Play Assistant - PeterboroughNHS

Job summary

The Play Team at North West Anglia Trust is expanding and recent developments have led to a stronger focus on providing play as an integral part of care across two sites.

Our service provides children and young people from 0-17years with support and interventions, contributing towards their holistic care, and experience. Our aim is to showcase the importance of play to the Multi-disciplinary team, working towards a healthy recovery for the child and young person.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the closing date indicated should we feel we have received sufficient applications.

Main duties of the job

As a Play Assistant working within our Trust the expectations within your role are to be motivated and enthusiastic in providing child focused play with an awareness of child development and the emotional needs of a child in hospital.

To meet the challenges of this post you must hold a level 3 childcare qualification.

The Play Team works on Amazon Ward a 30 bedded children ward, providing play, distraction and preparation, covering Children's Outpatients, Paediatric Assessment unit and a Day case area.

If you are and overseas candidate wishing to apply and would require sponsorship, you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website

Job description

The Play Team cover 7 days a week, maintain play areas and provide activities and resources that are developmental and age appropriate.

Cross site working at Peterborough or Hinchingbrooke.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.