PLAY WORKER

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL

Lancashire

On-site

GBP 13,000 - 26,000

Part time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Cycle2work scheme

Season ticket loans

Barnardo's store discount

Health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Learning and development

Buy Your Leave

Job summary

Barnardo's Include Me 2 Service in Lancashire and Blackpool is seeking Play Workers to join a friendly, passionate team on a part-time permanent basis. The role involves supporting sessions for children and young people aged 4–18 with SEND, helping them enjoy play and leisure activities while providing respite for families.

The successful candidate will contribute to session planning, deliver activities, and uphold safeguarding policies in a warm, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

Experience of working with children and young people (volunteer or paid).
Ability to work well as part of a team.
Ability to communicate effectively with children and young people.
Understanding of safeguarding and commitment to Barnardo's policies.
Awareness of factors affecting families such as poverty.
Enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with children and young people.

Responsibilities

Contribute to planning of sessions and activities.
Deliver and record group sessions.
Facilitate activities and days out.
Ensure sessions run smoothly and safeguarding policies are followed.
Provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment for service users.

Skills

Experience with children

Teamwork

Communication with children

Safeguarding understanding

Awareness of poverty

Enjoy working with children

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a number of Play Workers to join our friendly, passionate and dedicated team at our Include Me 2 Service based in Lancashire and Blackpool area, on a part time, permanent basis.

About the Service:

Our Include Me 2 Service is a short breaks service facilitating group sessions for children & young people aged 4 – 18 with a wide range of Special Educational Needs/disabilities offering them opportunities to get involved in play and leisure activities such as arts & crafts, cooking and trips out in the community whilst offering valuable respite to their families. We are a fun-loving team looking for an enthusiastic, happy and kind individual to join us as our Play Worker!

Locations:

Blackpool

Working Pattern: 18hours a week contract (Two evenings and one weekend day every week)

Additional hours will be available during Afterschool sessions and school holidays.

Essential Requirementsto evidence in your written application:

Experience of working with children & young people (gained either in employment or volunteer capacity)
Ability to work well as part of a team
Ability to communicate effectively with children & young people
Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding and the commitment to adhere to Barnardo's safeguarding & child protection policies/procedures.
Awareness of various factors impacting the families we work with such as poverty
Most importantly, you will need to enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with children & young people!

Some of the main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

To contribute to the planning of sessions and activities.
Delivering and recording group sessions.
Facilitating activities and days out.
To ensure the sessions run smoothly and our safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
To provide a safe, fun and inclusive environment for all our service users.

For more information about the role, please contact Naomi Burgess Naomi.burgess@barnardos.org.uk

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
Service related sick pay from day 1
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract