Careers
Looking for a career in Playwork? Why not join our team today?
Before we get started, take a look at why you should join our OSCAHS family?
- Career development
- Training opportunities (including NVQ training and specialist training)
- Work free weekend
- Flexible hours to work around your lifestyle
- Access to support through our EAP scheme
- Time off to celebrate your birthday
- Extra annual leave after two years’ employment
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Annual social events
- Annual OSCAHS Play conference
- Fun and friendly working environment
- Free childcare (subject to availability and Terms & Conditions)
- Making a real difference to children and their families every day
At OSCAHS, nurturing an individual’s development is not limited to a child or young person in our care. We strongly believe in nurturing all of our colleagues. From staff inductions through to your Continuing Professional Development (CPD), we are here to support you all the way. We are here to celebrate your goals and your successes with you.
Children and their families can expect high quality childcare and play opportunities at OSCAHS. We aim to provide a world-class service, where OSCAHS is the children’s first choice of where they want to be.
We believe that happy staff mean happy children. Children thrive when inspirational people surround them. Therefore, we are looking for people to join us who are:
- Fun and can make children laugh
- Passionate about children’s play and the importance of Playwork
- Caring and sensitive to the needs of children and their families
- Positive role models for children and young people to look up to
OSCAHS has provided high quality childcare and play services since 2005. We work closely with our host schools to create a bespoke out-of-schools package that ensure every child is at the centre of everything we do. Our colleagues are committed to the vision and high expectations we have created together, and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join us on our journey.
We follow strict safer recruiting policies and ensure that all our colleagues receive the relevant safeguarding training, as well as other relevant training, and DBS enhanced disclosures to enable them to work safely.
Play Manager (Ashford, Surrey)
We are looking for an individual to work closely with our children, their families, host school and team of Playworkers to manage our out of schools provision based within a Breakfast and After School Club setting at Meadhurst Primary School, Ashford, Surrey.
Play Managers are responsible for the day-to-day running of the club, as well as the administrative duties of the club. Play Managers provide leadership to their teams, as well as organise and plan the play and leisure activities for children before and after school, as well as during the school holidays. They are also advocates for children’s play.
Our Play Managers care and supervise the children, making sure they are safe and happy.
The candidate should hold an NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Playwork or Childcare.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Contract
Salary: from £12.50 per hour
Hours: 23.5 per week in term time (hours available at our Holiday Club based in Sunbury-on-Thames)
For more information, please contact us at careers@oscahs.co.uk or call Jenny Clayton on 07720 683992
Play Leader (Horley, Surrey)
We are looking for an individual to work closely with our children, their families, host school and team of Playworkers to manage our out of schools provision based within a Breakfast and After School Club setting at Yattendon School.
Play Leaders assist the Manager in the day-to-day running of the club and deputise in the absence of the Manager. Play Leaders organise, plan and take part in play and leisure activities for children before and after school, as well as during the school holidays. They are also advocates for children’s play.
Our Play Leaders care and supervise the children, making sure they are safe and happy.
The candidate should hold an NVQ Level 2 in Playwork or Childcare.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Contract
Salary: £10.50 per hour to £11.85 per hour
Hours: 24.5 per week (additional hours may be available at our Holiday Club based with Meath Green Infant School)
For more information, please contact us at careers@oscahs.co.uk or call Jenny Clayton on 07720 683992
Playworker (Ashford, Horley & Sunbury-on-Thames)
We are looking for someone who can get their hands dirty with messy play, be ‘goaly’ in a game of football, construct a lego tower and get inventive and creative. If this is you, we want to hear from you!
The successful candidate will be working with our friendly team in our after school club in term time and holiday club during school holidays.
Part-time hours: 10 to 22.5 hours per week in term time. (Hours depend on location. Please contact us for more details)
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Contract
Sarting rate: Up to £9.75 per hour
For more information, please contact us at careers@oscahs.co.uk or call Jenny Clayton on 07720 683992
