Play worker

Job Description

Play workerPact is looking for forward-thinking, creative childcare workers to join their play project. You will provide support and play opportunities to the children using play facilities at the Prison. The post holder will work as one of the childrens services team,assisting in the organising of a daily play facility for children visiting the prison. You will ensure that the play facilities operate at an excellent standard and safeguard children at all times, ensuring that activities are suited to the range of childrenvisiting.Please note that this role is 1 year fixed term with a possibility of extension.About you:You will have experience of planning and delivering play to children and families within a challenging environment; you will also be a good communicator, reliable and enthusiastic. A NNEB or NVQ level 2 in childcare or equivalent is essential. You should haveat least one years experience of play work with children. It essential that you have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and can relate sensitively to the varying needs of the children visiting the Prison. You must also have the ability to workflexibly, as this role will include regular weekend work. This post is subject to pre-employment checks, a Satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and Enhanced Prison security clearance.Organisation:Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoners children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettledback into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of qualityin all that we do.What we offer:Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events tofurther develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.How to apply:If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.Other information:Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriatea satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.About usPact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.Pacts vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued.We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-establishedunderstanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.Location: HMP Gartree Visitors Centre, Market Harborough, LeicestershireSalary: £5,405.4 per annum pro rata (FTE £19,305.00 per annum)Job Type: Part time, Fixed Term ContractHours: 10.5 hours per week, Saturday and Sunday ( Regular weekend working as per standards hours and possible cover some Tuesdays or Thursdays (optional)Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme. Life Assurance, Season Ticket Loan, EAP SchemeYou may have experience of the following: Play Worker, Teacher, Coach, Play Scheme Assistant, Nursery Worker, Teaching, Coaching, Childcare, Nursery Assistant etc.Ref: 132 524