Casual Activities Assistant

Riverside School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS

57 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): Clubs run for two Saturdays per month during term time and in the school holidays. The working hours are 9.45am to 4.15pm
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: 13.02 plus an enhancement of 12.07% in lieu of annual leave entitlement

What skills and experience we're looking for

Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Ability to support the day to day running of a special needs scheme and to assist in devising an activity programme which is suitable for the needs of the children for who it is aimed.
• Ability to work and communicate well with children and understand their individual needs. Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to communicate and maintain good working relationships.
• Ability to assist in play activities with enthusiasm and as part of a team.

Experience

• Experience of working with children.
• Experience of special needs desirable.
• Experience of challenging and complex behaviour is desirable.
• Experience preferred in sports and arts related activities.

Qualifications

• A childcare qualification is preferable.
• A first aid qualification is desirable.

What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing support

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

Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Casual Activity Assistants - Information pack.pdf - 438 KB (opens in new tab)

About Riverside School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 357 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-school-orpington

We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age (3-19) special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley), in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside the most incredible place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. We aim to provide the kind of specialist education and opportunities that our families want and our pupils deserve. We stand together to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity so that everyone in our school community feels a true sense of belonging.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:

Aspiration Resilience Creativity Humility Integrity Trust Enthusiasm Courage Teamwork

They make up the acronym ARCHITECT to signify our passion for designing and building a school that will make an indelible mark on the world for generations to come; a school that will impact positively on everyone who enters, on people we may never meet, and in ways we may never know.

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