The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a After School Club at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.

To start: 1st September 2025

After School Club Play Worker Full-time Salary £24,790 - £25,183

This is a permanent, part-time role, 15 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary of £8,839 - £8,979 (TMBC Grade C, Points 5-6)

The role will be for 3 hours per day, Monday to Friday.

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Playworkers assist pupils during their time in After School Club working as part of a team, including supervising welfare, behaviour and safety, ensuring a clean and tidy environment, controlling pupil behaviour in line with the Academy’s behaviour policy, dealing with any misbehaviour and liaising with the teaching staff accordingly.

You will also be responsible for attending to pupils who may be sick or injured and raise any concerns in terms of welfare and safety to the Principal. It also includes the following:

• To ensure that the After School club is controlled and pupils are managed in terms of behaviour and safety.

• To look after the welfare of the pupils in connection with hygiene, table manners, general behaviour and assist any children with eating difficulties.

• Maintain a safe and hygienic environment.

• Deal with hazards to prevent accidents.

• Supervise the safety of children at all times.

• Make senior leaders aware of any issues or accidents to ensure that the children are managed in a safe environment at all times.

• Supervise the children at play and organise games for children.

• Administer First Aid if necessary (training provided)

• Attend any training, which the Principal may consider appropriate to the role.

• Carry out any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Principal relating to the supervision of

 children.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

•Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 11th July 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process

• Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22nd July 2025

• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Please note we may close the advert as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as you are able.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).