Job Description

Support Worker - Holiday Support

The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.

We are looking for individuals who have the special ability to support and encourage play activities on a 1 to 1 basis with children and young people with disabilities and medically complex needs.

Position:

Support Worker - Holiday Support

Location:

Oaklands School, Edinburgh EH4 4PQ

Salary:

12.85 per hour (with potential to earn 15.38 an hour)

Hours:

Seasonal - during Edinburgh school holidays (excluding Christmas)

Benefits:

Holiday pay, training & development opportunities, life assurance, company pension, health care cash back plan, employee assistance programme, payment for disclosures & PVGs

About the role & your responsibilities:

As a Support Worker at Holiday Support, you will play an active role in the set-up, delivery and development of play activities, encouraging and enabling children and young people to play and socialise in an inclusive way. There will be some requirement to assist and undertake personal care with individual children when required.

About you:

Do you get a buzz from helping children and young people create laughter, mess and happy memories? Then we would love you to be a part of our team.

This job is for you if you have:

Experience of working with children and young people in a play or youth work setting or, alternatively, in a home environment

An empathetic approach with the ability to trust in others

An ability to work in a flexible manner, as an individual and as part of a team

The ability to register to successfully with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), and undertake an acceptable PVG check

How to apply:

To understand more about the role, please download our Support Worker - Holiday Support job description from The Yard website: https://theyardscotland.org.uk/jobs/support-worker-holiday-support-2/

Please send a completed job application form and equal opportunities monitoring form (available on our website) to: jobs@theyardscotland.org.uk

We very much welcome previous experience working as: Care Assistant, Care Worker, Carer, Domiciliary Carer, Pupil Support Assistant, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Personal Assistant

The Yard aims to be an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on any grounds. The above post is subject to a PVG check and SSSC registration.

Any applications without a completed application form will be automatically rejected

(Please note: The Yard does not accept CVs)

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: 12.85-15.83 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension Life insurance
Work Location: In person