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Support playworker-holiday hub-edinburgh - 4 days - monday 13th october - thursday 16th october.

Edinburgh
The Action Group
Playworker
Posted: 6 August
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Job Description

At The Action Group, we are committed to fostering a community where relationships are built on trust, respect, and a shared commitment to competency. Our core values—Community Presence, Relationships, Competency, Respect, and Choice—guide everything we do

Post: Support Playworker (Edinburgh)

Base: Edinburgh

Line Managed by: Playscheme Manager

Salary: £12.60 per hour

Details of the role: This is ongoing seasonal work, with the opportunity to work with children and young adults during school holidays only throughout the year.

Hours: To be agreed with Playscheme Manager

🌞 Playscheme Dates & Shifts – October 2025 🌞

Get ready for an exciting October Playscheme running for 4 fun-filled days:


📅 Monday 13th – Thursday 16th October 2025

🕗 Shifts: Monday to Thursday, typically between 8:30am and 3:30pm – with some flexibility depending on the day’s activities.

🎓 Training: Please note, mandatory training will take place prior to the Playscheme – full details will be shared in advance to help you prepare.

Come join us for a rewarding and energetic week supporting children during the school holidays!

Purpose of the Post:

To look after children and young people at a playscheme and provide them with opportunities

for fun, play and social interaction.

Playscheme Aims:

• To increase confidence among parents, children and playscheme workers/volunteers, so children with widely differing abilities can benefit from meeting and playing together.

• To offer good play experiences to children with learning disabilities and other special needs in a safe environment.

• To offer a worry-free break to parents.

To learn more about our recruitment process please click the link - Our Recruitment Process

To support our commitment to a fair and inclusive recruitment process, we invite all candidates to optionally complete the - Equal Opportunities Form for Applicants

Equality Statement | The Action Group

Since this is a registered service with the Care Inspectorate, all applicants for the role of Playworker must be at least 16 years old

As part of our recruitment process, candidates on a visa will be required to supply a Criminal Convictions Certificate. Please note that the cost of this check will be the responsibility of the candidate.

This is a regulated role and requires PVG Disclosure Scotland membership for children.

Please note: Due to visa restrictions and our shift requirements, candidates on restricted visas may be offered a maximum of 15 hours per week.

About The Role

Our Playscheme enables children and young people aged between 5-18 years old with support needs and learning disabilities to have a stimulating inclusive play with an emphasis on young people having fun and developing their confidence.

Our service provides families & carers with a short break in the school holidays and gives children the opportunity to interact and engage with others in an active, creative and sensory environment.

- Paid training is provided

Responsibilities/Tasks: General - Playscheme

* You should arrive at the venue by a given time. This provides an opportunity for you to organise

your groups matching for the day and reassure the volunteers about their children. Children’s

profiles will be available for all to check out the specific needs of their child. Other Play Workers

may be bus escorts so ensure you deal with anything from the other groups necessary.

* This time also provides an opportunity to get the equipment ready or activities organised before

the children arrive and it also means that you are available to welcome the children and to show

them where to put their belongings.

* Get to know the children, there will be information sheets available for you to look through, but

do not forget to ask the children what they would like to do!

* Make sure the children are comfortable, that they are reminded and supported with toileting.

Change pads regularly and when needed.

* Help children with eating and drinking where help is needed.

* Help children to clean up after activities. At the end of the day, share responsibility with other

volunteers for cleaning and tidying up the playscheme premises!

* Please respect confidentiality. Do not discuss any of the children or their families’ outwith the

playscheme.

* Report any breakages or damage to the playscheme manager.

* It can be difficult for a parent to entrust their child to our care. Earn their trust by making sure

you follow any reasonable instructions they give you, but always bearing in mind the playscheme’s

good practice guidelines for the supervision of children. If you have any concerns these should be

discussed with the play leader as soon as possible.

* Keep parents informed. If you have any contact with them (e.g. Bus Escorts), tell them about

what has happened during the day – things that have gone well and also any difficulties. Ensure

you fill in the daily note for parents of the child you have worked with on that day and put it in the

child’s bag.

General – Leisure Schemes

* The leisure schemes operate in a more flexible manner to the playscheme and may or

may not have activities arranged in advance.

* You may be working 1:1 with a young person, or looking after a small group.

* In cases where there is no pre-arranged activity, each young person will have a small

budget to spend as they choose during the day. Play Workers will help them to do this

and choose appropriate activities.

* Typical activities might include going to bowling, swimming or playing sports.

* Play Workers are responsible for ensuring the young peoples’ safety during the day and

for making sure they arrive home at the correct time.

* Play Workers will need to assist young people with personal care as and when required.

Support/organisation

* You are responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of volunteers and children/young

people allocated to you.

* You should ensure that you find the time each day to check out that your volunteers are

okay. You should be modelling good practice in your own work with the children and ensure

that you are challenging any poor practice in the volunteers.

* You will support the volunteers in training and at the end of day meetings.

* Talk to the Manager of your group if you are experiencing any difficulties with your work or if

you have any worries. Do not keep problems to yourself!

* If you have any concerns about the physical, emotional or sexual abuse of children or young

people please tell the Manager immediately.

* Support each other! We welcome and value differences in sexuality, age, health, disability,

race and religion.

Outings

* You may be the responsible person on outings/trips. If this is the case you are responsible

for the health and safety of everyone on the trip. You will be required to complete

trip/outing checklist and risk assessment confirming whom you have on the trip,

medication accidents incidents etc.

Patterns of Work

* Usual play/leisure scheme hours are between 08:30 and 16:00. These may differ on

occasion.

Other Duties

* This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and the post holder may be required

to perform other duties on occasion.

Confidentiality

* High standards of confidentiality are required in relation to the roles, tasks and

responsibilities described above.

Skills Needed

About The Company

Our History

The Action Group was set up in 1976 by a group of parents and carers of people who had learning disabilities and other support needs. They began by campaigning for better services for the people they cared about in the local area of Leith and Restalrig. This group, who all lived in the north east of Edinburgh, took the name Area 5 Action Group from the Social Work Department’s area in which they lived.

Providing and Improving Learning Disability Care for Over 45 Years

The Action Group was, and continues to be, a membership organisation with the twin aims of campaigning for, and providing, good community care services. In 1976, services and supports in the community were few and far between and large institutions and hospitals, like Gogarburn in Edinburgh, were the main service for children and adults.

Locally, The Area 5 Action Group ran a high profile political and media campaign to get learning disability and support needs on the agenda. It also explored ways to develop service-provision

By 1985, now called The North Edinburgh Action Group, membership had grown and service users came from all over Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian.

By 1992, with development plans focussing across an even wider area, a further name change to The Action Group was made.

Over the years the Action Group has been at the forefront of campaigning for and providing high quality community services.

Company Culture

The Vision

That Families caring for a person and individuals who have support needs and/or Learning Disability encounter no barriers to their chosen lifestyle, are able to follow a path of choice and can enrich their opportunities.

The Mission

To Value, listen and involve people so that our every action is judged to be the best.

The Values

An ordinary life includes the 5 accomplishments which derives from the work of John O'Brien.

These values are at the heart of the organisation.

People accessing our services should have:

Community presence - Relationships

Competency - Respect - Choice

Desired Criteria

Required Criteria

Closing DateFriday 29th August, 2025

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