and experience to support and develop our provision.

Some posts are available on a casual basis. This gives us some flexibility to recruit students from local secondary schools who will are in Y12 and Y13 and for these candidates we are able to accommodate the schools’ 2 week rolling timetables.

A variety of part time positions are available, and candidates should be willing to work at least two morning and/or afternoon sessions per week:

Mornings: Either 7.15 am, 7.45 am or 8.00 am start, with a finish time of 8.45 am or 9 am

Afternoons: 3 pm to 5.30 pm or 6.00 pm finish

Actual days and session times and contract start dates will be confirmed with successful candidates upon offer of employment.

The successful candidates will:

• Have some experience of working with primary aged children, in either a paid or voluntary role
• Support our school in our strong commitment to safeguarding children
• Be caring, enthusiastic, well organised, and flexible team players, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Have high expectations of the children and themselves
• Have a commitment to their own professional development

• Be passionate about delivering high quality childcare across the primary age range

We can offer you:

• A well-established, high quality and successful Care Club with its own dedicated playrooms and a wide variety of appealing outdoor spaces in a beautiful village setting

• A friendly, caring, dedicated, motivated staff and Leadership Team

• High quality induction and ongoing training relevant to the role

• Fantastic children who enjoy Care Club

In your personal statement we are looking for you to highlight your particular strengths, interests and relevant experience that would make you suitable for this post and ways in which you think you could make a positive contribution to our Care Club.

We would strongly encourage interested candidates to visit our website at www.menstonprimary.co.uk for more information about our wonderful school and Care Club.

If you have the skills and ambition to join our team, we would love to hear from you.

Note: we are unable to accept CVs

Closing Date for the posts: Midnight, Monday 2 June 2025

Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 9 June 2025

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted for this post.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Menston Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 404 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Menston Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/menston-primary-school-ilkley

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