Before and After School Club Practitioner at Orchids Child Care Limited

Orchids Childcare is an Out of School Club providing childcare to local families within St. Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Whitefields Road, Solihull, B91 3NZ.

We are looking to recruit a passionate and enthusiastic Kids Club Practitioner to work in our busy out of school club at St. Augustine's Primary School in Solihull. You would be required to work Monday – Friday, 19.5 hours per week, term time only. The working pattern is non-negotiable. The morning session is 7:30am – 9:00am and the afternoon session is 3pm – 6pm Monday- Thursday and 7:30-9:00am only on Fridays.

You will supervise children aged between 3-11 years in an out of school club setting, assist with the planning and delivering of Kids Club activities and supervise play both indoors and outdoors. There will also be some meal preparation of breakfast and afternoon snack.
You should hold a valid DBS certificate preferably visible on the update service and have an excellent knowledge of safeguarding. You should ideally hold a relevant childcare qualification or equivalent. All necessary training will be provided to enable you to carry out the role.

Orchids Childcare is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, Childcare Disqualification check, identity check and right to work. All applicants will be require to provide two suitable references. Online searches will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates as part of our pre-recruitment checks.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 & 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.