School Holiday Camp Worker Hertfordshire
Job description
Fit, Fed & Read Holiday Camp Delivery Staff
Who are we?
The Apex 360 group is now one of the most trusted names in Sports and Dance coaching as well as
Physical activity.
We work with an ever-growing number of schools to deliver activity clubs and PE support training.
Apex also works in partnership with many local communities to create fun and exciting family events and not forgetting, of course, our hugely popular Holiday Camps!
We have partnered with Herts Sport Partnership (HSP) to offer free activity camps to school aged children, in an aim to tackle the inequalities of holiday hunger, social isolation, physical inactivity and educational attainment experienced by children from low-income families during the school holidays.
The Fit, Fed & Read (FFR) Camps offer children aged 8-11 years old the opportunity to take part in a variety of sports, arts and enrichment activities. These include visits from HSP partners on the programme, Hertfordshire Libraries, Herts Fire & Rescue Service and Herts Constabulary. The fourth partner, Herts Catering Limited provides the children with a hot meal each day.
What are we looking for?
We are actively recruiting Sports coaches, teachers, arts & crafts, people who have experience & enjoy working with children & young people. Each day of camps offers children sport and physical activity, enrichment (soft starts, themed arts and crafts, outdoor activities and games), and lunch.
Locations, working hours and pay
Locations:
Our camps run in the following locations:
1. Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead
2. Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
3. Holywell, Watford
4. Sopwell, St Albans
5. South Oxhey
Working hours: 9.30am to 3.30pm (camp runs from 10am to 3pm), Monday to Friday
Wage: Competitive hourly rate (Experience & qualification dependent)
Future Fit, Fed & Read camps will run during all school holiday periods – summer, Easter, Christmas, and half-terms. Our aim is to retain our hired staff members through these future camp phases, so there is potential for work at other times of the year as well.
Delivery Staff
As a member of our delivery team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the programme; leading and supporting fun, engaging and inclusive activities, as well as ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children and young people attending.
You will be responsible for:
● Ensure strong time management of your scheduled activities is held so that the camp day runs smoothly.
● Planning and delivering, engaging and inclusive activities for up to 30 children, alongside other delivery staff.
● Being innovative and creative with activity ideas to ensure children are engaged and needs are met throughout the day.
● Assisting externally run activities (from partners of the programme), including taking part and making it as engaging as possible.
● Understanding and complying with programme policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and protecting children, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to the FFR Lead.
● Ensuring the daily register is recorded accurately and communicated with the programme leads.
● Ensuring the venue chef has an up to date number for lunch and accurate dietary and allergy information for the children attending on each day. Preparing the children for lunch, assisting with serving food and supporting clean-up after the meal.
● Keeping the camp venue clean and free of mess – at some site this will include cleaning bathroom areas.
● Participating in mandatory training and other learning activities as required.
● Completing statutory records, monitoring and reports as required.
Person Specification
We are looking for energetic, confident, and fun individuals who can demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Essential
A passion for working with children and young people.
Evidence ability to plan engaging and inclusive activities for a diverse range of ages and abilities.
An ability to build rapport with children and young people, derived around a professional and trusting relationship.
Hold a First Aid Qualification (you must be able to show a valid certificate from the last 3 years or agree to completing the course prior to starting work)
Hold a minimum level 1 Safeguarding qualification & enhanced DBS certificate. (you must be able to show a valid certificate from the last 3 years or agree to completing the course prior to starting work)).
A willingness to liaise with parents, delivering high-quality customer service.
Ability to independently travel to and from camp locations.
A proactive team player who can work collaboratively with other delivery staff members to deliver high quality provision and activities.
An ability to communicate effectively with Line manager, project staff and other key partners.
A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.
Possess a basic understanding of the statutory health and safety requirements expected of a coach/ teacher/ camp leader or similar role.
Desirable
GCSE Maths and English
Possess a qualification in one of the following fields:
- Primary or Secondary teaching or equivalent experience
- Sports Coaching (minimum NGB Level 2) or equivalent
- Physical Education
- SEND Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
Experience of working with children with special needs or learning difficulties.
Hold a specialist skill which could be shared with your colleagues, or the children attending camp, such as Performing Arts, Singing, Sport, Art, Design, Magic, etc...
Experience working or volunteering with 8–11-year-olds in the last two years.
Experience of supporting children with challenging behaviours.
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Experience coaching a sport, leading games, or delivering activities. Experience of leading arts and crafts based activities
Experience of working with different people in a team environment.
Hold a valid food hygiene qualification and/or food handling qualification
Previous experience in relation to delivering, managing or coordinating after school activities or holiday camps.
Before any delivery commences, you will be expected to read literature on all our policies and procedures, hold a safeguarding and first aid qualification (opportunity to achieve these will be offered) and attend any mandatory training sessions – these training sessions will be online and in person.
There will also be opportunities to attend further CPD courses free of charge .
How to apply
Please apply by email with CV & covering letter.
A satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this role.
Closing date: Ongoing
Job Type: Freelance
Salary: From £10.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hertfordshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Expected start date: 13/02/2023
