Play Worker Spring Oscars SCOT

Job Description

Play Worker with Spring Oscars

Location: Edinburgh (Haddington)

Salary: up to £25,467per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent/Part time – 31.25 hours per week

Benefits:

• 20 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
• Free childcare in our breakfast and after school clubs, with 50% discount in our holiday clubs
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts

We’re thrilled that you’re considering a career with Spring Oscars. Spare us five minutes, and we’ll tell you what you need to know

About Oscars

Step into a key role with a well-established supportive team at Oscars. We’re proud to provide warm, friendly childcare for children aged 5 -14, with many of our clubs based within local primary schools, helping us build strong relationships with the communities we serve.

At Oscars, we focus on offering high quality out of school care that blends play, learning and fun. Our settings provide safe, welcoming environments where children can explore, grow, and thrive. Weight committed to supporting every child social, emotional and educational well-being.

You’ll be joining a dedicated, experienced team who are passionate about creating engaging experiences and who value continuous professional development through our clear career pathway.

A bit about the role:

We’re looking for a warm, energetic play work to help create a fun clear safe and nurturing environment for children before and after school. In this role, you’ll bring play to life, planning and leading engaging activities, supporting children’s learning through play, and ensuring every session feels welcoming and inclusive. Whether you’re setting up a creative morning activity or winding down the day with games and laughter, you’ll play a key part in making sure every child leaves happy, confident and excited to return.

Hours / Shifts

The club shifts are:

Breakfast Club – Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 9am

After School Club – Monday to Thursday from 2pm to 6pm, and Friday from 11.30am to 6pm

In the role ofPlay Worker (Unqualified),you’llbe:

• Promoting good childcare practice in a professional, inclusive, and flexible manner.
• Planning and taking part in play and leisure activities for children.
• Caring for and supervising our children, making sure that they are safe and happy.
• Thoroughly enjoying your role and making eachday count for the children in our care.

What we need from you

In the role ofPlay Worker (Unqualified),we’reideally looking for someone who has:

• A real passion to work with children and make a difference.
• First Aid qualification or ability to achieve.
• Enhanced PVG Disclosure Certificate or ability to achieve.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or ability to achieve.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey,we’dlove to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! Wecan’twait to hear from you.

Diversity,Equalityand Inclusion

At Spring Oscarswe’rededicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within thissector,and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Ifyou’reexcited about this role but your experiencedoesn’talign perfectly with the job description,we’dlove you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.