Junior Adventures Group
🌟 WE’RE HIRING! 🌟
🎨 CASUAL BREAKFAST & AFTER SCHOOL PLAYWORKER
📍 Watford, Hertfordshire – WD24
💷 Up to £12.71 per hour
⏰ Up to 22.5 hours per week during term time
💛 Make a difference. Have fun. Be part of something special!
Are you energetic, creative and passionate about working with children?
Do you love the idea of turning ordinary mornings and afternoons into exciting adventures?
Junior Adventures Group (JAG) is looking for enthusiastic Playworkers/Activity Leaders to join our casual bank team in Watford! 🌈⚽🎨
This is a fantastic opportunity if you’re looking for flexible childcare work now, with the potential to move into more regular and permanent hours in the future as positions become available.
⏰ WHEN WILL YOU WORK?
Our term-time operational hours are:
🌅 Breakfast Club: 7:30am–9:00am
🌈 After School Club: 3:00pm–6:00pm
Up to 22.5 hours per week may be available during term time, depending on the sessions you cover.
As a casual bank team member, you’ll help cover:
✅ Staff sickness
✅ Staff holidays
✅ Busier sessions
✅ Additional staffing requirements
And the exciting part? 💛
👉 More permanent hours will be offered when they become available, giving you the opportunity to develop your role with JAG.
🎨 WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
As a JAG Playworker, no two days are quite the same!
You’ll:
🌟 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You don’t have to be a childcare expert – we’re looking for great people with the right attitude!
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
💛 Passionate about working with children
🌟 Positive, enthusiastic and reliable
🎨 Creative and full of ideas
🤝 A great team player
⚽ Happy getting involved and being active
🗣️ Confident communicating with children and adults
🛡️ Committed to keeping children safe
Experience in childcare, teaching, coaching, youth work or similar is a bonus, but your personality and enthusiasm can be just as important!
🎁 WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
✨ Up to £12.71 per hour
✨ Flexible casual bank work
✨ Potential for more permanent hours as they become available
✨ Paid training & ongoing development
✨ 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
✨ Discounted wraparound childcare & Holiday Clubs
✨ Refer-a-friend rewards
✨ Family-friendly hours
✨ No weekend working
🚀 READY TO JOIN THE ADVENTURE?
At JAG, our people are what make us special.
Every day, our amazing teams make a positive difference to children’s lives across the UK – helping them play, learn, grow and have fun.
If you’re ready to bring your energy, creativity and personality to JAG, we’d love to hear from you! 💛
🛡️ SAFEGUARDING
We’re committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children in our care.
This role requires compliance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) policy and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
You must provide two references, one from your most recent employer and the other from a childcare setting (if applicable). We will conduct a DBS check on your behalf, so please prepare the correct documentation.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory DBS and suitability checks.
For more information, please refer to the KCSIE guidance on safer recruitment.
▶️ Learn more about JAG: Watch our JAG video
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Junior Adventures Group is a trusted and vibrant collective that engages, empowers and educates children via a number of leading specialist brands in the Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) sector. Spanning three continents – Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand – our team is united by a commitment to bring joy, enriching experiences and a sense of belonging to all children.
We care for more than 90,000 children across 1000+ partner schools worldwide via our leading specialist brands including OSHClub, Primary OSHCare, Helping Hands Network, sKIDs, Energy Kidz, Fit For Sport and Sherpa Kids. Our team are passionate about adding depth and richness to children’s lives beyond the school curriculum. Our global reach gives us access to the best educational practices and frameworks in the world, to ensure every child is encouraged to reach their full potential.
Together, we are driven by our mission: Build Brighter Futures Together.
Our four company values guide each member of our team to achieve our mission:
Be considerate – Show we care
Be passionate – Love what we do
Be courageous – Show we are resilient
Make a difference – Leave a positive legacy
Underpinning these, our ‘Whole of Child’ philosophy is our commitment to families, communities and teams to remain focused on what is most important: the children entrusted into our care every day. This ensures that every program is tailored to each unique community and is created for children by children.
To learn more about Junior Adventures Group and our brands, visit our website today.
