After School Club Worker

Job Title: After School Club - Play Worker Level 1 / Play Co-ordinator

Grade: 1B (5)
Working Hours: 11 hours, 15 minutes per week, Monday to Friday. 3.30pm to 5.45pm
Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: 2.4.26
Shortlisting: 27.4.26
Interviews: Week Beginning 4.5.26

About us
We are a large urban primary school in Salford, touching distance from Manchester
City Centre. We serve a vibrant, diverse community and value and celebrate this
diversity at all levels in school. The Friars is a supportive, friendly school with
opportunities for growth within our staff group and a range of additional opportunities
for staff and children.
We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to
build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the
team.

About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic play worker to join our well-established team. This
role will involve supporting children in after school club and supervising and joining in
their play.
The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate a commitment to our school ethos and values
• Have a passion for promoting and supporting children’s learning and wellbeing
• Be able to support the learning and wellbeing of children of different ages across school as required
• Be able to relate well to both children and adults and be able to work well in a team
• Have duties including the provision of snacks and drinks for children, liaising with parents and joining in with children’s play.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic school and to be part of its future developments.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a fully enhanced DBS check.

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