Play Worker

7 months ago

Sunderland, United Kingdom Sunderland Training and Education Farm Ltd Full time

Playworker Job description - STEFs Ltd

Responsible to: CEO and Manager

Your employment within this company is conditional on compliance of the terms of the employment contract. This includes reference to a job description, the details of which are set out below.

Main responsibilities
- Work with and support children to provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care
- Work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
- Work as part of a team to give support to other team members throughout the setting
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents

Duties and responsibilities:
Children
- Be patient, fun, understanding, kind, sensitive, consistent and loving to children in our care
- Check and be aware of individual children’s allergies in the room in which you are working, ensuring they are displayed correctly
- Provide comfort and reassurance to an upset or poorly child
- Work with parents of SEN children to give full integration into the setting
- Ensure children are given a voice and we take the time to seek their opinions and ideas

Key worker duties
- Know and understand the British Values, Policies and other regulations relating to your post.
- Be a keyworker to a groups of children
- Be a point of contact should parents need to raise concerns or seek advice

Planning and environment
- Ensure there is sufficient planning each week
- Ensure planning offers varied activities to meet the needs and wide age range of each child
- Plan activities which extend children’s learning and challenge what they already know
- Implement activities which are a mix of child and adult led activity
- Where possible tie planned activities into events and topics relating to the hub program
- Ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meets the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds at all stages of development
- Understand and model positive behaviour reinforcement in line with the company policy, in order to develop children’s behaviour
- Ensure there is quiet space for children to read or chill, providing support where appropriate
- Provide opportunity for children to adapt and develop their own ideas

Safeguarding
- Raise concerns regarding a child’s health or welfare immediately with the Designated Safeguarding Officer ensuring the correct paperwork is completed.
- Raise any concerns regarding a child’s development or emotional needs with the Manager or Deputy - Report any concerns regarding staff immediately following the procedure in the whistleblowing policy and completing the correct paperwork
- Actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and adults in the workplace
- Work within the parameters set out in the safeguarding policy
- Ensure each child is collected by someone known to the setting, following the collection procedure
- Ensure all children are recorded on the register as soon as they enter the setting and signed out upon departure

Health and well being
- Report all accidents and incidents in accident book, to the manager and parents
- Check that all medications have been prescribed; have the child’s name; and current date on them, fill in the details on profile ensuring you have a photograph of the label, the dosage and times to be given.
- All medicines must be administered by the Manager and witnessed by a second member of staff
- Administer first aid as required
- Ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant and social sharing
- Ensure varied and nutritious snacks are prepared in accordance with the menu and that fresh fruit and water is available at all times

Health and Safety
- Ensure registration of all children on arrival.
- Ensure all emergency procedures are followed at all times

Training and development
- Undertake any additional training necessary to fulfil your role
- Provide feedback to other staff members at staff meetings etc after you have received additional training
- Ensure your own training file is kept up to date and inform manager of any specific training you feel you would benefit from
- Prepare for Continual Professional Development meetings
- Set targets and the necessary actions required to meet these, collect evidence and prepare your file for annual consideration

General
- Use ICT to register children or families on programs.
- Communicate effectively and to be available to parents and carers
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Ensure your work is GDPR compliant at all times
- Always treat a child in a manner in which, if the child’s parent were present, you and they would be comfortable with
- Ensure activities are carried out in a safe and responsible manner according to Statutory responsibilities

Staff team
- Ensure good working relationships and show respect to your colleagues and supervisors
- Support all other staff and engage in promoting a happy and enjoyable workin

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