Play Worker

**Bursting with Potential is hiring Play Workers for their SEND Holiday Club**

**What We Do**

The role of a playworker is to provide a safe, stimulating environment for children and young people with learning disability, or autism, or both, and to ensure that activities at holiday clubs, meet their needs. A playworker focuses on supporting one particular child, or a small group of children, each day and helps them take part in organised activities, as well as encouraging them to join in with others.

They’re full of ideas for children's' games and activities, and respect children’s individual differences.

We are looking for someone with the following values:

- Team Player
- Flexible & Creative
- Kind & Compassionate
- Provide 1-1 Support
- Ask Questions
- Problem Solver

**Where you will be working**

Location: Thorney Road, Eye, Peterborough, PE6 7UN

You will be working at Bursting with Potential, which is a small independent therapy service with good facilities, covering the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire areas. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide leisure activities and support for children and young people 0-25 with SEND and their families. At times our clients may be experiencing mental health difficulties or behaviours that challenge. We offer holiday clubs for children with SEND based in Peterborough. Running during Easter, Summer, May, October, and February school holidays, they provide respite for parents and carers, and offer a setting where children can enjoy fun activities.

Our teenage workshops provide opportunities for teenagers to engage in interesting age-appropriate activities.

Holiday clubs run Monday to Friday during the school holidays, 8.30am-5pm as well as opportunity for some hours during term time in after school groups and Saturday clubs. The hours of work are to be agreed in advance.

We’re looking for people with experience of or a desire to develop skills working with 5-18 year olds in a play environment. Good team players, playworkers are also able to use their initiative and work independently. You'll need an understanding of the principles of play and the role of the adult, and an awareness of the Children’s Act 1989. We will support you with Training and Development opportunities.

We provide fixed term contracts for the school holidays so perfect for students, TA’s and those looking for seasonal opportunities.

**Job Types**: Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £11.00-£12.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have relevant Safeguarding Training?

**Experience**:

- Paediatric first aid (preferred)
- Childcare (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/07/2023
Reference ID: Playworker 23
Expected start date: 24/07/2023