Junior Respite Club Coordinator

Saturday Club Coordinator

To coordinate and deliver Saturday Club sessions for children aged 4‑11 with additional needs and disabilities, ensuring a safe, engaging and supportive environment. The role includes session delivery, staff supervision, communication with families, and ensuring high standards of safeguarding and care.

Schedule: 20 Saturday sessions per year, 7.5 hours per session (9:00 am–5:00 pm).

• Service Delivery & Coordination
  • Coordinate and supervise sessional support staff and volunteers during Saturday Club.
  • Allocate staff appropriately to children and lead team briefings at the beginning and end of each session.
  • Plan and organise all club activities, workshops and rotas within agreed budgets.
  • Source and purchase equipment and materials as needed.
  • Provide risk assessments for all activities.
  • Oversee behaviour management, offering guidance on strategies for behaviours that challenge.
  • Ensure safe and respectful delivery of personal and intimate care.
  • Oversee support for children with medical needs, ensuring procedures are followed correctly.
• Staff Management
  • Recommend pay rates for sessional staff in line with established pay scales.
  • Carry out regular staff appraisals.
  • Ensure staff comply with safeguarding policies and understand their responsibilities.
  • Act as first point of contact for staff concerns, including safeguarding issues.
  • Identify training needs and make recommendations to management.
• Family Support, Communication & Administration
  • Act as first point of contact for families enquiring about junior respite services.
  • Conduct induction meetings with new children and their parents/carers, gathering all required information.
  • Write and update child profiles and care plans, ensuring staff are fully briefed.
  • Communicate effectively with parents/carers by phone, email and in person.
  • Build strong relationships between support staff and families.
  • Produce written session summaries, evaluations and action plans.
  • Provide case studies for funders when required.

• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check
• Two satisfactory references (one from the most recent employer or place of study)
• Completion of three online training courses prior to starting
• An excellent standard of written and spoken English