Job Description
Title:
Deputy Play Manager
Department:
Ty AVOW, Wrexham
Accountable to:
Play Department Manager
Hours:
Average 37 per week
Salary Scale
£19,624.80
Pension:
8% Employer Contribution, optional employee contribution
Location:
Wrexham County Borough
The funding for this post is from Welsh Government
This is a fixed term post (depending on outcomes achieved) provisionally to the end
of January 2015
Job Context
Aim: To be responsible for ensuring staff, children and young people have
access to a wide range of play resources with which to facilitate a range of play
opportunities as part of a rich play environment.
To deputise for the manager in their absence and to support the manager in all other
areas of their work.
Main duties and responsibilities
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To identify, access and organise additional play resources, include junk materials, to
support the delivery of stimulating and challenging play opportunities within Wrexham
County.

To act as the senior worker in charge on the play projects in the absence of the
playground manager.

To provide monthly supervisions

To plan and organise the delivery of play opportunities and other activities associated
with the play projects.
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
To support the ongoing participation of children, young people, their families and the
wider community in the development of the play projects.

In conjunction with the manager, to support the continuous development of staff and
volunteers working on any of the play projects.

To support staff in implementing the quality assessment processes.

To contribute towards raising the profile of play within the local community and across
the county borough as a whole.

To liaise with families to ensure registration details of children are kept up to date and
are regularly reviewed. To ensure up to date registers are kept and filed accordingly.

To assist in the completion of appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems.

To ensure policies and procedures are followed, to contribute to the maintenance of a
safe, stimulating environment. To act within accordance of all departmental Policies
and Procedures.

To identify barriers to children accessing the playground and suggest ways of
negotiating these.

Maintain close working relationships with relevant local organisations and other play
providers across the county borough.

To keep appropriate records of work undertaken and provide regular evaluations and
reports.

To work evenings and weekends as required.

To maintain confidentiality of personal information.
General
Other responsibilities, which may be negotiated from time to time, which are commensurate
with the level and nature of the post. The post will require a degree of flexibility, in particular
working outside of normal office hours. The post will require travel within Wrexham County
Borough and occasional travel to other areas.
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