Play Scheme Leader

Employment Part-time, Permanent Salary £15.90 per hour Location Guildford Hours Saturdays, Half terms and Holiday Periods - 8:30am - 5:30pm each day, plus up to 3 hours admin a week and leader evening once a month 7pm - 8:30pm

Challengers is searching for an engaging and playful Leader to join our Guildford Scheme. Supported by our dedicated team of Service Managers, you will plan and deliver a range of exciting and engaging activities for disabled children.

Play & Youth Leader – Job Description

BENEFITS – As a Challengers employee, you will benefit from…

• To work for an organisation who truly consider work life balance and have high expectations for our outcomes not only for those who use our services but for our teams as well.
• Free Training – We regularly invite all our staff to free training courses including Disability and Inclusion Awareness, Medication Administration, Safeguarding, First Aid, Makaton and more!
• Free DBS – As we require all staff to have a DBS before they start with us, we have decided to offer this free of charge.
• Pension & Health Care Cash Plan – All our staff have access to a NEST pension and Simply Health health care plan.

ABOUT US – Challengers is a voluntary sector organisation providing play and leisure services to
disabled children and young people across Surrey, Hampshire and in Richmond, Kingston, and Chichester.
Our values are to be Accountable, Ambitious, Inclusive, Playful and Trustworthy, if these resonate with you find out more here – https://disability-challengers.org/about-us

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES –

• To be a champion and advocate of positive play, youth and leisure for disabled children and young people.
• Liaise on a regular basis with the line manager and/or the Head of Service regarding any issue where you require support to provide a service to children and young people at Challengers.
• To supervise all aspects of the on-the-day care of children and young people (including administration of medication) who attend Challengers schemes while positively encouraging and supporting children to fully realise their abilities in a fun and happy environment.
• To manage all staff whilst being a role model for excellent play and youth work and to provide ongoing support and encouragement to the staff team in an appropriate manner.
• To contribute to the effective liaison and working arrangements between the Challengers schemes, children, their families, schools, local authority departments, other centres and other organisations in the locality.
• To deliver schemes in accordance with Challengers systems, policies and procedures and to participate in and contribute to the development of Challengers schemes and systems.

You’ll be great if you have:

• Experience Leading and motivating a team
• Experience working with disabled children and young people – providing care
• Experience of providing Leisure services
• Skills in administration
• Resilience
• Sense of joy

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job- There is no such thing as the perfect candidate. Challengers is a place where everyone can grow. We follow equal opportunities so however, you identify and whatever your background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Challengers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references.

Closing Date – 19/06/2026

Interview Date – 24/06/2026