Location: Coram’s Fields, 93 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DN
Hours: 20 hours per week, from Monday to Friday during Camden schools term times & 35 hours per week during school holidays. Salary: £27,821 per annum, pro-rata Annual Leave: 26 days p/a, pro-rata (plus bank holidays) Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
The Play Worker role is an integral part of Coram’s Fields Play Service team, providing high quality childcare within our established weekly Out of School Club (OSC) provision and Holiday Schemes.
Coram’s Fields has been a flagship provider of services for young people for over 80 years and our OSC is just one in a host of services delivered from our seven acre site in heart of Central London.
If you believe that you have the passion, ability and commitment to positively impact on the lives of the young people that we serve, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities Include:
1. To contribute to the effective running of Coram’s Fields OSC and Holiday schemes by providing high quality, needs led support to young people aged 4-12 years.
2. To plan, develop and deliver activities that are fully inclusive for the after school and holiday programmes for children aged 4-12 years.
3. To be part of a team responsible for transporting young people from a number of local primary schools to Coram’s Fields (OSC) and for facilitating off site trips (as part of Holiday Schemes).
4. To work effectively as a key worker; providing support to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) children and Children in Need (CIN).
5. To work independently and collectively to proactively address negative behaviour, creating positive short and long term solutions for those involved.
6. To liaise with parents/guardians regarding their child’s progress and to work with them to ensure that their personal, social, educational and emotional needs are met
7. To lead on elements of the programme. To research, deliver and evaluate these activities and projects.
8. To attend briefing meetings and contribute to regular evaluations of the impact and success of the programmes, and to apply lessons learnt to future planning of services.
9. To creatively involve young people in the planning and development of activities.
10. To find new and innovative ways to collect feedback from young people and parents.
11. To be responsible for preparing rooms for activities.
12. To ensure that children are effectively always supervised
13. Administer medication where necessary (subject to appropriate training and support)
14. To embrace the responsibility of being a positive role model for young people.
15. To ensure compliance with Coram’s Fields’ policies, OFSTED guidelines and legislation relating to work with young people.
16. To liaise with external agencies as appropriate.
17. To take part in outreach and actively promoting the Out of School Club service
To apply for the role, please email an up to date CV and cover letter to Kate.humphrey@coramsfields.org.uk
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis, so applicants are encouraged to make early applications for the role should they be interested. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 14 days of applying; if you have not been contacted within this time then unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Coram’s Fields is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve, and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the families and children we work with.
Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.
