Play Worker - After-School Care

Woodland View Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 3PY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required ASAP

• Closing date

  26 March 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale C, £13.26 per hour (from April)

Play Worker - After-School Care job summary

Part of The CARE Federation 

Tel: 01603 898292 

Emails:  officewv@carefed.org.uk and  business@carefed.org.uk  

Website:  www.spixworth.norfolk.sch.uk  

Executive Headteacher:  Ms H Jordan 

 

• Salary – Scale C, £13.26 per hour (from April) 
• Temporary until 31 March 2027 in the first instance 
• Part Time 
• 13.75 hours per week (M-F) 
• Job share possible 
• Term time plus one week 
• Required ASAP  

 

At The CARE Federation, we live by our values of CARE: Community, Adventure, Respect and Excellence. 

The CARE Federation wishes to appoint a reliable and enthusiastic person to support our popular After School Club for Spixworth Infant and Woodland View Junior pupils, based at Woodland View Junior School.  Hours of work, 3.15pm – 6.00pm, Monday to Friday (job share possible).

 

This role will involve working with pupils aged 4-11. The play worker will be responsible for leading play based activities and supporting with the provision of a healthy light meal. 

This role may be suitable for a young worker (age 16+) currently studying a childcare course. 

The successful candidate will: 

• Enjoy facilitating play-based activities and engaging with the children. 
• Ensure the children are safe and happy at all times 
• Ensure the children have a nourishing, balanced light meal, and support the preparation of this. 
• Be able to establish positive and supportive relationships with children, parents and colleagues 
• Hold, or be working towards, an NVQ level 2 in childcare or equivalent or have relevant experience. 
• Be willing to undertake additional training for example in Food and Hygiene, First Aid and Safeguarding  

 In return we can offer: 

• Opportunities to develop skills and access appropriate training 
• A supportive and skilled staff team 
• A purposeful and well maintained working environment 
• Wonderful pupils and caring families 

Should you require further information about the school or this vacancy, please contact the school office on 01603 898292 or officewv@carefed.org.uk . 

How to apply 

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’. 

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. 

Completed forms should be returned to – business@carefed.org.uk  

 

Closing date:  26 March 2026, 9am 

Interview date: TBA 

 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks. 

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. 

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 Woodland View Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 141 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodland View Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodland-view-junior-school

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