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Play Team Member

Job details
Posting date: 26 September 2024
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 09 October 2024
Location: Morden, Surrey, SM4 4QU
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 5655cd14-2bc9-4f44-bd6f-9ba6a2dbc27e

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join Our Award-Winning OPAL Gold Play Team!

Looking for a fun, part-time role with BIG impact? We’ve got the perfect opportunity for you!

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to become a member of our Play Team! If you’re passionate about creating meaningful play experiences for children, we want you on our team.

As a key member of our play team, you will help provide a safe and stimulating outdoor environment, ensuring all children enjoy active, creative play during lunchtime. You’ll coordinate exciting activities, promote teamwork, and inspire imaginative play, all while ensuring a safe and stimulating atmosphere for every child.

This role is not just about supervising; it’s about developing your skills and growing as a play professional! You’ll collaborate closely with our play coordinator and team members, learning innovative playwork principles and enhancing your ability to facilitate enriching play opportunities.

If you have a positive attitude, love working with children, and are ready for a rewarding role, apply now! Let’s make lunchtimes fun and memorable!

To apply for the role, please review the job description below carefully. Use it to tailor your personal statement, highlighting how your skills and experience align with the key responsibilities and attributes outlined. Be sure to showcase your passion for working with children and your ability to contribute to our award-winning play team!

What the school offers its staff

As a school, we work hard to support our staff and their own wellbeing as well as offering all staff professional development and coaching.

We are part of the Willow Learning Trust, working closely with Glenthorne High School and Abbey Primary School.

We can offer:

• A positive and caring ethos and working environment.
• A school where staff are highly valued, wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance is a priority.
• Enthusiastic, motivated, well-behaved children and very supportive parents.
• A commitment to your continued professional development with individually tailored career development and training opportunities.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, with access to:

• A range of counselling options including telephone, online or face-to-face sessions, and a mindfulness module
• Financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues
• Access to online health and wellbeing resources and a specialist information service

Further details about the role

Interview Dates: Week beginning 14th October 2024

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding Statement: The Willow Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting our pupils and staff and therefore have a rigorous recruitment process which includes assessing candidates’ suitability to work with children, we expect all staff to share this commitment. Note the Trust will complete an online check on shortlisted candidates, as recommended in KCIES 2022 and expect the successful candidated to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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