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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us .
Family Hub Casual Worker L2
We're proud to announce that AfC's Children's Services in Richmond have been awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted. This places Richmond alongside Kingston, which also holds an Outstanding rating, as a top-performing service. Our separately inspected Fostering Service has achieved a strong ‘Good’ rating, recognising our skilled and dedicated fostering workforce.
Come work with a skilled, stable workforce and be part of an organization that's truly making a difference.
We are looking for Family Hub casual workers to support the Family Hub, Best Start In Life teams across both Kingston and Richmond, providing front of house administration duties, leading creches, rhymetimes and being part of stay and play sessions for parents and their children.
The role is a zero hour contract.
Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Old Malden Childen's Centre, KT3 Appointment type Casual Business area Early Help Full time/Part time Zero (casual) hours Salary from £33,495 (SCP14) Salary to £34,998 (SCP17) Hours Casual Estimated Interview date/s 24/03/2026, 25/03/2026 Closing Date 06/03/2026 Ref No 2248 Documents
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About the role
In this role you will be expected to:
2. Support the provision of a range of sessions, activities and events in the Centres to promote opportunities for children and their families to engage proactively.
3. Ensure that children are in a safe environment by complying with all policies, procedures and standards relevant to the setting, ensuring that safety and hygiene standards are high and undertaking risk assessments as agreed.
4. Provide environments that are welcoming and supportive to all children, young people and their parents and carers attending the sessions. Setting up activities and resources at the beginning and clearing away at the end of every session.
5. Delivering our programme working closely with other colleagues and professionals, utilising a wide range of play equipment and resources.
6. Provide front of house meeting and greeting visitors, families and other professionals. General administration tasks including answering telephone calls, email enquiries, data input and ensuring the reception and general building is kept clean and tidy
For further information about this role, please contact Brenda Wood (Kingston team) by email or Jill Frederick (Richmond team) by email for an informal discussion.
About you
To be a Family Hub, Best Start In Life Casual Worker you will have:
7. NVQ L3 or equivalent in a relevant field
8. An understanding of the importance of play, early years, child development and the EYFS
9. The ability to keep accurate records and maintain confidentiality
10. The ability to plan and deliver creches for children 0-5 years
11. Experience of using IT packages including Google, Excel, Databases and AI.
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as competitive pay and all the perks to enable hybrid working.
12. Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
13. Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS Pension)
14. Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children. For our social work offer .
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.