Playgroup Facilitator - Kelston New Lynn Plunket Playgroup
This can be a varied role where you will be responsible for facilitating and running the Plunket Playgroup, ensuring it is accessible to whānau living in New Lynn and surrounding areas on a regular basis. The role includes providing a range of educational activities to enhance tamariki ongoing learning and development and encourage parents' participation. You will set up and pack up at each playgroup session, ensuring that the health and safety of participants are met, and monitoring children, our resources and our supplies. Playgroup Facilitator's role may include facilitating activities such as a story session, music session, play dough, painting and craft activities. This may also include some planning. You will also be responsible of ensuring that the venue is left tidy at the conclusion of each session. As a part of this role, we incorporate fundraising opportunities. Therefore, you should be comfortable to ask participants for donations. The purpose of the role is to bring parents / caregivers together, giving them an opportunity to meet, connect with each other and participate in their child/ren learning in a welcoming and safe environment.
Our playgroup gathers at the New Lynn Community Centre_ Recreation Hall, 45 Totara Road, New Lynn, every Wednesday from 9.00am to 11.30pm.
You will be passionate about community and supporting families. You will be a self-motivated, warm individual who is able to communicate with whānau from all walks of life. Working with tamariki requires you to be flexible and agile, therefore you should be able to adjust as required. You will need Internet access and be confident on social media. We expect all our kaimahi and volunteers to show a commitment to living our values; kia māia – to be courageous, kia Māhaki – to be humble, kia manaaki – to care and kia tūhono – to stand in relationship.
Skills Requirements: • Excellent communication skills • Has integrity, reliability and maintains confidentiality • Sensitivity and ability to interact with parents of many ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds • Organisational and administration skills.
A Ministry of Justice background check is required for this role.
The role takes 3 to 4 hours of your time per week. The role requires an ongoing commitment.
Getting started:
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.
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