Play Leader

Overview

Play Leader - Breakfast, Before & After School Club Co-ordinator

SCP 7 - 11 - Dependent on Experience

24.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Term Time Only

Required from January 2025 or as soon as possible.

Job Advert

At our school, our children love, care and share. We have wonderful children and extremely dedicated and supportive staff, governors and parents.

This is an exciting opportunity to further develop our offer for children, parents and families.

We need someone who:

• is in sympathy with and supportive of the aims and ethos of a Catholic school

• has a good sense of humour, is approachable and can build positive relationships with pupils and staff

• is able to work as part of a close team to achieve the very best for our children

• is committed to offering the very highest standards to our pupils and community

We can offer you:

• a positive and caring school where everyone is valued and supported

• a dedicated, supportive team of staff and governors

• an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the school’s development

Job Description

Managing a team of staff, you will complement, appreciate and support the role of teachers and support staff in organising and providing safe and effective high quality play for children and young people.

Working in partnership with parents, carers, teaching staff and other professionals; improve access and develop opportunities for children to play whilst promoting their wellbeing.

May from time to time be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility defined in this job description.

Knowledge and Skills

• Contribute to the organisation, delivery and supervision of a quality play provision within the school whilst ensuring all activities are carried out in a safe, creative and appropriate play environment.

• Will work under own initiative with limited supervision, working to the priorities set by members of the Senior Leadership Team/Headteacher.

• Acting as a role model, will establish productive and constructive working relationships with pupils, motivating and interacting with them, being aware of their individual needs, supporting difference and ensuring all pupils have equal access to opportunities to play, learn and develop.

• Will develop and maintain good relationships and communications with parents; encouraging parental involvement where appropriate.

• Will recognise and challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation and any form of abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with the relevant school policy and procedures.

• Will deal with any issues, immediate problems or emergencies that arise in line with school policies and procedures liaising with colleagues where necessary e.g. dealing with a sick, injured or distressed child as well as contributing to the development of such policies.

• Will contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.

• Will appreciate and support the role of other professionals.

• Be vigilant and sensitive to any child protection/safeguarding concerns that arise, reporting any concerns to the designated officer in line with school policy and procedure.

Responsibilities:

• Will carry out a supervisory or managerial responsibility for a small team; overseeing their performance, giving instruction as necessary and identifying training needs.

• Plan, arrange and undertake structured and agreed play activities as appropriate to ensure physical, social, emotional and intellectual development, taking into account diversity e.g. language, culture, ability, race and religion.

• Will supervise and support pupils consistently at all times; recognising and responding to individual and group play needs, identify new play needs and ensure health and safety at all times in the play environment. • Will plan, prepare, coordinate, promote and provide a wide range of inclusive, creative and enjoyable play opportunities for pupils which is responsive to their play needs; giving pupils the freedom to spend their leisure time in their own way whilst encouraging fair and caring behaviour.

• Take responsibility for the resourcing, care, preparation, maintenance and use of relevant equipment, assisting pupils in its use and clearing/storage afterwards; this may include being a key holder for designated areas within school.

• Attend to the pupils’ personal needs including the safety and well being of the pupils and first aid, paying attention to social, health, physical and welfare matters as well as high standards of cleanliness and hygiene e.g. washing, dressing, toileting, and, if applicable, mobility; undertaking appropriate risk assessments as necessary.

• Promote self-esteem; ensuring inclusion, acceptance and integration for all as well as encouraging pupils to act independently as appropriate, interact and work co-operatively with others and engage in activities; including those with specific and special needs and those from different cultures and/or with a different first language.

• Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own actions and managing this. Deal promptly with conflict and incidents (including those involving restraint) and reporting challenging behaviour where appropriate in line with established policy.

• If appropriate, will ensure food provision is carried out within the guidelines of the Food Safety Act 1990; making sure all food served is balanced and healthy in accordance with School Food Standards

• If appropriate, prepare light meals (breakfast, snacks, refreshments etc.) which may include the use of kitchen appliances in accordance with Food Hygiene and ensuring individual pupil dietary requirements are met.

• If appropriate, prepare the eating area, supervise children in the eating area (seating, serving, eating, clearing plates etc.) and maintain/clear the eating area throughout (cleaning up of any spillages, wiping surfaces, washing up etc.).

• Collect and safely supervise children to and from the teaching/play area and, if appropriate, ensuring the child is collected by a recognised parent/carer/family member.

• Will have responsibility for and manage small sums of cash, collecting payments and delivering them to the school office as required.

• Will participate in own performance development, identify and address any training needs/other learning activities.

• Will participate in out of working hours activities such as school fairs and party’s.

• Will supervise students on work experience, trainees and voluntary helpers.

Salary & Benefits

SCP 7-11 dependent on experience, Term-Time Only - £14,196 to £15,131 per year 

Location

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Bingley
Crownest Road
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 4HQ

Supporting documents

• • Consent to Obtain References Form download_for_offline
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  • Model Application Form - Support Staff download_for_offline
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  • Recruitment Monitoring Form download_for_offline
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  • Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Disclosure Form download_for_offline
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Deadline and how to apply

Applicants are warmly invited to visit the school. For further details please email liz.dearden@sjb.bcwcat.co.uk 

Applications need to be completed on a Support Staff CES Application Form and we cannot accept CVs.

Closing Date: 9 December 2024 at 12 noon

Interviews: 16 December 2024

Safeguarding

 The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the exceptions order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Appointments will be made subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, and the receipt of satisfactory references and all other pre-employment checks.

Equal Opportunities 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is based on merit and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We strive to foster a work environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to our shared success.