We are looking for a qualified person who has experience with and a passion for working with school aged children. They will provide high quality out of school childcare and will be looking to progress their career in this area.

YMCA East Surrey run on-site Breakfast and After School Clubs at St. Joseph’s Primary School, Redhill, offering wrap around care for approximately 40-50 children per day. In addition to this, the Out of School Childcare programme delivers after school clubs on-site at two YMCA buildings, along with holiday clubs at the YMCA Sports and Community Centre.

Job Purpose

To lead and deliver a programme of Ofsted registered Breakfast and After School Clubs.

Main Responsibilites

►      To lead the delivery of St Joseph’s Breakfast and After School Clubs

►      To work with individual children to offer a range of free play opportunities, as well as a structured programme of social, play and leisure activities to the varying ages and needs of the children attending the service.

►      To build trusting relationships with parents and families, checking that we have the correct information about the children that attend and ensuring that children are collected by authorised people only.

►      To ensure that parents and carers are kept informed of incidents/accidents or other issues relating to their children.

►      To work with the Out of School Childcare team to help promote the YMCA schemes so that attendance figures reach agreed targets in line with budgets. This includes sending weekly photos of children with the appropriate consent to the team.

►      To ensure that all practices within the setting adhere to the Safeguarding Children policy, as well as meeting OFSTED requirements, so that the service offered is of a safe and high standard.

►      To be responsible for the health and safety of children attending all sessions, including carrying out risk assessments and ensuring risk assessment checklists are completed daily.

►      To ensure that resources are well looked after, and to inform the OOSC Manager if extra resources are required.

►      To ensure that appropriate care plans and risk assessments are carried out for children with additional needs and for those on the EYFS register.

►      Where necessary, to administer First Aid for children who have had an accident, as well as medication for children with health issues, ensuring appropriate training has been completed beforehand.

►      To ensure that all children and young people are made to feel valued and enabled to develop and improve self-esteem self-confidence and positive experiences.

►      To lead a team of playworkers and volunteers, and to ensure that the service provided is of high quality and appropriate for the varying children who attend.

►      When the OSCC Manager is not available, to act as the responsible person in charge of the setting.

►      To be flexible in order to meet the needs of service, including when required also working at the Redhill and Reigate After School Club to help provide cover.

►      Undertake any other duties and responsibilities reasonably requested by the OOSC Manager

Salary:  £13.91 per hour plus holiday pay

Hours of Work:   22.5 hours per week, Term Time Only, Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 9am and Monday to Thursday 2.30pm to 6.15 pm 

Annual Leave :  Five weeks (pro rata) plus allowance for bank holidays.  Holidays increase after two years service to a maximum of six weeks.  The holiday years runs 

from 1 April to 31 March each year.

Location:   St Joseph’s Primary School,Linkfield Lane, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1EA,  but may also go to help at other YMCA sites

The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme. There is free parking available at our sites. Pension - There is a YMCA East Surrey pension scheme - details available on request

Closing date:  13th May 2024 with Interviews on 15th May 2024

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