About the role
We are excited to be recruiting for 6 x Summer Assistant posts that will join our busy Active Communities team for the Summer period. The team runs a number of different summer schemes and programmes across North Northants including the very popular SPLAT Holiday Club in Corby which is also a Healthy Food Activity (HAF) scheme.
We are looking for 6 x Summer Assistants to delivery and lead the daily sessions and activities for the SPLAT holiday club. The SPLAT Holiday Club is OFSTED registered, is for 5-12 years, is a multi-activity club for all abilities, runs every week day 7.30am - 5.30pm (School Holidays) and is based at Lodge Park Sports Centre in Corby. SPLAT offers a variety of fun, engaging and educational activities and with no two days being the same including crafts, sports, dance, music, drama and games.
The contract is listed from 21st July through to 2nd September 2025 which covers mandatory training days required before the school holidays with SPLAT starting on the 23rd July 2025. We recognise that candidates may have other commitments so we may be able to offer flexible training times at weekdays, evenings and weekends before the start of the role to suit availability, however this training must be completed before the start of the scheme.
Although the main role of the Summer Assistants will be to work within SPLAT, there will also be the opportunity for the Summer Assistants to work additional hours at some of the other exciting activities happening across North Northants including Fundays, Play and Sports sessions and other events.
What will you be doing?
Each Summer Assistant will be working within the SPLAT Holiday Club Scheme supporting children throughout the day, leading sessions and activities, ensuring children have the best time while they are at the SPLAT Holiday Club.
Each Assistant will work either a 7.30am - 12.30pm, 8.00am - 1.00pm or 12.45am - 5.45pm shift each day as required.
Although activities have already been pre-planned for every day, the Summer Assistants will need to ensure that activities are safe, fun and that the children are engaged and make changes to programmed activities if required. The Assistants will set up and take down activities, carry out cleaning as required and put away equipment after use. Assistants will also need to ensure that the facility, which is used by the public, is clean and tidy at the end of the day and the store cupboards are organised and clean.
The Summer Assistants may sometimes need to positively communicate with parents and guardians and effectively deal with any enquiries.
About you
You will have experience of working with children, this may be in a childcare, teaching, community or club setting. An understanding of differing needs and be able to build a positive relationship with young people to help them achieve and develop. You will have a understanding of healthy and safety and how to ensure that children in your care stay safe.
Most importantly you will be approachable, friendly, and energetic as this role requires you to help children have fun and enjoy their time at SPLAT.
Training will be provided for successful candidates in Healthy and Safety, Safeguarding, Equality and First Aid prior to starting the role.
Our benefits
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Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
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Customer-focused
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Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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