Playworker Level 2 Apprenticeship

Chill Out Time Childcare

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 4QP

Closes on Friday 21 March 2025

Posted on 11 February 2025

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Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring apprentice to join our team. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are ambitious and want to gain playworker qualification while getting experience. You'll create meaningful relationships with the children, your team and with parents.

Wage
£7,904 to £14,128.40 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£8.00 for under 21 £10.00 an hour for 21 years plus.

Training course
Playworker (level 2)
Hours
School Term time only. Monday to Friday 7:15am - 9:00am. Monday to Friday 3:00pm - 6:00pm.

23 hours 45 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 24 March

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Playworkers work in a range of play settings offering different models of play work. The purpose of our curriculum is to support playworkers to develop into positive, flexible and team-focused members of staff, and to support them to provide the best possible provision for the children in their care.

Where you’ll work

Wyndham Primary School

Gosforth

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE3 4QP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED

Your training course

Playworker (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Observe and reflect on play behaviours.
  • Communicate sensitively using relevant language and behaviour.
  • Promote diversity and inclusion in Playwork practice.
  • Identify ways to remove barriers which can prevent some children and young people playing.
  • Undertake reflective observations to improve own practice and the quality of the provision for children and young people.
  • Contribute to play audits.
  • Promote the value and benefits of play for all children and young people.
  • Assist with planning, creating and identifying loose parts to encourage and inspire sustainable practices, including recycling, reusing, reducing and repairing.
  • Recognise the benefits of risk taking in play and contribute to dynamic risk-benefit assessment.
  • Recognise that children and young people communicate with a range of different types of behaviour and may need Playworker support.
  • Support children and young people to understand and manage their emotions, feelings and actions.
  • Manage interactions with parents/caregivers professionally.
  • Recognise the importance of respecting professional boundaries when lone working or conducting intimate care with children and young people and using social media with children, young people and families.
  • Contribute to health and safety checks.
  • Follow emergency incidents or common illness/infections policies and procedures, administering first aid and completing records when required.
  • Use active listening and communication techniques when interacting with children and young people playing, identifying any potential concerns if they occur.
  • Contribute to recording and reporting procedures as required by the play setting.
  • Contribute to administrative and financial record keeping.
  • Promote healthy eating and an active lifestyle, ensuring specific dietary and cultural needs are met.
  • Maintain a clean environment according to local and national policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to ensuring security arrangements are followed, such as children’s arrival and departures from the setting.
  • Work as part of a team to support and supervise children and young people on off-site trips, complying with formal risk assessment of venues visited.
  • Apply Playwork approaches in own role, incorporating new and emerging themes.
  • Reflect on own practice to create a personal development plan with supervisor.
  • Recognise the boundaries of own self and other Playworkers’ interaction with children, and when it is necessary to report incidents to the appropriate safeguarding lead and Local Authority Designated Officer – LADO if appropriate when a Playworkers’ behaviour towards a child may pose a risk of harm.
  • Apply the play work approach depending on the individual need.
  • Observe and reflect on play behaviours.
  • Communicate sensitively using relevant language and behaviour.
  • Promote diversity and inclusion in Playwork practice.
  • Identify ways to remove barriers which can prevent some children and young people playing.
  • Undertake reflective observations to improve own practice and the quality of the provision for children and young people.
  • Contribute to play audits.
  • Promote the value and benefits of play for all children and young people.
  • Assist with planning, creating and identifying loose parts to encourage and inspire sustainable practices, including recycling, reusing, reducing and repairing.
  • Recognise the benefits of risk taking in play and contribute to dynamic risk-benefit assessment.
  • Recognise that children and young people communicate with a range of different types of behaviour and may need Playworker support.
  • Support children and young people to understand and manage their emotions, feelings and actions.
  • Manage interactions with parents/caregivers professionally.
  • Recognise the importance of respecting professional boundaries when lone working or conducting intimate care with children and young people and using social media with children, young people and families.
  • Contribute to health and safety checks.
  • Follow emergency incidents or common illness/infections policies and procedures, administering first aid and completing records when required.
  • Use active listening and communication techniques when interacting with children and young people playing, identifying any potential concerns if they occur.
  • Contribute to recording and reporting procedures as required by the play setting.
  • Contribute to administrative and financial record keeping.
  • Promote healthy eating and an active lifestyle, ensuring specific dietary and cultural needs are met.
  • Maintain a clean environment according to local and national policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to ensuring security arrangements are followed, such as children’s arrival and departures from the setting.
  • Work as part of a team to support and supervise children and young people on off-site trips, complying with formal risk assessment of venues visited.
  • Apply Playwork approaches in own role, incorporating new and emerging themes.
  • Reflect on own practice to create a personal development plan with supervisor.
  • Recognise the boundaries of own self and other Playworkers’ interaction with children, and when it is necessary to report incidents to the appropriate safeguarding lead and Local Authority Designated Officer – LADO if appropriate when a Playworkers’ behaviour towards a child may pose a risk of harm.
  • Apply the play work approach depending on the individual need.

Your training plan

  • NVQ Level 2 Playworker qualification.
  • Level 2 Functional skills in maths and English, if required.
  • Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English Language (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Motivated
  • Reliable

About this company

At Chill Out Time Childcare we will develop confidence, self-esteem and independent thinking in the children we care for. We offer out of school childcare as part of our services. We are currently expanding as part of the National Wraparound programme and we are looking to recruit a level 2 PLAYWORK apprentice. Chill Out Cheetahs are children aged three years and over who access our breakfast and after school clubs. We strongly believe that this time is the children's OWN time, so we encourage children to play their own way with adults supporting and encouraging their interests. The children have access to outdoor spaces where they can run and let off steam after their school day, and we also offer quieter activities for those that would just like to 'Chill' We are looking for the ideal candidate who is reliable, enthusiastic, and can offer children positive experiences before and after school mainly through games, arts and crafts, and outdoor play.

http://www.chillouttimechildcare.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Progress within your setting as a supervisor or manager.
  • Work as a play work development officer for a local authority.
  • Move into a school as a Teaching Assistant.
  • Become self-employed and set up an after-school club or childcare project.
  • Move into an Early Years setting and proceed with an Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED

Nakeita

Nakeita.Perry@bestpracticenet.co.uk

0117 235 4336

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000302771.

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Closes on Friday 21 March 2025

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