Activity Leader
| Posting date: | 13 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.27 to £14.51 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2025 |
| Location: | SO31 5EL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Creative Kidz Childcare Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: |
Summary
We are looking for an Activity Leader to work in our lovely wraparound childcare setting at Netley Abbey Schools for both the breakfast club 07:20-08:50 and the after school club 3-6pm Monday to Friday during term time.
You will need to ensure you can reliably travel to the setting for those times and will need to work Monday to Friday.
There will also be an opportunity to work overtime at the Holiday Club in the half term at another local setting.
Creative Kidz Childcare Ltd is small privately owned family company with a proven track record of over 20 years of working in partnership with schools, to deliver high-quality, all-encompassing wraparound childcare.
All of our settings are registered with Ofsted Standard for Education on the Early Years register and both the voluntary and compulsory parts of the Childcare register.
We offer a fantastic training and development program, providing plenty of opportunity to progress.
Role Purpose
To provide children and young people with opportunities to maximise their potential though developing valuable lifelong skills with the support of exciting and engaging resources and a staff team who will offer children an experience they will remember for years to come.
We're are looking for enthusiastic, nurturing and passionate instructors who will lead and inspire our students to enjoy and achieve within our multi activity programmes which will include:
Art and craft, sports, cookery, media, organised games and so much more!
The role offers a rewarding opportunity to work with diverse age groups, primarily children aged 4 to 11.
Key Responsibilities:
· Implementation and Delivery of high quality experience for all stakeholders
· Effective communication
· Day to day set up, providing safe,, creative, appropriate active and play opportunities and preparing activities.
· To demonstrate a good awareness of safeguarding children, health, and safety, and working within statutory guidelines.
· Providing high quality, engaging activity instruction and guidance to students of all ages and levels of ability to help them improve their skills,
· Motivate and encourage children to participate and enjoy being physically active.
· Preparing lesson plans that align with our ethos and which guide students through the programme by providing opportunities to enhance their abilities.
· Overseeing, Monitoring and evaluating the progress of participants and providing constructive feedback for the aim of improving progress.
· To support your manager and collaborate with other staff members and work as part of a team to coordinate activities.
· Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of participants at all times.
· Provide the highest standards of customer service to all
Hours of work:
Breakfast club - 07:20 - 08:50 - Term time only
After School club - 15:00-18:00 - Term time only
Holiday club - During school holidays (overtime)
Benefits:
Highly competitive rates of pay
Company Pension
Praise and Rewards
Company discounts
Shopping discounts
Team building social opportunities
Training package (fully funded and paid)
Overtime opportunities
Holiday pay
Uniform
Career development plan
Employee Assistance Package ( EAP)
Qualifications:
Essential:
GCSE’s including English and Maths to at least Grade C or equivalent.
Desirable:
· Full and relevant childcare or Sports leaders qualification / Duke of Edinburgh Award or equiv.
· Relevant recognised CPD (e.g. Coaching Disabled Performers).
· First aid qualification.
· Safeguarding children training
· Health and safety qualification.
· Prevention of radicalisation training
Experience:
Essential
· Experience of working within a team environment
Desirable
· Experience of working with children in the Early Years or within a play or sports environment (Training can be provided)
· Experience of supporting individual and groups of children
· Delivery of sport, play and/or physical activity programmes
· Experience working with young people.
· A proven record of delivering activity sessions.
Skills and qualities
· Reliability
· Good timekeeping
· Ability to demonstrate positive interest in health and development
· Able to work within a team situation
· Ability to follow and participate in activity program and planning.
· Ability to provide a safe, caring environment
· Self-motivation and ability to act on own initiative.
· Able to prioritise and use common sense
· Ability to communicate with and respond to children positively.
· Good general communication skills.
· Basic computer skills
· Willingness to learn
Safe recruitment
Creative Kidz is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good interagency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Rehabilitation of Offenders:
All posts within Creative Kidz are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
You will need to ensure you can reliably travel to the setting for those times and will need to work Monday to Friday.
There will also be an opportunity to work overtime at the Holiday Club in the half term at another local setting.
Creative Kidz Childcare Ltd is small privately owned family company with a proven track record of over 20 years of working in partnership with schools, to deliver high-quality, all-encompassing wraparound childcare.
All of our settings are registered with Ofsted Standard for Education on the Early Years register and both the voluntary and compulsory parts of the Childcare register.
We offer a fantastic training and development program, providing plenty of opportunity to progress.
Role Purpose
To provide children and young people with opportunities to maximise their potential though developing valuable lifelong skills with the support of exciting and engaging resources and a staff team who will offer children an experience they will remember for years to come.
We're are looking for enthusiastic, nurturing and passionate instructors who will lead and inspire our students to enjoy and achieve within our multi activity programmes which will include:
Art and craft, sports, cookery, media, organised games and so much more!
The role offers a rewarding opportunity to work with diverse age groups, primarily children aged 4 to 11.
Key Responsibilities:
· Implementation and Delivery of high quality experience for all stakeholders
· Effective communication
· Day to day set up, providing safe,, creative, appropriate active and play opportunities and preparing activities.
· To demonstrate a good awareness of safeguarding children, health, and safety, and working within statutory guidelines.
· Providing high quality, engaging activity instruction and guidance to students of all ages and levels of ability to help them improve their skills,
· Motivate and encourage children to participate and enjoy being physically active.
· Preparing lesson plans that align with our ethos and which guide students through the programme by providing opportunities to enhance their abilities.
· Overseeing, Monitoring and evaluating the progress of participants and providing constructive feedback for the aim of improving progress.
· To support your manager and collaborate with other staff members and work as part of a team to coordinate activities.
· Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of participants at all times.
· Provide the highest standards of customer service to all
Hours of work:
Breakfast club - 07:20 - 08:50 - Term time only
After School club - 15:00-18:00 - Term time only
Holiday club - During school holidays (overtime)
Benefits:
Highly competitive rates of pay
Company Pension
Praise and Rewards
Company discounts
Shopping discounts
Team building social opportunities
Training package (fully funded and paid)
Overtime opportunities
Holiday pay
Uniform
Career development plan
Employee Assistance Package ( EAP)
Qualifications:
Essential:
GCSE’s including English and Maths to at least Grade C or equivalent.
Desirable:
· Full and relevant childcare or Sports leaders qualification / Duke of Edinburgh Award or equiv.
· Relevant recognised CPD (e.g. Coaching Disabled Performers).
· First aid qualification.
· Safeguarding children training
· Health and safety qualification.
· Prevention of radicalisation training
Experience:
Essential
· Experience of working within a team environment
Desirable
· Experience of working with children in the Early Years or within a play or sports environment (Training can be provided)
· Experience of supporting individual and groups of children
· Delivery of sport, play and/or physical activity programmes
· Experience working with young people.
· A proven record of delivering activity sessions.
Skills and qualities
· Reliability
· Good timekeeping
· Ability to demonstrate positive interest in health and development
· Able to work within a team situation
· Ability to follow and participate in activity program and planning.
· Ability to provide a safe, caring environment
· Self-motivation and ability to act on own initiative.
· Able to prioritise and use common sense
· Ability to communicate with and respond to children positively.
· Good general communication skills.
· Basic computer skills
· Willingness to learn
Safe recruitment
Creative Kidz is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good interagency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Rehabilitation of Offenders:
All posts within Creative Kidz are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.