Holiday Childcare Worker

The Holiday Childcare team provides high quality play based care for children during the school holiday. The service also offers crèche support for parents and family events. We are on the search for highly motivated, experienced childcare workers who are passionate about providing high quality, inclusive play based childcare for children aged 3-13 years.

The holiday provision takes place in Tower Hamlets schools and operates during the school holidays (excluding the Christmas break). You will be required to work at least 4 weeks a year, though work is available for each scheduled scheme:

• February half term (1 week)
• Easter (2 weeks)
• May half term (1 week)
• October half term (1 week)

Key Responsibilities

Are you forward thinking and creative? This is the opportunity for you to join us on a mission to deliver high quality play based care for children. You will be expected to work as part of the holiday childcare team, carrying out work relating to holiday schemes, crèches, and related matters. The nature and demands of the service requires you to be flexible and capable of supporting other areas of the team’s work when required.

Requirements

• The posts require minimum NVQ Level 2 childcare qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of working in a childcare setting or with children and families.

Please note that you will not be shortlisted unless you meet the above requirements.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as such, appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). Tower Hamlets Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Additional Information

Please note successful candidates will be offered work at our next holiday childcare scheme once all safer recruitment checks have been completed.

More information about the team and holiday childcare schemes is available on our website: www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/hcs

This post is open to the following types of applicants: Redeployees/ Internal/ External.

All applications should be made via our online application system; no CVs or alternative forms of applications are accepted. Internal employees should apply via the council's Intranet. External applicants apply via the Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/careers.

Interviews will be held on 26th and 27th March 2025 virtually.