DAD Vacancies
DASH Play Worker 2025
Job Type: DAD
We are recruiting Play Workers for our holiday play schemes – DASH
DASH Playschemes, our play and leisure schemes, run during school holidays and offer a range of fun and exciting activities and trips for children and young people aged 3 - 25 years.
We also provide various evening groups of young people, held during term-time, i.e.:
Youth Group – Monday (14 – 18 year olds) a relaxed time where activities are planned by the young people that come.
Young Leaders – Tuesday (14 – 25 year olds) share their views and opinions on the issues that are important to young disabled people and influence the development services locally, regionally and nationally.
Mentoring for independence – Tuesday (13 – 25 year olds) gain and develop confidence, self-esteem, build friendships, practical and emotional support in a safe flexible friendly and fun environment.
Play Workers enable disabled and non-disabled children to access inclusive play opportunities in a fun and safe environment, whilst supporting individual requirements.
You must be over 18 years old and be available to work during the school holidays
Experienced and/or qualified or working towards a qualification in childcare / play work preferred
Based at premises in Darlington and outreach work to take children on outings.
Hours of work: 9.00am - 4.30pm (2 or 3 days per week) during school holidays and/or 5.00pm - 7.00pm (2 evenings per week) term-time
Rate of Pay: £11.44 per hour plus £1.38 holiday allowance per hour
Apply online for DASH Play Worker 2025
How you can support us
As a local organisation we very much rely on the support of our local community. We support over 2,000 people every year to have greater choice and control and remove the barriers that disabled adults and children experience in their everyday lives. But we need YOUR help.