Grade 5 - £9.50 to £11.15 per hour

3 hours 7 minutes per week

Your role:

You will work within a caring and enthusiastic team providing short term breaks for Children and Young People with disabilities and complex health needs in order to provide respite to their parents or carers.

You will support children and young people to enjoy a mix of planned leisure activities and encourage appropriate friendships within a group setting, both within a community base and in the wider community.

About you:

You will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and You’ll be a great communicator used to working with Children and Young People and will take pride in our work and relish the responsibilities it brings. 

You will be eager to make a difference to the lives of the Children and Young People we support and will be committed to ensuring they are included and championed with in the local community.

About us:

The Leisure for All team offers leisure time activities in the evenings, weekends and during school holidays to children and young people aged 5 – 19 years inclusive with disabilities and complex health needs.

We also offer an autism specific group which provides intensive support on a one to one or two to one basis to Children and Young People who due to the level of their needs, communication difficulties, behaviour or social anxiety cannot manage in other settings.

For more information or an informal conversation about this post prior to applying, please feel free to contact Katie Austin – Leisure Activity Lead on 01942 486236 or email k.austin@wigan.gov.uk.

Find out more about working for Wigan.

To view documents relating to this post, please click the links below: 
Job Specification.docx
DBS Applicant Information.doc

Interview date: Wednesday 20 December 2017

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