Package Description: Job title: After School Care Leader
Responsible to: Commercial Enterprise Manager
Number of Positions: 2
Contract Type: Part Time, Term Time
Salary: £8,105.51 (£12.71 per hour)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 3.30pm-6:15pm. (13 hours 45 mins per week)
Job Purpose
We are looking for two enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our After School Care team and help create a fun, safe, and engaging environment for our pupils aged 4 - 11 years.
This role would particularly suit someone seeking part-time work, such as an individual with flexible availability.
Reporting to the Commercial Enterprise Manager, the After School Care Practitioner will play a key role in the end-to-end delivery of a varied and engaging programme of activities, supporting children’s wellbeing, creativity, and enjoyment at the end of the school day.
After School Care Practitioner - Duties
Session Delivery
Lead the after school activity club, ensuring high standards of delivery.
Start and end sessions at the scheduled times.
Create an engaging, inclusive environment that supports the needs of all participants.
Day to Day
Ensure equipment is safely set up, used appropriately, and stored correctly after use.
Leave all St Leonards spaces clean, tidy, and returned to their original condition.
Support children with the choice of an evening meal during the session.
Communication
To promote positive relationships with parents, children and colleagues.
Communicate fairly and equally with parents/carers regarding all aspects of the service.
Liaise with the Commercial Enterprise Manager regarding holiday/sickness cover, staff meetings, etc.
Health & Safety
Follow supplied Risk Assessments and demonstrate ongoing awareness of Health & Safety requirements during all activities.
Uphold safeguarding policies and procedures in line with school expectations, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all participants.
Pastoral Care
To safeguard and promote the health, safety and welfare of the children.
To provide an inclusive, nurturing, safe, and welcoming environment that incorporates the children’s ages, interests and abilities, with a child-centered approach.
To provide comprehensive care for the children including collecting them from classrooms within the School, at handover to parents at collection, and walking them to the bus pick up point if required.
Development
Use self-evaluation to identify areas for improvement
Be willing to undertake relevant qualifications and training sessions that will support the quality of the childcare setting.
Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing CPD eg. training and staff meetings.
Other
Be involved in the annual housekeeping days (stock checks, deep clean of materials) where required.
Undertake other tasks relevant to the job, as requested by the Commercial Enterprise Manager
Administering First Aid when necessary. (First Aid Training will be provided).
Uniform
Dark trousers/skirt and soft shoes(not supplied).
Branded polo top, fleece and raincoat (supplied).
Essential Criteria
Qualifications & Registration
Experience
Skills & Abilities
Ability to provide a safe, nurturing environment.
Good communication skills (with children, parents, staff).
Ability to work:
as part of a team
on own initiative
Organisation and time management skills.
Ability to plan and deliver play-based activities.
Personal Qualities
Desirable Criteria
Qualifications & Training
SVQ Level 3 in Playwork / Childcare (SCQF Level 7).
First Aid / Food Hygiene / Child Protection training.
Additional CPD (continuing professional development).
Experience
Skills & Knowledge
Personal Attributes
Creativity and imagination.
High energy / physical ability to engage in activities with children.
Interest in areas like outdoor learning.
For further information about this position, please contact Caroline Hirst, Commercial Enterprise Manager, by emailing commercial@stleonards-fife.org
About St Leonards
St Leonards is a friendly and forward-looking independent, coeducational, boarding and day school situated on an historic campus at the heart of the university town of St Andrews. The school enjoys an unrivalled location - there are sandy beaches, world-class Links golf courses, and historic sites on its doorstep.
St Leonards delivers the inspiring, globally-recognised International Baccalaureate curriculum (which has been praised by university admissions officers for its focus on deepening learning learning, offering wider subject options, and enriching minds) for pupils aged five to 18, and was the first school to be accredited as an all-through IB school in Scotland. It is one of just two schools in the UK to actively offer all four IB programmes, ensuring a seamless learner journey. The youngest pupils follow the Primary Years Programme, which goes hand-in-hand with the vibrant Outdoor Learning programme at St Leonards. This is followed by the Middle Years Programme and (I)GCSEs. In the Sixth Form, pupils choose between the Career-related Programme and the Diploma Programme.
St Leonards enjoys a rich sporting heritage, and continues to boast a strong record of achievement with pupils representing the school nationally in golf, rugby, lacrosse, hockey, horse riding, and small-bore rifle shooting. The leading five-tier Golf Programme continues to go from strength to strength, the Duke of Edinburgh Award is the fastest growing of all Scottish independent schools, and an exciting calendar of trips and activities ensures pupils leave St Leonards equipped with the skills required to succeed in today’s ever-changing world. Truly an education ‘Ad Vitam’ (for life).