Saturday Club Coordinator
To coordinate and deliver Saturday Club sessions for children aged 4‑11 with additional needs and disabilities, ensuring a safe, engaging and supportive environment. The role includes session delivery, staff supervision, communication with families, and ensuring high standards of safeguarding and care.
Schedule: 20 Saturday sessions per year, 7.5 hours per session (9:00 am–5:00 pm).
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Service Delivery & Coordination
o Coordinate and supervise sessional support staff and volunteers during Saturday Club.
o Allocate staff appropriately to children and lead team briefings at the beginning and end of each session.
o Plan and organise all club activities, workshops and rotas within agreed budgets.
o Source and purchase equipment and materials as needed.
o Provide risk assessments for all activities.
o Oversee behaviour management, offering guidance on strategies for behaviours that challenge.
o Ensure safe and respectful delivery of personal and intimate care.
o Oversee support for children with medical needs, ensuring procedures are followed correctly.
* Staff Management
o Recommend pay rates for sessional staff in line with established pay scales.
o Carry out regular staff appraisals.
o Ensure staff comply with safeguarding policies and understand their responsibilities.
o Act as first point of contact for staff concerns, including safeguarding issues.
o Identify training needs and make recommendations to management.
* Family Support, Communication & Administration
o Act as first point of contact for families enquiring about junior respite services.
o Conduct induction meetings with new children and their parents/carers, gathering all required information.
o Write and update child profiles and care plans, ensuring staff are fully briefed.
o Communicate effectively with parents/carers by phone, email and in person.
o Build strong relationships between support staff and families.
o Produce written session summaries, evaluations and action plans.
o Provide case studies for funders when required.
Employment Is Subject To
* A satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check
* Two satisfactory references (one from the most recent employer or place of study)
* Completion of three online training courses prior to starting
* An excellent standard of written and spoken English
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