Job Description

Breakfast and After School Club Support Worker

Pay: 12.44 per hour

Hours: 20 hours per week (07:30- 09:00 and 14:30-18:00 Monday- Thursday)

Temporary contract till 25th June 2026 (with potential of extension/permament funding

Location: based within Strathaven After School Club, Ashkirk Road, ML106JT

Application Deadline: 14th November 2025. Please note if we have sufficient interest this post may be closed to applications before this date

We're looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic support worker to work within our Breakfast and After School Club, supporting children aged 4-12 with engaging, high-quality care and play opportunities. You'll work within a team of around 9 staff, supervising play and work activities, to help children learn and develop.

The role includes:

Prepare play activities.

Provide full care for children to go to and from out of school care including picking up from school.

Providing a snack for children while adhering to and promoting healthy eating.

Prepare the facility for the day's activities and arrange resources as required.

Make sure the play area is safe and tidy.

Understand your duties and obligations under the National Care Standards and the SSSC Codes of Practice.

You are required to work closely with parents, carers or guardians, and with other professionals like doctors, health visitors, speech therapists, social workers and child psychologists. You may have to monitor and record each child's progress, fill out registers and write reports.

Accept responsibilities for tasks that are delegated to them.

Assist practitioners with planning and general

Be able to work effectively in a team

Attend training courses to develop their professional development

Adhere to staff: child ratio's at all times.

All staff must read and adhere to all club's policies and procedures.

Personal Qualities and Skills

You must understand the importance of play to children's physical, social and emotional development and self-expression. You must have enough imagination to plan stimulating activities, and enough awareness of safety to avoid hazards. Creative skills are useful in activities relating to art, music and drama.

As a support worker you must enjoy working with children. You must be caring, understanding and able to give encouragement. A friendly, cheerful personality is helpful, along with a sense of fun, stamina and lots of energy.

The work involves lifting, bending and other physical activity, so you must be physically fit.

Patience and tolerance are very important: you must be able to cope with noise and demands for your attention. You must be able to use initiative, stay calm under pressure, and respond quickly and calmly to emergencies. Knowledge of first aid is useful.

Good communication skills are needed, not just to work with children, but to build friendly and open relationships with parents, carers or guardians.

Be honest and trustworthy and have ability to use your own initiative

Essential criteria

Experience of working with children in a group setting. Ability to work as part of a team. Understanding of children's health, safety and wellbeing needs. Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults. PVG membership or willingness to join.

Desirable Criteria

SVQ Level 2/3 in Playwork, Childcare, or equivalent. First Aid or Food Hygiene certificates. Experience of supporting children with additional support needs. Knowledge of GIRFEC and SHANARRI principles.

Strathaven After School Club was established in 2000 and is situated within Wester Overton Primary School. The Club is a registered charity (charity number: SC205113). We are a non-profit making organisation and are overseen by a Board of Directors, all of whom have children attending the Club. We currently have children attending from Wester Overton, Kirkland Park, St Patrick's, Glassford, Sandford and Gilmourton primary schools

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To apply

, please send your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the criteria to SASC.directors@hotmail.com.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 12.44 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Work Location: In person