About the role

ID: 1726
Job Title: Sessional HAF Supervisor (Holidays Activities and Food)
Service: Woodfield Park HAF

Salary: £13.40 per hour

Location: Peterborough

Hours: Sessional including 20 hours per week over the Easter and Christmas holidays and 80 hours over the Summer Holidays. Easter and Christmas 5 hours for 4 days, Summer 5 hours for 16 days) additional hours will be required for planning and attending training.

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 are looking for a committed, enthusiastic and highly organised HAF Supervisor to support the safe, engaging and high-quality delivery of our Holiday Activities & Food (HAF) programme. This vital role ensures children have access to enriching activities, nutritious meals, and a positive, inclusive holiday experience.

As a HAF Supervisor, you will lead staff, create inspiring activity environments, and uphold the highest standards of safeguarding, wellbeing and health and safety. If you have a passion for supporting children and enjoy working in a fast-paced, rewarding setting, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities:
In this role, you will oversee the daily running of HAF sessions, ensuring everything runs smoothly and safely. You will supervise activity leaders, volunteers and support staff, helping to deliver a structured and engaging timetable that includes multisport, arts and crafts, games, enrichment activities and daily physical activity.

You will play a key part in ensuring children feel welcomed, included and supported, helping create positive experiences every day. Along with safeguarding responsibilities, you’ll also ensure that every child receives a nutritious meal as part of the programme.

You will act as a point of contact for parents and carers, maintain accurate attendance and programme records, and support the setup and maintenance of safe activity spaces. The role also includes ensuring compliance with GDPR and health and safety regulations, completing application-related tasks, updating our HAF online platform, and promoting activities to maximise participation.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Ability to supervise staff, including activity leaders, volunteers and support workers.
• Experience supporting children’s participation in structured activities.
• Skills in creating a safe, calm, inclusive and engaging environment.
• Ability to plan and coordinate a varied daily programme (sports, arts, games, enrichment, physical activity).
• Strong behaviour-management
• Good communication skills for interacting with parents, staff and children.
• Ability to complete and maintain accurate records, including attendance and programme monitoring.
• Confident in using digital tools to update the HAF online platform and manage applications.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding procedures and ability to escalate concerns in accordance with policy

Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – enhanced DBS

Benefits:
• Holiday Pay
• Training and career development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme

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’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Sunday 15th March at 23:59

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

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

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 welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we 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.