Prestolee Multi Academy Trust are seeking to appoint a warm, caring, and enthusiastic Care Club Assistant to join our team at Hollingworth Primary School. The successful candidate will support the effective delivery of before and/or after-school care club provision, ensuring pupils are safe, well cared for, and engaged in a nurturing and stimulating environment.
This is a casual relief position, with working hours offered on an as-needed basis to provide cover within the care club provision.
Who We Are
As a group of schools, Prestolee Trust has a shared vision. We act as one organisation and bring context to individual needs. Our schools are geographically close and yet serve diverse communities. The vision describes the future that speaks to that community.
The vision for Prestolee Multi Academy Trust is that our children are prepared for the next stage of education and life in modern Britain. This means children have access to a broad rich curriculum offer with a wide range of activities. We believe in an inherently strong core of English and Mathematics, together with strong specific academic foundation subjects focused on knowledge and skills.
We strive for excellence in quality first teaching. Career progression opportunities and development of knowledge and skills through CPD, networks and other professional programmes and training are key to our success. Our trust is relentlessly focused on improvement; in self, in others and in the organisation.
About You
We are looking for a person who has:
- Experience working with children in a school, childcare, playwork, or care club setting
- Level 2 English and Maths (or equivalent)
- A warm, caring, and child-centred approach
- The ability to build positive relationships with pupils
- Good communication skills with children, staff, and parents/carers
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team
- An understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and health and safety
- The ability to manage behaviour positively and calmly
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of a relief role
- A willingness to undertake training and develop own practice
A relevant Level 2 childcare or playwork qualification is desirable but not essential.
Our Offer
- A dynamic and developing Multi Academy Trust of schools with a SCITT for career development in teaching and learning.
- Opportunities across the Trust to widen skills, experience, and professional development in a variety of settings
- Welcome, friendly, and inclusive schools within the Trust
- A committed Trust and School leadership and committed multi school teams
- Well-motivated pupils
- A Trust committed to staff wellbeing and career development for all
Closing date: Friday 30th January at 12pm
Interview/observation: w/c 2nd February 2026
Start date: ASAP
This Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Services and a statutory Pre-Employment Health Check.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.