Play Worker - 6.5 Hrs

Pact; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Counselling service

Cycle to work scheme

Life assurance

Eye care vouchers

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Pact is seeking creative childcare workers to join their play project inside a prison. You will provide support and play opportunities to visiting children, helping run a daily play facility as part of the children’s services team while safeguarding at all times.

Ideal candidates will have experience planning and delivering play to children and families in challenging environments, plus strong interpersonal and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of planning and delivering play to children and families within a challenging environment.
• Good communicator, reliable and enthusiastic.
• Currently studying or has finished a childcare related qualification.
• At least one year's experience of play work with children.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to relate sensitively to varying needs of visiting children.
• Ability to work flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Support and assist in organising a daily play facility for children visiting the prison.
• Provide play opportunities and activities to the children.
• Ensure play facilities operate to high standards and safeguard children at all times.

Skills

Playwork experience

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Flexibility

Education

Childcare qualification (studying or completed)

Job description

Are you full of creative ideas to keep kids happy and engaged? Well, you might just be the person we need. Read on...

Pact is looking for forward-thinking, creative childcare workers to join their play project. You will provide support and play opportunities to the children using play facilities at the prison. The post holder will work as one of the children’s services team, assisting in the organising of a daily play facility for children visiting the prison. You will ensure that the play facilities operate at an excellent standard and safeguard children at all times, ensuring that activities are suited to the range of children visiting.

About you:

You will have experience of planning and delivering play to children and families within a challenging environment; you will also be a good communicator, reliable and enthusiastic. This would suit someone who has finished or is currently studying for a childcare related qualification. You should have at least one year's experience of play work with children. It essential that you have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and can relate sensitively to the varying needs of the children visiting the prison. You must also have the ability to work flexibly.

What Pact Offer:

Pact offers a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, eye care vouchers, generous annual leave plus more. You will have the opportunity to attend internal training events to further develop yourself as an effective support work and you will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.