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Play Worker - After School Club and Holiday Club - Casual

Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School, Tunbridge Wells

  • Ref:KCC886-2490-162S
  • Posted:24/01/2022
  • Pay:KR3 (£9.55 per hour)
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:03/02/2022 at 14:00
  • Interviews:w/c 7th Feb

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Beehive (Wrap Around Care) Play Worker

Our wrap around care facility, The Beehive,  requires a committed Play Worker to work in their After School Club and their Holiday Club which takes place during all the school holidays. Applicants will ideally have a level 3 child related qualification or relevant child care experience. Previous experience of working with children with additional needs would be beneficial.  The post is permanent but on a casual basis where you will accrue holiday pay for only the hours you work.

Hours and days are flexible, within the following times:-

  • After School Club: 3.00pm to 6.00pm
  • Holiday Club: 7.45am to 6.00pm.  Hours to be discussed. 

Salary is KR3 (£18,425 full time equivalent or £9.55 per hour).

Our Beehive facility is very popular with our parents and the wider community and often oversubscribed.  A good sense of humour and team work are essential.

Start Date: ASAP

Please call 01892 520114 to arrange an informal visit and talk with our Beehive Manager, Claire Richardson, who will be happy to give you a tour and explain the job in more detail.  Alternatively email Claire on beehive@bishops-down.kent.sch.uk

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service

Information about the school

Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School is an inclusive, non-denominational school working in partnership with the Tunbridge Wells Primary Schools Collaborative Trust. The school was built in 1967 and is situated on the western edge of Tunbridge Wells in a leafy and pleasant residential area.

The school site is beautiful, elevated and fringed with green playing fields and woods. A fragrant quiet garden, pond and wooden structures in the grounds offer opportunities for happy playtimes.

We have just under 230 pupils in the primary and nursery classes. We also have a designation for children with physical disabilities and complex medical needs who are all included in mainstream.

We run Wrap Around Care at the beginning of the day and after school for our school and nursery children and during the holidays we run a Holiday Club for all children in the community.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Mrs Jo Sheldon, Personnel Officer
  • Address:Rydal Drive, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9SU
  • Telephone: (01892) 520114
  • Email: office@bishops-down.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01892) 619130

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.