Play Worker Lincolnshire - KIDS

KIDS

Verified Company

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role:

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Play Worker
**Employer

Kids**
Location
Lincolnshire

Hours - Flexible working hours

Contract -Sessional

Salary -

£10.42 per hour/ £11.68 inc holiday pay

The good stuff / benefits:

Flexible start and end times to provide an ideal balance between work life and private life
Further opportunities
Employee benefits portal, including discounts at 100s online high street stores
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Help's to deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life or work life, health and general wellbeing. The confidential employee benefit provides expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/
Training
KIDS

Virtual College:
Provides a huge range of up to date and professional courses for all staff members Referral scheme

What you'll be doing as a Play Worker:

Do you have a fun and open-minded attitude to delivering play and leisure services plus a real desire to help disabled children, young people and their families in a part-time job that fits in with your other commitments? Then join KIDS in this sessional position offering flexible working hours (mostly evenings and weekends) and you could soon be playing a vital and truly fulfilling role.
You'll be part of the friendly team that provides an exciting and challenging programme of fun play and leisure activities which capture the interests of disabled children and young people in a safe and stimulating environment. Working in partnership with parents/carers, you'll be tasked with encouraging each child and young person to play adventurously, creatively and imaginatively and enabling them to get the full benefit of the facilities provided. As well as ensuring they have access to safe and stimulating centre based opportunities that reflect their preferences and interests, you'll also need to establish positive relationships with children/young people and their families in a way that values everyone.
This is a sessional position offering flexible working hours. Most groups happen weekly and staff will generally be needed for 3 hours for each evening session. There are also holiday clubs 1-3 days a week which run from 10am-3pm.

We are recruiting for the following areas.

Boston
Spalding
Grantham
Lincoln
Stamford
Skegness
Horncastle
Louth

About You:

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Personal Qualities:

You'll need to be educated to GCSE level or have NVQ level 2 as a minimum, while a current first aid certificate and/or food hygiene certificate, while not essential, would be useful.
You'll also need to be committed to working in partnership with parents/carers and effectively as part of a team. An understanding of safeguarding procedures and the importance of confidentiality and professional boundaries is important too, as is a fun and open minded attitude to play.
A good listener who can reflect and communicate appropriately and effectively with children, young people and colleagues alike, you're proactive. comfortable under pressure and able to use your initiative when required. The ability to drive would be a plus.
Our Mission & Strategy

We're here for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities, young carers and families.

We're on a mission to create a world where all kinds of children and young people have all kinds of opportunities.

We create life-changing opportunities by providing a wide range of support. Together, we'll empower disabled children to stand up for their rights.

Childhood should be a joyful time.

But some children and young people living with special educational needs and disabilities are defined by what they cannot do.

That's wrong.

Every child should have an equal opportunity to play, learn, grow and thrive.

_ Because when the world says we can't, kids say we can._
Our strategic plan will enable us to reach 120,000 disabled young people and their families, every year, by 2027.

KIDS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all those who come into contact with our services. Our colleagues are trained to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns. We work closely with families and other agencies to take all reasonable steps to minimise the risk of harm to children, young people and adults.

To fulfil our commitment to those we work with we observe safer recruitment and selection procedures and nurture a safeguarding culture which is open and transparent, where all concerns in relation to our people can be identified and spoken about openly and are dealt with promptly and appropriately. By identifying concerning, problematic or inappropriate behaviour early we aim to minimise the risk of abuse.

Please note KIDS Safer Recruitment procedures will include a DBS check and a staff suitability declaration where applicable.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We work to ensure that all of the Kids team: