Casual Community Playworker X5

5 days ago

Reading, United Kingdom Reading Borough Council Full time

**Casual Community Playworker x5**

**RG3 scp 5 £10.19 per hour**

**Ref: DEN0703**

Reading Play is looking for a creative, energetic and highly motivated play practitioners to join their team. You will need to be both passionate about your work and excited about the opportunity to deliver a wide variety of different play sessions to childrenand young people throughout the Reading Borough, and occasionally beyond.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

**About the role**

As a Supply Community Playworker, you will be supporting and leading a variety

of different types of sessions at Prospect Park, in schools or around the community. These sessions may include creative play, respite support and SEN support.

You will be a positive role model and be actively seeking to engage children in play throughout each of the sessions and encouraging children to participate in play that supports their educational attainment, development and wellbeing.

During holiday periods you may be working at Holiday play clubs or supporting us deliver family activities in our open spaces or at Prospect Park.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successfuland vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
**Work Together as one team -**work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

**Drive Efficiency -**show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

**Be Ambitious -**be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

**Make a Difference to Reading -**maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

**About you**
- You will need to be able to form positive working relationships with the children, their parents/carers, and with key partner organisations such as Schools.
- The role consists of respite play for children and young people, including in parks and open spaces, schools and special schools. You will therefore need a flexible approach to the types of work you undertake and the hours worked.
- An FE qualification or higher in childcare, play or equivalent is desirable for this role but not essential.

Closing Date: 5th June

Interview Date: TBC

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