Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic and creative playworker to promote and support play and positive interaction throughout the school day.
Somerdale Educate Together Primary is a one-form entry school, part of an Academy Trust that also has schools in Redfield, Bath and Weston-Super-Mare. The Trust was established in 2014 and places inclusion at the heart of its thinking and seeks to ensure in its mission statement, that that ‘no child is an outsider’.
We are looking for a playworker who can:
- help children play positively, creatively and supportively
- Help the children to play safely enabling them to assess and minimise risk
- Support the children to behave according to our values and ethos and challenge any discriminatory or hurtful language or behaviour
- Help the children explain their feelings and resolve conflict constructively
- Encourage and enable children to lead play activities with other children and take an active role in the organisation and structure of play times
- Help ensure playtimes are inclusive and enjoyable for everyone, providing additional support to those children who need it
- To help provide a play environment in which children are safe but also able to talk appropriate risks to fully enjoy their play
- Support interventions in the afternoon.
If you are enthusiastic about play and understand the importance of creative play for children’s learning and development, we would like to hear from you. We can offer a supportive atmosphere, full training, and involvement in all relevant school decisions
Our ethos at Somerdale Educate Together is:
- Equality based: children of all social, cultural and religious backgrounds being equally respected
- Co-educational and committed to encouraging all children to explore their full range of abilities and opportunities
- Child-centred: all children have a voice and staff make decisions that are right for our children
- Democratic whereby all children, staff and parents are involved in decisions that we make
The hours of work are Monday - Friday 11:30-5:45 Term Time only (28.75 hours per week). The actual salary for these hours is £12,174.
Closing date is 10th December at 9am.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and operate flexible and supportive working practices.
We actively encourage applications from black and minority ethnic communities.
Somerdale Educate Together Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.