Bracknell Forest Saturday Play Worker

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

**Working Hours - Saturdays, hours to be discussed at interview with additional hours available**

**Location - **The Courthouse, Broadway, Berkshire, RG12 1AE**

**Salary - £11.95 per hour in London and £13.39 holiday pay**

**The good stuff / benefits**:

- Flexible start and end times to provide an ideal balance between work life and private life
- Further opportunities
- Employee benefits portal, including discounts at 100s online high street stores
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Help’s to deal with personal and professional problems that could be affecting your home life or work life, health and general wellbeing. The confidential employee benefit provides expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7
- Training - KIDS Virtual College: Provides a huge range of up to date and professional courses for all staff members
- Referral scheme

**Do you have a few hours to spare on a Saturday?**

Could you dedicate a few hours to have some fun with our young people on a Saturday? We have two separate groups running, one is for our under 11’s and the other is for our 11-18 year olds.

All we ask is you try to ensure our children and young people have access to stimulating and engaging activities as much as possible and to have lots of fun.

We have several locations for our young people to attend but we also enjoy venturing out, a trip to the cinema or the bowling alley, always a winner. A Fish and chip lunch at the park, a game of football, shopping or catching the bus into town for a browse is also a firm favourite. We can also guide, encourage and help with independent living skills for our older attendees.

**Whatever we do we want you and our attendees to have a great Saturday**

**What you'll be doing as a Play Worker**:
To work with an amazing team who simply love what they do. You will have heaps of support and you will become a natural in encouraging the children to play adventurously, creatively and imaginatively. This is such a rewarding role and you will enable our children to gain the full benefits of the facilities provided by the service.

There are lots of opportunities with the option of additional shifts, maybe you can help on an evening or during school holidays should you wish to expand your experience.

**About You**:
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**Personal Qualities**:

- A fun and open minded attitude to play
- An energetic approach to working with children and young people
- Enjoy being active and love to have fun
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to working in partnership with parents/carers
- To work effectively as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Patience, Acceptance, Sensitivity, Reliability, Integrity and Resilience

**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.**

**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**:

- Bracknell Forest

**Department**:

- Play and Social

**Salary Details**:

- £11.95 per hour / £13.39 inc holi