The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.

As a Play Team Leader, you will supervise and deliver a range of inclusive social, recreational and adventure play-based activities at The Yard, with the rest of the play team.

About the role:

Your daily routine will be as varied as the needs of the people you are supporting. You will be ensuring the safety of the children within The Yard, engaging children and young people in creative play, liaising with their parents and carers, schools and other organisations to ensure service satisfaction remains high and supervising the play and volunteering staff effectively.

About you:

If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, where the team is highly committed to our mission, we would love to have you on board:

This job is for you if you have:

• Experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organisational skills and administrative abilities.
• Leadership skills and team building capacity.

The Yard is an award-winning charity that runs adventure play services for children with disabilities and/or additional support needs and their families.

As a Facilities Assistant, you will work with the Office & Facilities Team delivering a wide range of functions, including cleaning, repairs and maintenance services.

You will be a key part of the team, carrying out minor building maintenance and repairs, assisting with cleaning, facilities, premises and office management and providing support to the Operations Team.

Working at The Yard

If you would like to work in a supportive and understanding work environment, ensuring that families feel valued and part of an inclusive community, we would love you to be part of our new team.

This job is for you if you have:

• Experience of facilities and premises management including carrying out minor repairs and general improvements
• Experience of health, safety and welfare in the workplace, including COSHH
• Experience of scheduled task planning and project management
• The ability to adapt to and understand the complexities around working in services for children with disabilities

Benefits: Holiday pay, training & development opportunities, life assurance, company pension, health care cash back plan, employee assistance programme, free uniform