Community Short Breaks Worker

Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom

• Role Identification 12728
• Job Category Social Care
• Posting Date 02/25/2026, 10:06 AM
• Apply Before 03/11/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Part time
• Salary £24,309.07 per annum
• Vetting Level Required DBS Enhanced Children

Role:Community Short Breaks Worker

Salary:£24,309.07 per annum (£10,512 pro-rata) - From the 1st of April 2026, your salary will be £25,949 per annum (£11,221 pro-rata)

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent, Part Time
-16 hours per week – Tuesday to Saturday between core hours of 09:00 and 22:00 (3 hours per session)

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

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If you have a passion for play work, this role is your opportunity to develop as a childcare professional.

RCT Community Short Breaks allows children to enjoy a safe, meaningful experience and an opportunity has arisen for Community Short Breaks Workers to join our dedicated, friendly, warm and professional team.

The Community Short Breaks Project provides support to children and young people with disabilities. This includes support to access community-based activities on a 1:1 basis, small groups, activities at the community and project base.

We are ready to support and develop you to build on the experience you already have. We would love to hear from you if you want to help change lives by working at the forefront of child-centered care.

Community Short Breaks Workers work directly with children and young people in this service.

You will make a difference by:

• Helping young people with disabilities have a presence in the community.
• Providing a safe environment where they can enjoy time, learn and have fun in a safe setting.
• Helping them in all aspects of their daily lives and supporting their health and happiness.

Our job description for the Community Short Breaks Worker outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

• Experience of working with children/young people with disabilities is desirable but not essential.
• NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Health and Social Care/Playwork (or equivalent) is desirable but not essential.
• Flexibility to work a variation of session patterns.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

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For more information about the role, please review our full job description by clicking
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At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.