Play Worker

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Health Play Specialist to join their team at The Royal London Children’s Hospital. This role involves maintaining a safe environment for hospitalized children and implementing developmental play programmes. Candidates should possess 5 GCSEs and an NVQ Level 3 in childcare. This position supports children and their families, working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications: 5 GCSEs Grade C and above (to include Maths & English) and NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.
• Provide play for normalisation for children attending hospital as in- or out-patients.
• Use knowledge of child development to plan and implement developmental play programmes for patients.
• Identify children who need extra support and hand this over to a Play Specialist.
• Work with the Play Department and wider multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families throughout their time in hospital.

Skills

Child development knowledge

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

5 GCSEs Grade C and above (including Maths & English)

NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team of Health Play Specialists and Play Workers at The Royal London Children’s Hospital. We work across both in- and out-patients departments and provide support to children and young people accessing our services.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.
• Provide play for normalisation for children attending hospital as in- or out-patients.
• Use knowledge of child development to plan and implement developmental play programmes for patients.
• Identify children who need extra support and hand this over to a Play Specialist.
• Work with the Play Department and wider multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families throughout their time in hospital.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications: 5 GCSEs Grade C and above (to include Maths & English) and NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent.

About Us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.