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Volunteer Playworkers wanted based in Chalk Farm NW1
We are looking for volunteer playworkers to help us run an in-house afterschool club for children and their families.
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Apply by: 19 Sep 2026
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Eligibility
Age 18-80
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CARIS Families is a small charity that was founded in November 2016. We support homeless families living in temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Camden and Hackney. We run an After-School Club (Kids Club) for children aged 16 and under, living in one of Camden Council’s hostels in NW1.
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers (18+) to help us run the After School club (Kids Club) and possibly support/accompany us on occasional days, during the school holidays when we run our enrichment trips from both Camden and Hackney.
Kids Club
- Our Club runs from the hostel’s basement, from 4 – 6.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays term-time only (the volunteering shift runs from 3.45 – 6.15pm).
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers (18+) to help us run the After School club (Kids Club) and possibly support/accompany us on occasional days, during the school holidays when we run our enrichment trips from both Camden and Hackney.
Kids Club
- Our Club runs from the hostel’s basement, from 4 – 6.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays term-time only (the volunteering shift runs from 3.45 – 6.15pm).
- Kids Club offers play, art and craft activities to the resident children and a socialising space and pastoral support to their parents, who (if their child/ren are aged 5 or under) are required to be on-site.
- We also run enrichment trips during the school holidays from a hostel in Hackney (Finsbury Park) as well as Camden.
You don’t need experience of working with children to apply, but you will need to be:
Free to volunteer at least once a fortnight, for a minimum of six-eight sessions.
What will I be doing?
Happy to get stuck in with play activities, arts and crafts and snack preparation at the afterschool club, as the session requires.
Free to volunteer at least once a fortnight, for a minimum of six-eight sessions.
What will I be doing?
Happy to get stuck in with play activities, arts and crafts and snack preparation at the afterschool club, as the session requires.
- Understanding of and empathetic towards the difficulties faced by children and their parents living in hostel accommodation, as they wait for a suitable home to become available.
- Help us tidy up after a session has finished.
- Working as part of a team, supporting the weekly program of play/learning opportunities the Play and Learning Coordinators have created.
- Understanding of- and empathetic towards the difficulties faced by children and their parents living in hostel accommodation, as they wait for a suitable home to become available.
- Willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure criminal record check and a short child safeguarding course (both of which will be organised and paid for by CARIS Families)
If you are interested and would like to apply, please contact Roy, [email protected]
About Caris Families
CARIS Families is a small charity that was founded in November 2016. We support homeless families living in temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Camden and Hackney. We run an After-School Club (Kids Club) for children aged 16 and under, living in one of Camden Council’s hostels in NW1.
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers (18+) to help us run the After School club (Kids Club) and possibly support/accompany us on occasional days, during the school holidays when we run our enrichment trips from both Camden and Hackney.
Kids Club is on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time only.
- Our Club runs from the hostel’s basement, from 4 – 6.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time (the volunteering shift runs from 3.45 – 6.15pm).
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers (18+) to help us run the After School club (Kids Club) and possibly support/accompany us on occasional days, during the school holidays when we run our enrichment trips from both Camden and Hackney.
Kids Club is on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time only.
- Our Club runs from the hostel’s basement, from 4 – 6.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time (the volunteering shift runs from 3.45 – 6.15pm).
- Kids Club offers play activities to the children and a socialising space and pastoral support to their parents, who (if their child/ren are aged 5 or under) are required to be on-site.
- We also run enrichment trips during the school holidays from a hostel in Hackney (Finsbury Park) as well as Camden.
You don’t need experience of working with children to apply, but you will need to be:
Free to volunteer at least once a fortnight, for a minimum of six-eight sessions.
What will I be doing?
Happy to get stuck in with play activities, arts and crafts and snack preparation at the afterschool club, as the session requires.
Free to volunteer at least once a fortnight, for a minimum of six-eight sessions.
What will I be doing?
Happy to get stuck in with play activities, arts and crafts and snack preparation at the afterschool club, as the session requires.
- Understanding of and empathetic towards the difficulties faced by children and their parents living in hostel accommodation, as they wait for a suitable home to become available.
- Help us tidy up after a session has finished.
- Working as part of a team, supporting the weekly program of play/learning opportunities the Play and Learning Coordinators have created.
- Understanding of- and empathetic towards the difficulties faced by children and their parents living in hostel accommodation, as they wait for a suitable home to become available.
- Willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure criminal record check and a short child safeguarding course (both of which will be organised and paid for by CARIS Families)
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If you are interested, please email [email protected]
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