Play Coordinator

BARNARDO'S WILTSHIRE SHORT BREAKS -PLAY COORDINATOR -60 hours per month
Are you looking for a new challenge working for the UK'S largest children's charity?
Would you like to work as part of a supportive and creative team working across North, West and East Wiltshire ?
Do you have significant experience of working with children and young people with additional needs?
Then this may be the job for you!!
Barnardo's is commissioned by Wiltshire Council to deliver fun activities to children aged 6-18 with significant physical and learning disabilities who may struggle to access mainstream provision elsewhere.
We are looking for an experienced practitioner to deliver our short breaks clubs in Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon. The clubs operate all day on 2 Saturdays per month plus once a week in each area in the summer holidays.
Around 10 children are supported in each club and many require 1:1 staffing.
As Play Coordinator you would be responsible for
Ensuring the needs of all children are met, with an emphasis on their safety and wellbeing
Linking with parents and professionals to ensure the service we offer is appropriate to the children's needs
Leading and organising a team of staff to support the children in club
Planning a range of activities responsive to the needs and wishes of the young people.
Providing appropriate medical support for children with additional needs such as those who have seizures or require peg feeding
Providing personal care
Utilising your skills and knowledge to support staff in other clubs across the county.
Attending meetings and contributing to reports as required.
The successful applicant will demonstrate
A knowledge of, andcommitment to, theneeds of children and young people with SEND
Understanding of the importance of listening to children and ensuring their voices are heard in our service delivery
An ability to lead a team of staff and volunteers with varying experience and skills
Knowledge of the importance of keeping children safe with an emphasis on robust safeguarding practice and Health and Safety requirements
An ability to work flexibly to include Saturdays and school summer holidays.
Your hours will vary from week to week - depending on how many clubs you are running and the other tasks that are required - with an average of 60 hours per month across the year.
Training and management support will be provided.
We would welcome your application to make a real difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable children and young people in Wiltshire.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of ourPeople & CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band

this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children

no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

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