Post: Playwork Coordinator
Employer: Awesome ELM CIC
Salary: £28,845
Location: One of six Adventure Playgrounds
Hours: 35hrs a week
Reports to: Director of Play
Closing Date: Midnight 25 November 2016
Awesome ELM CIC is the first play service, employee owned and staff led mutual in
the UK and we are seeking someone with strong drive and passion to join our
organisation.
Our mission is to use our exceptional position as an employee-owned mutual to work
alongside communities in providing a fun, safe and challenging environment where
Children and Young People can positively develop through play, in their own way,
for their own reasons.
We are a not-for-profit organisation investing all the income we receive into our
playgrounds routinely used by some of the borough’s most vulnerable children and
families.
Awesome manages six of Islington’s 12 award winning adventure playgrounds, which
are recognised as some of the best in London.
We are looking for someone to become a partner (Playwork Coordinator) who is
passionate about play and understands the essential role it has in children and young
people's lives. Translating that passion, experience, knowledge and drive to lead an
effective playwork team that is dedicated to providing a welcoming and safe space for
all children to play.
In this role, you will manage and deliver a play offer on an adventure playground
working with other Playworkers, partners and the wider community to ensuring a high
quality service. This will involve delivering and overseeing outreach and
communication of the free play service, to ensure that the adventure playground is
operating at or near full capacity. Through promotion and marketing of the play
service to children and young people, partners and the wider community
Reporting to the Director of Play, you will deliver best practice Playwork to improve
play opportunities for children who access the service by planning and implementing
a playwork programme as part of a team according to local priorities and co-create
Fun comes first, the rest follows
environments with children, which stimulate
children’s play and maximise opportunities for a wide range of play experiences.
You will need to be a strong advocate for children and young people and understand
the difference that Play make in children’s development.
Having good communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with a
good understanding of digital communication are essential.
*Candidates applying for this post can also request their application to be considered for any vacant
playwork posts or casual playwork posts.
We are committed to the communities we work in, so welcome applications from
candidates living in Islington.
To find out more about this role contact: 020 3875 3856 or email at
[email protected]
Visit our website to download an application pack:
http://www.awesomecic.co.uk/jobs-2/
Fun comes first, the rest follows