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Senior WrapAround Playworker

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5LB

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• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 June 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: £24,027.00 - £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 2 scp. 3 pro rata to 5.5 hrs per week for 39 weeks a year. Actual Salary: £3246 - £3320

Senior WrapAround Playworker job summary

Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust wishes to appoint a Senior Wrap Around Club Playworker to support the Wrap Around Club at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School. The role will be on a fixed term basis until 31st August 2026.

The role will be for 5.5 hours per week, working from 4pm-6pm Tuesday, 4pm-5pm Wednesday -Thursday and 3.30pm-5pm Friday.

The main duties of the role are:

• To support the school in providing a high quality Wraparound provision at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.

• To supervise children who are attending the Wrap Around Club and provide a range of high-quality play activities.

The successful candidate will:

• Provide a safe and nurturing environment for children

• As well as being professional, be friendly, patient and understanding towards children.

• Have strong moral and ethical principles and values

• Be enthusiastic and motivated and able to communicate well with a range of people

• Be able to adapt and respond appropriately to challenging situations

• Be flexible, open to new ideas, committed to working as part of a team and of course have a good sense of humour

• Act with utmost integrity at all times

We can offer the successful candidate:

• An opportunity to work within a welcoming and enthusiastic environment with wonderful children, supportive staff, governors and parents
• Close links and group support from six other schools in this forward thinking Catholic multi-academy trust in this exciting time in our development
• An opportunity to be part of a team of dedicated, talented and hardworking individuals
• Entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme which is one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of 18.5%
• A true commitment to Continuing Professional Development with access to a library of on-line training courses and fully accredited qualifications and opportunities to access other relevant paid training.
• A range of employee benefits which support your well-being that includes:
• o A confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is extended to members of your family
• o A Health Cash Plan which is paid for by the Trust and gives access to a range of benefits which include covering the costs towards optical, dental, alternative therapy treatments, health screening and discounted gym memberships and a large range of retail discounts. Some benefits are also available to family members
• o Flu vaccination clinics
• o Eyecare Vouchers

Prospective candidates are warmly invited to visit the school and meet with the Headteacher. Please contact the School Business Manager on emma.chorley@st-marys-dukinfield.tameside.sch.uk to make arrangements.

If you would like to apply for the position, you should complete the Application Form available at ‘Apply Now’. You will need to read the Job Description, Person Specification and Privacy Notice.

Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, religion, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex and sexual orientation.

Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post will be subject to enhanced DBS and barred list checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The applicant will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.

Applicants are advised that schools and colleges designated with a religious character in England and Wales are permitted by law to require certain posts to be filled by practising Catholics or individuals who hold a Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies. Where it is not a requirement of the role to be a practising Catholic, applications are invited from individuals committed to supporting the Catholic ethos of the school.

It is not a requirement of this role to be a practising Catholic and therefore, applications are invited from individuals committed to supporting the Catholic ethos of the school.

Please note CVs and agency referrals will not be accepted.

[1] Please note that whilst the successful candidate will be appointed to a particular school within the Trust, the Trust reserves the right to deploy staff at any of its schools depending on need, where agreement is reached with all parties.

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.

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About St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 212 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-dukinfield

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