Children's Holiday Camp Supervisor

2 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Funtastic Kids LTD Full time

**Locations**:Highwood Primary School, Fairwater Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 3JE

**Qualifications Required**:Minimum Level 3 Childcare/Early Years Qualification or Teaching Assistant Qualification.

**Employment Details: You must be able to work a minimum of 18 hours a week during the Easter and/or Summer Holidays. **The opportunity to work future holidays will be offered. You will be employed on a Fixed Term basis for the duration of each school holiday period you choose to work.

**Job Purpose**:

- To supervise the running of a holiday camp, in line with the company policies
- To lead by example and set high standards to other staff in ensuring positive outcomes for all children attending camp
- To manage a team of playworkers and other contractors (e.g. coaches, musicians), directing them to carry out tasks and activities
- To ensure safeguarding policies are followed by all members of the camp team and other contractors
- To ensure risk assessments are in place, and health and safety policies are adhered to
- To facilitate the activities to promote enjoyment and play of all children attending the camp, taking into account their different needs
- To manage fair and acceptable behaviour in the camp, promoting respect, tolerance and social skills
- To communicate appropriately with parents and give feedback, where appropriate on incidents or accomplishments
- To ensure activities are run in accordance with the company’s expectations and opportunities are created to enhance language, communication and basic literacy and numeracy skills
- To ensure the camp setting is kept clean and hygienic throughout the duration of the camp and ensure the camp setting is left clean and hygienic on the final day of camp.
- To liaise with the directors regarding outcomes of the camp

**Financial Accountabilities**:NONE

**Staff Responsibilities**:YES

Number of employees managed/supervised: Usually 2-6

**Safeguarding statement**

We take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously, and we work hard to make sure our organisation has effective safeguarding systems in place. We expect everyone working in the organisation to share a common objective to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:

- providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn, develop and play in
- identifying children and young people who are likely to suffer significant harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and in the camp setting.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Knowledge/Qualifications**:

- Minimum NVQ Level 3 in Playwork/Teaching and Learning/Early Years Educator or equivalent
- Good standard of general education e.g. GCSE English, Mathematics minimum Grade C
- Paediatric First Aid

**Skills/Abilities**:

- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead a team, promoting individuals’ strengths and be able to identify and support weaknesses
- Good questioning skills
- Good observation and assessment skills
- Understanding of open-ended questioning and investigative work
- Understanding of their role to assist and supervise pupils on particular tasks and the expected outcome of individual activities within the allocated timescale
- Confidentiality at all times
- Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and well being of children and young people

**Experience**:

- Some experience of working with children in a school or play setting is essential.
- Experience of leading a team is desirable but not essential.

**Personal Qualities**:

- Use of initiative is very important
- Good problem solver
- Calm under pressure, adaptable and energetic
- A caring and positive attitude
- A good listener and sensitive to children’s needs
- A sense of responsibility
- Positive behaviour management
- A good sense of humour
- Flexibility

**Special Factors**:

- Responsibility for first aid
- Flexibility of working hours
- Be willing to attend supervisor meetings one evening per half term
- Be available to attend one training session held on a Saturday morning annually (before summer holiday camps commence)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 18 - 40 per week

**Salary**: From £14.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company pension

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- Day shift
- No weekends

School type:

- Primary school

Application question(s):

- Do you have a Teaching Assistant Qualification or NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Education/Childcare/Playwork (or equivalent?)

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 03/04/2023

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