Art & Craft Playworker

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Garston Adventure Playground Full time

**Garston**
**Adventure Playground**

**Post: Art & Craft Playworker (Grant funded by Children in Need, Fixed term**
**Contract 2 years)**

**Pay: £20,812 pro rata**

**Hours: 22 Hours per Week**
**Plus additional hours during holiday playschemes**

**Location: Garston Adventure Playground.**

**Responsible to: Senior Playworker/Project Manager.**

**Responsible for: Safe, Stimulating and Fun Play Programme.**

**Job Purpose**:
1. To work directly with children to assist them to avail themselves to the widest possible range of play opportunities.

2. To develop, plan and prepare play opportunities that will help children and young people develop skills, have fresh experiences and make new relationships, where appropriate using community based facilities.

3. To provide a fun, safe, caring and stimulating play environment for all children and young people aged 5-15 years. To enable their social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development.

4. To take responsibility for the playground’s art & craft program, assisting other workers to organise structured play sessions, trips out, residential holidays etc.

5. Implement outcome based stars with children and young people producing individual action plans.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- To be responsible for organising art & craft activities both on and off site for children and young people.
- To be responsible for ensuring that all members of staff, volunteers are part of the planned play programme.
- To discuss with children what activities they would like and to organise them for and with the children.
- To ensure we have adequate play resources.
- To organise, with the full staff team, playscheme programs for school holiday periods.
- To attend meetings in order to find out more about play development and partnership working.
- To work with outside agencies to provide specialist workshops for children/young people to enhance their life experiences eg, music, drama, environmental, dance workshops etc.
- To promote the playground as the stimulating, safe and fun environment that it is.
- Ensure all play equipment is safe to use as part of daily health and safety checks.
- To promote and ensure that other play workers are organising a creative and stimulating program of play for the children and young people.
- Provide evidence that supports the work that is being done.

**Play work**
- To listen to children and young people and to try to meet there needs and desires in relation to art and cultural opportunities.
- To work directly with all children who wish to use the playground facilities to aid their personal and collective development through the medium of art.
- To administer first aid treatment, recording and reporting of any incidents, accidents or treatment, and generally caring for children’s well being.
- To monitor and evaluate the arts opportunities that the service, provides for children and young people.
- To jointly take responsibility for Health and Safety within the play environment by checking all play areas, equipment and reporting any worries or concerns to management.
- To be jointly responsible for Health and Safety of all playground users and for keeping the facility clean and tidy.
- To be responsible for playground equipment and to ensure that it is used properly and stored away safely in order to minimise damage and maximise play resources in line with current legislation.
- To assist in identifying and obtaining resources for use on the playground.
- To assist in the physical development of the playground.
- To work within the Policies and Procedures of the Playground.

**General Tasks**
- To be able to work flexible hours which will include morning, afternoon, evening and weekend work.
- To support Volunteers, Work and School, College and University placements on the playground.
- To promote the work of the playground and its positive impact on children and young people.
- To act as an advocate on behalf of children and young people.
- To carry out policies as agreed by the management committee which are consistent with the nature of this post and the level of responsibility.
- To ensure the Playground is a Positive, Clean and Healthy environment for all.
- To assist in the preparation of reports detailing work undertaken and identifying priorities for future planning.
- To assist in fundraising on behalf of the management committee.
- To liaise with appropriate statutory and non statutory agencies.
- To contribute and take part in training initiatives as time and personal skills allow.
- To partake in maintenance tasks in line with health and safety needs of the organisation.

**Person Specification.**

**Essential Desirable**
Experience Experience of providing Art & Craft opportunities for Experience of operating a play scheme and organising staff to children and young people. create a fun, exciting and stimulating play environment,

Experience of working in a voluntary organisation.
Experience of working w

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