Play Leader
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £12.24 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham |
| Company: | YMCA Robin Hood Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 698 |
Summary
Job Advert
YMCA Robin Hood runs before and after school clubs at primary schools around Nottingham. We are looking for a new Play Leader to
join our fantastic team working 25 hours per week in term time.
Your working week will look like this:
Term Time: 7.30am - 9am and 2.45pm - 6pm Monday - Friday
We can also offer additional hours during the school holidays working at our summer holiday club, Camp Williams if you are
available and wish to work in the school holidays too.
Job Description
You will be an energetic, passionate individual who loves children, loves playing and creating games and activities to give them
an enjoyable experience.
You will have previous experience of working in a similar childcare setting or have other experience working with children which
would be transferrable.
You will work with the Manager to plan and deliver exceptional play activities, working as part of a team to ensure our programme
maintains high standards of play through a fun, safe and positive programme of activities.
You will have brilliant communication skills and you will have an excellent rapport with parents and carers, children, colleagues,
and school staff alike.
You’ll champion our Core Values of Caring, Respect, Responsibility and Honesty throughout the play you deliver, and ensure the
wellbeing and happiness of children is always put first.
The technical bit - we need someone ideally who holds a Level 3 qualification in early years, play work or childcare provision,
with a paediatric first aid qualification, although we could support you to gain these qualifications if required.
Depending on what you want, we are also able to offer further career and job progression as we are rapidly expanding so we are
happy to support your career development or support you in the role you are currently in.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. Successful
applicants must complete a company application form and will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS
check.
To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code
of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We
reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
YMCA Robin Hood runs before and after school clubs at primary schools around Nottingham. We are looking for a new Play Leader to
join our fantastic team working 25 hours per week in term time.
Your working week will look like this:
Term Time: 7.30am - 9am and 2.45pm - 6pm Monday - Friday
We can also offer additional hours during the school holidays working at our summer holiday club, Camp Williams if you are
available and wish to work in the school holidays too.
Job Description
You will be an energetic, passionate individual who loves children, loves playing and creating games and activities to give them
an enjoyable experience.
You will have previous experience of working in a similar childcare setting or have other experience working with children which
would be transferrable.
You will work with the Manager to plan and deliver exceptional play activities, working as part of a team to ensure our programme
maintains high standards of play through a fun, safe and positive programme of activities.
You will have brilliant communication skills and you will have an excellent rapport with parents and carers, children, colleagues,
and school staff alike.
You’ll champion our Core Values of Caring, Respect, Responsibility and Honesty throughout the play you deliver, and ensure the
wellbeing and happiness of children is always put first.
The technical bit - we need someone ideally who holds a Level 3 qualification in early years, play work or childcare provision,
with a paediatric first aid qualification, although we could support you to gain these qualifications if required.
Depending on what you want, we are also able to offer further career and job progression as we are rapidly expanding so we are
happy to support your career development or support you in the role you are currently in.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. Successful
applicants must complete a company application form and will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS
check.
To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code
of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.
This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (paid for by YMCA) and registration with the DBS Update Service. We
reserve the right to withdraw this role before the closing date should we be able to appoint to the role.
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