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Role: 10344 - Play Worker (Qualified)
Salary: Up to £21,300 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time 37hrs per week - Breakfast and After School Club
Location: Edinburgh (Spring Oscars Nether Currie)
Closing date: Midnight 30th July 2023
Benefits: 20 annual leave plus public holidays, free breakfast and after School childcare and 50% off holiday club childcare, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, and much more. For more information check out our careers portal.
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About Oscars
Spring Oscars offers warm and friendly childcare for children aged 5 to 14 years. Many of our sites are located within the local primary schools fostering close links with the surrounding community.
Our aim is to provide quality out of school childcare to children. We offer play and educational opportunities in a safe welcoming environment focusing on the social and educational welfare of each child. We are proud of our highly qualified and dedicated team who are passionate about nurturing children and promoting their well-being.
Hours / Shifts
For a Full Time Play Worker, the hours would be Breakfast Club and After School Club, with flexible administration time to create your full working week. The club shifts are: Breakfast Club - Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 9am After School Club - Monday to Thursday from 2pm to 6pm, and Friday from 11.30am to 6pm
We can also offer Part Time and Casual roles.
What you'll be doing
In the role of Play Worker (Qualified) you'll be:
- Ensuring a safe, caring, stimulating and fun environment for all children at the club.
- Engaging effectively with the children during their time in the club.
- Planning and taking part in play and leisure activities for children.
- Assisting with the setup of the club so it's ready for when the children arrive and that any snacks or breakfasts are prepared in line with healthy-eating guidelines.
- Thoroughly enjoying your role and making each day count for the children in our care.
What we need from you
In the role of Play Worker (Qualified) we're ideally looking for someone who has:
- SCQF Level 7 (which is equivalent to SVQ Level 3) or HNC in Childcare and Education or a Play work qualification.
- First Aid qualification and Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or the ability to achieve.
- A real passion to work with children, make a difference and help them thrive.
- On occasion you may be asked to work in other sites within the local area any travel/mileage costs will be paid in these circumstances.
Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.
We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.
Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Male staff are often under-represented within this sector and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.
Don't meet every single requirment?
Application Process
There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration - please refer to the JD and Person Specification when applying.
We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.
Talent Pool : We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.
We'll be happy to give you any support you require.
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