Play and Youth Support Worker

Play and Youth Support Worker

Surrey

The Organisation

Our client enables those with disabilities, their families, and their carers to lead fulfilling lives.

They are now looking for a Play and Youth Support Worker to join them on a full-time basis, working variable hours, including holidays, half terms, weekends and evenings all year round. This role is for a fixed-term, bank or annualised hours contract, please specify your preferred contract when applying.

The Benefits

- Salary of £12.21 per hour
- A culture of progression and development

- 38 days' annual leave (including Bank Holidays) to support a healthy work/life balance

This is a rewarding opportunity for a caring individual with experience supporting children, young people or adults with disabilities to join our client's compassionate organisation.

Joining a dedicated team, you'll enable them to achieve their vision of a world which is inclusive to all, regardless of ability, making a difference to countless lives across Surrey.

What's more, they pride themselves on their employee experience, many of their staff have exceptional lengths of service. They are committed to inclusivity, and over the years, they have had many employees working for them who were previously attending their services.

So, if you're ready to advance your career and join the team, our client would love to hear from you!

The Role

As a Play and Youth Support Worker, you will help children and young people enjoy safe, engaging, and creative play and leisure activities that support their development and wellbeing.

Working closely with each young person and their "All About Me" guidance, you'll plan and support activities that are fun, inclusive, and tailored to individual needs.

You'll also provide assistance with personal care, mealtimes, communication, and physical comfort, always respecting privacy and dignity.

Additionally, you will:

- Collaborate with play and youth club supervisors

- Build positive relationships with young people and their families

- Report concerns or changes to senior staff promptly

- Ensure that practice aligns with policies, procedures, and OFSTED standards

- Keep accurate records and maintain a safe, hygienic environment

Please note, due to our client's open and collaborative working environment and the nature of their work with children and adults with disabilities, all office-based roles can experience periods of elevated noise levels and some elements of disruption.

About You

To be considered as a Play and Youth Support Worker, you will need:

- Experience supporting children, young people, or adults with disabilities

- Good interpersonal and communication skills.

- Good play and engagement skills

- A good level of IT literacy

This role may involve supporting individuals who need manual handling.

Please note, all staff are required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check. Please state on your application if you are registered with the DBS Update Service.

Other organisations may call this role Play Worker, EYFS Worker, Nursery Assistant, Care Assistant, Care Worker, Supported Living Assistant, Homecare Assistant, or Healthcare Assistant.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to help our client continue making a difference as a Play and Youth Support Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.