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Reporting to: Holiday Club Manager

Job Purpose: To provide a safe, exciting and challenging play environment, which will increase a child?s opportunity to develop physically, intellectually and emotionally in an environment that embraces diversity.

Working Relationships: To work as a member of a team, and participate fully in the day to day running of a high quality inclusive playscheme.

Terms of work: Sessional during school holidays

Wage: £8 per hour

Location: Carshalton

Playscheme Descriptions:

12 place Holiday club for children aged 5-12 years with special needs run 6 days at Easter and 14 days in summer.


DUTIES

Children?s Care Learning and Development

To plan group and individual activities for children taking their diverse abilities, ages, gender, race, religion, class, culture and backgrounds into account

To work face to face with children and facilitate play opportunities

To plan and implement a balance of structured and free play activities

To carry out written observations

To work with staff, parents, children and volunteer to agree care plans for children

To provide personal care and toileting for children who require it

To ensure children are safe at all times by implementing child protection and health and safety policies

To ensure safety of yourself, staff and volunteers, parents and others who access the playscheme site

To administer first aid as required

To model good practice for staff and volunteer team



To contribute to the creation and maintenance of a club ethos where diversity is valued, all children, parents staff and volunteers of all ethnicities, ages, gender, religion, economic status, sexualities and abilities feel equally valued.

To agree quality standards and methods of monitoring with Holiday Club Manager and implement as required.

To be involved in the development and review of playscheme policies and procedures

To organise the preparation of snacks that nutritious and delicious and with high food hygiene standards

To ensure the club environment is kept clean and hygienic at all times.


Management

To supervise volunteers

To contribute to the production of project reports

To contribute to the organisation of small scale fundraising activities

To attend steering group meetings as required


Marketing

To contribute to the promotion of the scheme


Quality Assurance

To become familiar with quality assurance system

To implement monitoring systems

To ensure staff and volunteers are familiar with quality assurance standards


Parent Partnership

To work closely with parents to develop care and learning plans for children

To provide information and support for parents as concerning the care and development of their children

To ensure parents receive regular feedback on children


Partnership with Host Venue

To actively engage host venue as partners in the scheme

To communicate regularly and effectively about practical strategic and issues

To develop good relationship with the host


Other

To contribute to the long-term development of the scheme

To attend meetings when required

To work in an anti-discriminatory way within an equal opportunities framework.

To contribute to annual review of job descriptions, policies and procedures.

Working within agreed policies and procedures

Carry out any other duties as required.

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