Job Description

Play Worker Apprentice - This is the perfect role for someone who is looking to work with children and early years and gain a Level 2 Qualification in this role.

This involves assisting in our breakfast and after school clubs, lunch sports club and other extra-curricular clubs in which you will learn and develop skills towards supporting children.

Hours -

7.30am-9am

2.45pm-6pm

Locations - Primary Schools within Chesham.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR LEVEL 2 PLAYWORK

To be well established with and confident in understanding the club's policies and procedures and be able to explain how these policies are suitably aligned to your daily practice.

To set up learning spaces including moving equipment and furniture and understanding the impact of enabling environments.

To monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment by completing risk assessments to mitigate risk across the venue.

To plan, prepare and deliver the highest quality play opportunities within a safe and caring environment.

Before the arrival of children, to ensure that the environment is inclusive for all, recognises and encourages diversity, and ensuring that all SEN needs are catered for.

To seek the views of children and involve them in the planning of activities, deeply respecting their values and contributions to their preferred learning styles.

To enable child-centred play in a structured and relaxed environment maintaining overall quality of care, supporting children to engage in a range of play opportunities allowing for safe risks and challenges.

In line with the food and hygiene standards, support the preparation of making nutritious snacks and refreshments whilst promoting independence, encouragement and self-choice to children, including those in Early Years.

To recognise the importance of safeguarding, how it can differentiate, applying procedures in practice, and take any action required to ensure the safety and welfare of children.

To be proactive in ensuring that you are clear on your responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and child protection and you know how to report any low or high-level concerns immediately to the Venue Lead.

To provide comprehensive care for children of all ages, including collecting them from their classes, overseeing and delivering them safely to their parents/carers.

To understand your responsibilities set out in meeting the differentiating needs of the EYFS children and what your additional roles are to ensure their care is met and allied to the framework for the early years foundation stage.

To understand your duties for supporting all levels of intimate care situations and ensuring that respectful, consent of care is maintained and safer working practices are in place at all times.

To support the maintaining and logging of confidential records as required, e.g. accident/ incident forms, medication and safeguarding disclosures.

Additional skillsets required:

To show enthusiasm and interest for engaging with the children, role modelling and facilitating their play alongside them.

To ensure you are enthusiastic and can hold conversation to detail, in maintaining good relationships with school, children and parents.

To develop and maintain positive attitude with children, families, where you are setting an example at all times.

To remain vigilant to ensure all children are protected from any potential harm.

To be passionate about children and their development.

Resilient and Dependable

Caring & empathetic

Have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading, writing and maths as they will be allocated time to continue with their learning during WAC.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 8.00-13.00 per hour

Benefits:

Employee mentoring programme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person