Wraparound Care / Before & After School Support Workers / Assistants
Position Start Date: 30/09/2024
Contract Type: Full-time/Part-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 29/09/2024 Midnight
Date of Interviews: Varying dates
Stortford KidsOut, Summercroft are seeking qualified, unqualified, experienced practitioners in a variety of fields, including Early Years, Playworkers, Teaching Assistants, Support Workers, and Sports Coaching to fulfil our expansion needs.
We have a large, popular club at Summercroft KidsOut in Bishops Stortford, operating from a dedicated building for children both before and after school. Staff hours are between 7.30-9am and 2.30-6.30pm Monday to Friday.
The school is adding an additional wraparound care building for Stortford KidsOut to offer a further 32 places from September 2024.
We are seeking 2 further staff members to help us meet the demand for parents desperate to secure a place next year.
If you are keen to share your skills or knowledge with primary-aged children out of school, we are happy to meet with you to discuss our needs and your individual working hours. We would be pleased to share with you our popular Stortford KidsOut club, now in its 21st year at Summercroft School, so you can see the enjoyment the children experience in our care.
Staff are required to support and engage with the children, providing fun activities that appeal to their interests, such as art & crafts, baking, construction, board games, and outdoor sports/games.
We are seeking full and part-time, all year round and/or term-time only staff. We can be flexible with the number of days each week. When staff work term time and holiday clubs combined, salary is calculated over 52 weeks of the year and includes 30 annual leave days + 8 Bank holidays. Term time only posts are 38 weeks + pro rata annual leave/bank holiday allowance.
Qualifications are not essential, although experience with the age group is required and some in-service, professional development training will be arranged at regular intervals each year. All staff will be offered full 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Training and be required to complete an online Level 2 course in Safeguarding.
The post will require two references and an enhanced criminal reference check (DBS/Child) that we will process as part of our recruitment process.
Full time hours: 27.5 hours a week (1430 annual hours)
Term time hours: Monday to Friday
Full time Breakfast Club: 7.30 - 9.00am | Full time After School Club: 2.30 - 6.30pm
Holiday Club hours: 4 - 6 hours a day (equal to usual day/daily hours combined)
Holiday club opening hours are 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday. Holiday club weeks generally fall over the half terms, one week at Easter, and three weeks in the summer.
Start Date: All posts are available immediately - we are keen to complete our team ASAP.
Salary Hourly Rates (21 yrs +): £11.44 - £14.43 (varies with experience, qualification)
Paid Annual Leave: 38 days, including bank and public holidays
Stortford KidsOut is owned by Saplings Nursery, Waltham Hall Cottage, CM22 6PF.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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