After School Club Playworker

Job description

Position: After School Club Playworker

Salary: : Scale 3,Point 5-6   (£10,720 – £10,873)                                

Hours of work: 14 hours per week Monday – Thursday 3:00pm – 6:00pm and Friday 3:00pm – 5:00pm -Term Time Only

Contract Term: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 13th October 2025 at 9am.

Interviews: Monday 20thOctober 2025

Start date : Monday  3rd November 2025.

Do you want to work in an excellent school with happy, fun loving children and a dedicated team of supportive staff?Do you have the skills to support children’s learning and their physical & emotional well-being?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our successful team.  You will need to be:

• Able to organise and carry out fun and exciting educational activities supporting our philosophy of independent learning
• Caring and approachable
• Able to demonstrate good English, numeracy and IT skills
• Well organised with high expectations
• Able to work as part of a team ensuring the high standards of care for all of our children
• Committed to working with children and to providing equality of opportunity.

This position involves supervising children and providing after school care during term time. You will support the work of the After School Club Manager in developing and delivering stimulating, child-centred play-based activities.

Knowledge of first aid is an advantage and training will be provided.

If you have a growth mindset and the skills and drive to be successful in this role, please download our application pack from our Vacancies page on our school website, where you can also take our virtual tour or email your application form to:  recruitment@tetherdownschool.org

Shortlisted candidates will be on Monday 20thOctober 2025. Applications will be considered as they are received, and we may interview prior to the closing date.

Tetherdown Primary School is committed to the protection, safety and welfare of its children and carries out online checks of all shortlisted applicants.

Full details of our safeguarding and GDPR policies are available on the school website.

In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s.

As a school, we embrace diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the essential selection criteria.