Summer Play Worker - Southampton, United Kingdom - YMCA Fairthorne Group

YMCA Fairthorne Group

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Southampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Daycamp Leader (Play Worker)

Location:
YMCA Fairthorne Manor

Salary:
range from £7.70-£10.42 per hour

Hours:
Zero Hours

Main elements of the duties of Daycamp Leader (Playworker)

Job Purpose:

Daycamp Leaders are responsible for a group of 10 or 14 children depending on their age (we are looking specifically for people to lead 4-16-year olds), along with a 1:1 Support Worker if a child in the group needs additional support.

Our children are split into age groups; Holiday Club (4-6 years old), Activity Club (7-11 years old), Adventure Club years old), and Club years old).

In addition to this, we run theme camps revolving around water, woodland, creative arts, and science.

Each group have their own needs and take part in a variety of different activities that suit their age and ability, and we are looking for Daycamp Leaders for all age groups and themes.

Leaders should have some previous experience, or are studying play, youth, education or social care. Leadership skills are essential.

You will have a 30 minutes unpaid lunch break.

All staff at YMCA are expected to work within "The YMCA Way".

The YMCA Way defines _how_ we deliver our services and has 6 lenses through which we view our work:

YMCA vision: to transform communities so that all children, young people, and families can truly belong, contribute, and thrive.
YMCA mission: to add value to young lives by providing experiences which challenge, enable and develop the individual.
YMCA values: welcoming, listening, caring, exciting, active, and inspiring.
Developmental Assets: The result of a longitudinal study by Search Institute of millions of children, which has identified 40 common "Assets" which contribute to positive life outcomes. We audit our services against their ability to deliver or influence Asset development. The strength of the Asset model is that it enables us to evaluate our performance against service inputs and outputs only, as the outcomes and indicators are already evidenced.
External regulation: includes regulatory frameworks (e.g., Ofsted), quality assurance schemes, contracted service specifications and monitoring and evaluation.
YMCA staff behaviours: we want our staff to be inspirational role models.

We believe that if all the above are in place, we will deliver excellent outcomes-based services which create genuine positive change for children, young people, and families.

Each service has a YMCA Way Champion.

Main Duties & Responsibilities as a Daycamp Leader (Playworker) to include:

Actively engage children/young people, providing encouragement and support
Being a welcoming and caring individual and an inspirational role model
To act as a keyworker for early years children
Working with and respecting others in a large and diverse team
Being responsible for children's welfare and pastoral needs during their stay
Leading activities such as bug hunting, den building, obstacle course, blind trail, sports and games and arts and crafts
Ensuring quality provision and consistency of care
Supporting Activity Instructors in "kitting up/down"
Assisting in the supervision of children on Instructor led activities
Supervising the children's lunch & break times and during "tuck" time.
Depending on age and ability, taking children to the toilet/helping them change out of wet clothes
Managing children's behaviour with support from the Age Group Leader
Attending compulsory training to be competent to lead activities
To support in ensuring the site and age group bases are kept clean and tidy at all times
To work up to three weeks of earlier and later shifts as part of our Big Day provision and bus service
Anything else reasonably requested by Fairthorne Manor management team.

Person Specification & Key Competencies

Personal Attributes

Flexible approach
Confident communicator, friendly and approachable
Reliable, organised, and resilient
Genuine enthusiasm for the work of the organisation
Sympathetic to the aims and purposes of the YMCA.
An empathy and enjoyment of working with Children.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to actively engage with the children (and adults).
Good leadership skills
Good level of enthusiasm and engagement
Good use of initiative skills

Qualifications and Experiences

Essential:

Good knowledge of safeguarding
Experience working with children aged 4 to 16 ideally in a group environment
Experience of working with children with differing abilities and support needs.

Desirable:

NVQ Level 2 in childcare/social care/play work/nursery/forest school OR another relevant qualification
Sports/Outdoor experience or qualification
Paediatric First Aid
Behavioural management experience

Applications
Interviews will be held on either a morning or afternoon 3 hour session: