Playworker Level 2 Apprenticeship

THE AFTER SCHOOL KIDS CLUB LIMITED

Chertsey (KT16 0JT)

Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 25 March 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

£9,815 to £15,873, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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£8.80 per hour ( under 20) - £11.50 per hour ( over 21)

Training course
Playworker (level 2)
Hours
School Term time only Breakfast Club - 7:20am - 8:50am / After School Club 2:30pm - 6:00pm.

25 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 May 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

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.

You will be supporting play, observing rather than leading, to help with children's development. You'll interact with parents and team members to best help the children, and assess the risks and benefits of children's adventurous behaviour to help them safely develop independence.

Where you’ll work

Fletcher Close
Ottershaw
Chertsey
KT16 0JT

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

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

Providing Breakfast and After School Care to the pupils of Ottershaw C of E Primary School since 2008. We teach the children to follow our motto of " Be Good, Be Kind, Be Gentle". We provide a safe, secure and fun play environment for the children to enjoy the gap between school and home.

https://theafterschoolkidsclub.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

Courtney Pring

Courtneypring@bestpracticenet.co.uk

0117 235 5256

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000311638.

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Closes in 8 days (Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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