Play Workers for Wraparound Care Service

Breakfast & After School Club (Aftercare)

Hours: Between 5- 18.75 hours per week, term time only

Salary Scale RG2 Actual salary £2,709 - £10,318 per annum (dependant on actual contracted hours)

Start date: January/February 2025

School term time hours: *Required hours* Monday - Friday

Breakfast club from 7.50am – 8:50am

After school club from 3.15pm - 6.00pm

*Please indicate if you would like to be considered for both Breakfast and Aftercare hours or if you would only like to be considered for one or the other.

Job Description

We are looking for passionate and creative play assistants to join our school run Wraparound Care Service. As a member of the wraparound team, you will gain valuable experience assisting the delivering a wide range of engaging and participative childcare activities; working with children from ages 4 - 12. Our Play Assistants are passionate, enthusiastic and thrive in a highly rewarding role that facilitates children’s development throughout their time in our Breakfast and After School.

This is a demanding but very rewarding role suited to someone with an interest in supporting children and should ideally have some relevant experience of working alongside children. You should be self-motivated, have good communication skills and be able to engage with children positively.

Your responsibilities include:

• Plan and deliver safe activities with the children either as a group or on a 1:1 basis
• Engage with children encouraging them to participate in activities to promote learning and social development
• Support children on a 1:1 basis who have complex needs
• Encourage fair and caring behaviour among the children
• Encourage independence and self-esteem
• Ensure safeguarding procedures are adhered to
• Assist with food preparation for serving breakfast and afterschool snacks
• Complete various training courses including Food Hygiene and Child Safeguarding.

You can also download an application pack via the school’s website:

 www.thameside.reading.sch.uk (Go to: About us, Come & Work for us!) or email admin@thameside.reading.sch.uk

The school is committed to safeguarding children and is an equal-opportunity provider.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

Closing date for applications is: Sunday 5th January 2025. However, we will consider applications on receipt of application forms returned.

Interviews will be arranged on receipt of applications when school reopens after Christmas. We wish to appoint in early January with a view to starting in February depending on notice periods.