Job Description

Location:

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Salary:

25,467 per annum, pro rata

Contract/Hours:

Permanent/Term Time/Part Time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 3pm till 6pm)

Closing date:

Midnight on the 29 th of January 2026

Benefits (pro rata):

Gain professional qualifications

and excellent training/development opportunities

24/7 Confidential Helpline

speak to trained counsellors any time, 365 days a year, for emotional, wellbeing or mental health support.

Enhanced Well-being

: 8 sessions In-Person, Phone, or Online Counselling or CBT

Treat yourself:

Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15,000 + retailers

Salary Finance

- access to financial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary

Childcare Discount -

A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs

Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave -

to care for dependents in an emergency.

Paid maternity, adoption, and paternity

leave

Gain professional qualifications

and excellent training/development opportunities

Secure your future:

Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know...

Why Spring Nurseries

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is new adventure. At Spring Oscars, where more than a collection of settings, we are a family, dedicated to nurturing children to thrive and supporting staff through a clear career pathway.

A bit about the role

In the role of Play Worker Spring Oscars, you'll be an effective member of the out of School Club team delivering a flexible, high quality, education and care centred service before and after school and during the holidays that meets the needs of children 4-11 years of age and their families and the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Hours / Shifts

The club shifts are:


Breakfast Club - Monday to Friday from 7.00am to 9am


After School Club - Monday to Thursday from 3.00pm to 6pm, and Friday from 2.45pm to 5.45pm

In the role of Play Worker, you'll be:

Promoting good childcare practice in a professional, inclusive, and flexible manner. Planning and taking part in play and leisure activities for children. Caring for and supervising our children, making sure that they are safe and happy. Thoroughly enjoying your role and making each day count for the children in our care.

What we need from you

In the role of Play Worker (Unqualified), we're ideally looking for someone who has:


A real passion to work with children and make a difference. First Aid qualification or ability to achieve. Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or ability to achieve.
Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.


We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.


Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.

Contact:

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference 12482.


We'll be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.


Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.


We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.


There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration - please refer to the when applying.


We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool:

We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.

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