About the role

ID: 1727
Holidays Activities and Food Assistant (HAF)
Service: Peterborough HAF (Holiday Activities and Food)

Salary: £12.21 per hour, rising to £12.71 per hour from the 1st April 2026

Location: Woodfield Park Community Centre. Welland. Peterborough

Hours: Flexible – up to 20 hours during Easter and Christmas Holidays, and up to 80 hours over Summer Holiday. Up to 5 hours a day for 4 days over Christmas and Easter Holidays, and 5 hours a day for 16 days over the Summer holidays.

Contract: Sessional

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

We have been funded by Peterborough City Council to provide Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) during the school holidays. We provide activities and lunches for children aged 5-12 years.

We are looking for motivated, passionate and experienced play workers with experience of delivering high quality play services to meet the needs of local communities. You will be passionate about improving and promoting the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of children and families.

Main Responsibilities:
• Working within a staff team to provide a fun and stimulating environment which is safe and healthy.
• Assisting with planning, preparation and delivering a range of play and food related activities which meet the needs of the children and the funding criteria.
• Supporting the children to be independent and acting as a positive role model.
• Adhering to policies and procedures in the setting at all times.
• Promoting the decision to make healthy food choices, in line with our policy
• Ensuring safeguarding is a priority

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Experience of working with children aged 5-12 years in a group setting
• You will be self-motivated and enthusiastic and will have an innovative and positive nature.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced DBS

Benefits:
- Holiday pay
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Sunday 15th March 2026 at 23:59

Interview dates to be confirmed.

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Helen.terrington@family-action.org.uk

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.