Play Worker SEND

Barnardo's; Preston; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A children's charity is seeking enthusiastic Play Workers to join their Include Me 2 Service in Preston. This part-time permanent role involves planning and delivering fun activities for children and young people with special educational needs. Ideal candidates will have experience engaging with young people, strong teamwork skills, and an understanding of safeguarding practices. Flexibility is required as this involves working across multiple locations. Additional hours available during school holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment or volunteer capacity working with children & teenagers.
• Ability to ensure adherence to safeguarding and child protection policies.
• Enjoyment in challenges of working with children & young people.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning sessions and activities.
• Deliver and record group sessions.
• Facilitate activities and days out.
• Ensure sessions run smoothly and adhere to policies.
• Provide a safe and inclusive environment for users.

Skills

Experience of working with children & young people

Ability to work well as part of a team

Effective communication skills

Understanding of safeguarding policies

Awareness of poverty factors

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 Central Lancashire, 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

West Lancashire, South Ribble, Preston and Chorley - must be flexible to work across all locations- you may also be expected to work in our Blackpool groups (transport provided from Lostock Hall)

Working Pattern

7 hours a week contract (one weekend day every week)

Additional hours

Additional hours will be available during school holidays.

Essential Requirements to 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 Emma Coupe [e-mail]

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.