Wrap Around Childcare Assistant

**Term time work only -Overtime available during holidays**

**25 hours per week
- £7.50- £9.5**

Are you an experienced Child Care Assistant looking to further your career? Does the prospect of working on a fun environment interest you? If you have answered yes to one or both questions, we might have the job for you

Established in 1999, Premier Education is the UK’s No.1 provider of sport and physical activity to primary schools. We are experiencing a period of substantial growth resulting in the need to recruit a new Childcare Manager.

Our vision is to get More Children, More Active, More Often

Last year we impacted the lives of over 300,000 children. That was an incredible achievement during a year where we spent much of it in Lockdown. However this year we want to go bigger and better than ever before. We have set ourselves the outrageous target of impacting over 800,000 children this year. We are looking for enthusiastic, adventurous, creative and open minded individuals to join us on our journey to get MORE CHILDREN, MORE ACTIVE, MORE OFTEN

We enforce best in class standards of deployment and as an accredited training provider, we skill our workforce to new levels. We know our team have the most up to date qualifications and meet these standards because we quality assure our network annually.

Premier Education is working collaboratively with primary schools to deliver exceptional before and after school care that is innovative, inspiring and above all a safe environment for all in our care. Your role will be to provide activities in a safe, secure and fun environment, providing an outstanding service for busy parents.

Premier Education successfully runs full Wraparound provision in primary schools in all our areas. Our Premier Wraparound centres are Ofsted registered and can provide high quality out of school care for the parents. With this in mind we are looking for an outstanding applicant with experience to lead one of our venues.

There will be a range of activities for the children to participate in during each session, both inside and out. These will need planning and preparing.
- The Venue lead will need to oversee the weekly activities timetable and menus and communicate these to the parents and school.
- The Venue lead will need to run regular stock takes to ensure equipment is up to standard and replenished.
- Children will have the option to complete homework during the sessions, so with this in mind applicants must have achieved a Grade C or higher in English and Mathematics at GCSE level.
- Experience in a Childcare environment is preferred

**Essential requirements**
- Appropriate Level 2 (or above) qualification (Child Care related) or willing to obtain
- Experience of working within a play-based setting
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Safeguarding Level 3 or willing to obtain
- Current 12-hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate (or willing to obtain)
- Food Hygiene Certificate(or willing to obtain)

**Benefits to working with Premier Education**
- Staff New Balance teamwear kit to promote a unified and smart image to all stakeholders
- Own set of equipment to enable you to deliver high quality sessions
- Funding to further develop your skills and acquire new qualifications, using our unique in house training provider.
- Regular internal CPD to ensure you are fulfilling your potential.
- Flexible working hours (part-time or full-time), and opportunities to diversify your working week by supporting the business in a non-coaching capacity.
- Bonus scheme
- Free childcare at our holiday camps & extracurricular clubs
- Company events
- Monthly awards for high performing staff.
- Term.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20-25 per week

**Salary**: £7.50-£9.50 per hour

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Felixstowe, Suffolk: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 1 year (required)
- Childcare: 1 year (required)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 2 or 3 in Child Care/Early Years (required)