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JOB DESCRIPTION - PLAY WORKER (Crieff)
Job Title Play Worker
Location Home-Start Family Group, Crieff
Hours of work4 hours per week – day to be decided
Salary Salary: £6.75 per hour (SJC pt 7)
Responsible to the Home-Start Perth Senior Co-ordinator
Purpose of the Job
- To plan, prepare and deliver appropriate play activities within the family support groups provided by the scheme, including facilitating a play environment which encourages the development of parent/child and child/child interaction appropriate to the child’s age, ability and cultural background.
- To assist in the planning, preparation for and delivery of the family support groups under the guidance of the group leader and senior co-ordinator.
Main Responsibilities/Duties
General
- Be familiar with and work in accordance with the ethos and policies and procedures of Home-Start Perth including the Child Protection, Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities Policies and actively promote inclusion, anti-bullying and diversity.
- To promote the support and services offered by Home-Start Perth.
Child Care
- Work as part of the Home-Start Perth team, alongside other Home-Start Perth staff and, if appropriate, volunteers to support the family groups.
- To plan, prepare and deliver (including setting up and clearing away) quality experiences through providing:
a)a safe, stimulating and caring environment appropriate to the needs of children aged 0 to 4 years.
b)a wide variety of play activities appropriate to the developmental needs of the attending children which will enable them to develop their social, emotional, cognitive and physical skills.
- To plan, purchase, prepare and serve healthy snacks as appropriate to the project.
- To ensure that all necessary documents and records are maintained as required by Home-Start Perth and funding bodies.
- Communicate effectively and sensitively with adults and children attending the family groups.
- To build and maintain good working relationships with parents, volunteers and staff, including those of other agencies.
- Plan ahead and advise the Family Support Worker of materials and equipment required for play, within the budget.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of information concerning the families attending the family groups.
- Report any Child Protection concerns to the Family Support Worker.
Health and Safety
- Assist the Family Support Worker to ensure that all Health and Safety requirements at family groups are met.
- Prepare the room, toys and play materials to provide a safe environment for the family groups.
- At the end of each session ensure that the room is tidy and the toys and other equipment stored safely.
- Assist the Family Support Worker to keep attendance, children’s accident and other records as agreed with the Senior Co-ordinator regarding the family groups.
- Support the Family Support Worker to ensure risk assessments are carried out and fully recorded for all trips and internal and external activities.
Training
- To participate in supervision and take part in relevant training and group meetings as appropriate, in order to ensure continuous personal and professional development and practice.
The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.
The job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies a level of responsibility at which they will be required to work. In the interests of effective working, the major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing scheme needs and circumstances. Such reviews and any consequential changes will be carried out in consultation with the post holder.
This job description is current as at February 2012.