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Out-of-School Club Playworker Employment Contract UK

Name: Out-of-School Club Playworker Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: child_day_care_playworker_out_of_school_club_osc_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define school-age play provision around safe collections, child choice and reliable family handovers.

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This contract includes Collect and supervise registered children. Support child-led play meals and activities. Maintain ratios headcounts and safe premises. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

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When to use this contract

Maintain safe reliable wraparound care, deliver engaging school-age play, and deliver clear school and family handovers.

Workplace context: Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering club schools term dates and shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering collections travel ratios and headcounts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering play food behaviour SEND and safeguarding. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering medicine late parents premises and records. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The playworker cannot change collections informally, use punitive behaviour measures, administer unapproved medicine or accept unregistered children. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the club schools ages and schedule
the collection and missing-child procedure
the ratio play and behaviour approach
the food health and safeguard controls
the late-collection and handover process

Day-to-day operating brief

What Playworker (Out of School Club (OSC)) work looks like in practice

An Out-of-School Club Playworker supports children before school, after school or during wraparound sessions, combining collection, snacks, free play and planned activities. Terms should identify club and schools, age range, split shifts, term dates, authorised collections, walking or transport, ratios, child-led play, food and allergies, behaviour support, additional needs, safeguarding, medication, late parents, premises setup and records shared with families and schools.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Collect and supervise registered children.
Support child-led play meals and activities.
Maintain ratios headcounts and safe premises.
Apply safeguarding behaviour and health procedures.
Record attendance incidents and handovers.

A realistic working scenario

A child does not arrive at the agreed school collection point. The playworker follows the missing-child procedure immediately rather than assuming they went home with a friend.

Outputs to agree

safe reliable wraparound care
engaging school-age play
clear school and family handovers

Records and evidence

Child register school and collection.
Headcount journey and authorised person.
Snack allergy medicine and incident.
Activity late collection and handover.
Child records.
Attendance records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Nursery Manager, Room Leader, SENCO or Early Years Lead. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The playworker cannot change collections informally, use punitive behaviour measures, administer unapproved medicine or accept unregistered children.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Collect and supervise registered children.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Workplace context

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

club schools term dates and shifts
collections travel ratios and headcounts
play food behaviour SEND and safeguarding
medicine late parents premises and records

Information the employer should prepare

the club schools ages and schedule
the collection and missing-child procedure
the ratio play and behaviour approach
the food health and safeguard controls
the late-collection and handover process

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Work setting

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Primary duties

Collect and supervise registered children.
Support child-led play meals and activities.
Maintain ratios headcounts and safe premises.
Apply safeguarding behaviour and health procedures.

Tools and training to confirm

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering club schools term dates and shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering collections travel ratios and headcounts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering play food behaviour SEND and safeguarding.

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Playworker (Out of School Club (OSC)) duties

Maintain safe reliable wraparound care, deliver engaging school-age play, and deliver clear school and family handovers.

Collect and supervise registered children. Support child-led play meals and activities. Maintain ratios headcounts and safe premises. Apply safeguarding behaviour and health procedures. Record attendance incidents and handovers.

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The playworker cannot change collections informally, use punitive behaviour measures, administer unapproved medicine or accept unregistered children.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering club schools term dates and shifts.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering collections travel ratios and headcounts.

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