Volunteer Play Worker

**About The Role**:
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**Employer - KIDS**

**Contract - Volunteer Work**

**Location - Wandsworth Adventure Playground**

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**Hours - Saturdays, possibly Sundays**

**Can you spare a few hours as a KIDS Volunteer?**
- You will be helping to support disabled children and young people. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a rewarding role, and gain a strong sense of achievement.- 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.**What**
**you'll**
**be doing as a Volunteer Play Worker**:

- You will be helping to support disabled children and young people. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a rewarding role, and gain a strong sense of achievement.- You will be working as part of a team supporting the provision of an exciting and challenging programme of activities in a safe and stimulating environment for children/young people with a range of disabilities/additional needs such as autism, behavioural, learning and emotional difficulties
- Working in partnership with parents/carers.
- Encouraging the children to play adventurously, creatively and imaginatively, to enable them to obtain the full benefit of the facilities provided by the service.

**About You**:
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**Personal Qualities**:
- Have a fun and open minded attitude to play.
- Have an energetic approach to working with children and young people and enjoy being active
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to working in partnership with parents/carers, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Have the ability to listen, reflect and communicate appropriately and effectively with service users and colleagues

**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**:

- **are committed to equality of opportunity, treatment and behaviour**:

- **have equal access to employment, promotion and development**:

- **have equal access to services**:

- **have their needs considered as we develop services**

**This means that equality and human rights are**:

- **embedded in our business planning**:

- **fully considered within our structures**:

- **part of the personal development of all staff**

**Location**:

- Wandsworth Common

**Department**:

- Playground

**Advertising Start Date**:

- 27 Nov 2023

**Advertising End Date**:

- 27 Jan 2024