Job Description

About Us

At Rocketeers Childcare, we strive to provide a high-quality wraparound provision for primary school aged children in West Sussex. As such, we have devised high quality breakfast & afterschool clubs that operate 5-days a week, during term time. It is against this backdrop that you could join a team who work as a collaborative unit to deliver the best possible experience for everyone who makes use of our services.

The Role

Our friendly and enchanting team share a commitment to ensuring that all children in our care are having fun, while always keeping them safe, promoting their independence and ensuring they are thriving in a genuinely happy environment. This makes for a spectacularly fantastic workplace, so we are confidently that you will excel at Rocketeers Childcare.

Every day will present you with new challenges, but across the board you can expect to help children develop their social, physical, intellectual, creative, and emotional skills through play. This will involve delivering a wide array of activities including, sports, arts and crafts, and games. Working on-site at one of our multiple locations, you will engage closely with the children, working toward developing positive relationships with not only them but their families too.

About You

With plenty of patience and empathy, you'll have a natural inclination towards working with children. While you don't specifically need to have previous experience in a role like this, it would be undeniably advantageous if you have previously worked with children or if you have an NVQ in healthcare - or you will be willing to work towards achieving this. As you will be working closely with parents and carers, you will have great communication and listening skills, and you will have good verbal and written English skills.

Crucially, you will be able to work wraparound hours (7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.) on a term-time only contract.

In return, you will benefit from being in the most fulfilling working environment, with the scope to develop skills that will set you up for a great career.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Main duties include:

Helping the manager with planning, preparing and delivering quality play opportunities within a safe and caring environment. Assist in the appraisals, 1-2-1's, observations, target & objective setting for Playworkers Providing comprehensive care for the children including collecting them from school and delivering them safely to parents/carers. Providing support and supervision to play workers and volunteers in the absence of the manager. Setting up the play space including moving furniture and play equipment. Providing refreshments and ensuring that hygiene, health and safety standards are met. Administering first aid when necessary. Consulting with children and involving them in planning activities. Encouraging parental involvement in the club. Facilitating good communication with all members of the organisation, parents, schools and childcare and play related agencies. Undertaking appropriate and relevant training. Keeping the work environment healthy, safe and secure. Working within the framework of the club's policies and procedures, and the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Additional Information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: Up to 13.50 per hour

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Horsham, RH13 6DJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):

This role will be offered on a term time only contract, working a split shift from 7:00- 9:00 a.m. & 2:30 - 6:15 p.m. Are you available to work these hours Monday to Friday?
Work Location: In person