Overview
* Employer: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
* Salary: £13.03 - £13.85 PER HOUR incl London Weighting - Dependent upon experience and qualifications
* Location: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gipsy Lane, Bracknell, Berkshire
* Contract: Permanent
* Working Pattern: Term Time
* Hours: 9 hours per week. 3pm-6pm Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
* Closing Date: 29/09/2025 at 12:00
* Reference: Pri/25/321840
Role
AFTER SCHOOL CLUB PLAYWORKER
9 hours per week (3.00pm – 6.00pm Monday, Tuesday and Fridays)
Term time only
St Joseph’s school is a small friendly one-form entry primary school situated just north of Bracknell Town Centre - just a short walk away from the town centre.
We are seeking someone who is enthusiastic, motivated and passionate about providing valuable play experiences for children that attend our After School Club.
Responsibilities
* To set up and supervise the children and engage them in play activities, both inside and outside
* To meet and greet parents and provide feedback on their child’s time at the clubs
* To maintain and clean play equipment, ensuring safe storage
* To maintain standards of behaviour that comply with school behaviour policy
* To help prepare snacks and refreshments at After School Club
* To be reliable and friendly and ideally possess a Paediatric first aid certificate/Childcare Qualification/Food Hygiene training
We can offer you
* A friendly and professional team who strive to gain the best outcomes for all of our pupils
* A working environment where staff and children are valued and treated with respect
* Our Catholic ethos ensures pupils are consistently kind and friendly and motivated to be the best
Salary: £13.03 - £13.85 (dependent upon experience and qualifications)
Job Type: Permanent
If you are an enthusiastic, imaginative person who understands the need for children to experience quality play opportunities and how to support this, then this is a role for you.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Applications closing date: Monday 29th September 12 noon
Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025 - we reserve the right to interview on receipt of suitable applications.
How to Apply
Please email your completed application form to our School Business Manager at c.jones@stjosephsbracknell.co.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices share this commitment. This position requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check because it involves contact with (or access to data concerning) children/young people/adults at risk.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. If you are successful in being shortlisted for this position, you will be required to complete a self-declaration form, when you will need to tell us about any spent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings which may later appear on your DBS Certificate.
To find out more about the application process for working with children, young people and adults at risk visit https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/jobs/policies-relating-job-applications/applications-work-those-risk
The Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Board (BFSB) has responsibility for working together to oversee the safety and well-being of children and adults in Bracknell Forest. Find out more about the BFSB at https://bracknellforestsafeguarding.org.uk/
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all. Our aim is to treat all employees and prospective employees with integrity, respect and consideration. We aim to ensure that individuals are recruited, selected, trained and promoted on the basis of ability, job requirements, skills, aptitudes and other objective criteria. In this respect we will ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or disability, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which are not covered by legislation or existing codes of practice.
Disability
We are a Disability Symbol User and as such have made a commitment to guarantee an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria of the person specification. To help us with our commitment to this guarantee, please indicate if you have a disability on your application form.
Pre–employment medical check
You may be asked about your physical ability to perform the job during interview. As a condition of the Offer of Employment, the successful applicant will be asked to complete an Occupational Health questionnaire from which our Occupational Health Advisor will assess your medical suitability to do the job. You may be required to attend a medical examination.
References
On your application form you will be asked to provide the names and addresses of two people who will provide a reference. At least one must be from your current employer, completed by a suitable person with appropriate authority. If you have previously worked with children at least one must be from this employer. References will not be accepted from relatives or people writing solely in the capacity of friends.
Employment
Please note that for those planning to come to work in the UK on a work visa, this role is not eligible for sponsorship
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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