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Playworker Apprenticeship - Jam Childcare

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 22 Mai 2025
Cyflog: £7.55 yr awr
Oriau: Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau: 21 Mehefin 2025
Lleoliad: Fawbert And Barnard Infant School, Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9AX
Gweithio o bell: Ar y safle yn unig
Cwmni: Best Practice Network Limited
Math o swydd: Prentisiaeth
Cyfeirnod swydd: Jam Childcare - Sawbridgeworth

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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.

Annual wage
£9,422.40 a year

Training course
Playworker

Hours
Monday - Friday term time only 7.30am - 9.00am (breakfast club) 3.00pm - 6.00pm (after school club)
24 hours a week

Duration
15 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
Jam After School Club Fawbert & Barnard Infant School, Knight Street, Sawbridgewoth, CM21 9AX

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

Your training plan
Playworker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
The programme offers a blended approach including virtual classrooms, webinars, work-based tasks and online assignments. We use an online platform (BUD) that helps you learn the topics and skills, reflect on your practice and build your portfolio.
Candidates are not required to attend college, instead, this will include off the job training hours used throughout this apprenticeship. These OTJH will be within working hours of Employment- e.g., 30+ hours per week = 6 hours per week OTJH, less than 30 hours is 20% OTJH.
You will also receive one-to-one support and tuition from your apprenticeship tutor, this tutor will make in person visits to you at the nursery, or schedule online meetings every 5-6 weeks.

More training information
• Best Practice Network is one of the UK’s leading providers of training, development and support for education professionals
• We share the desire of every practitioner that every child, regardless of their background, should benefit from an excellent education
• We do this by working in close partnership with practising education professionals to develop and deliver high-quality CPD and qualifications that help school leaders, teachers, early years practitioners, business managers, support staff and SENCOs be the best they can be and transform the lives of children and young people

Requirements
Desired qualifications
• GCSE English Language (Grade 4) desirable
• GCSE Maths (Grade 4) desirable
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

About this company
We are very lucky to have sole use of the dining hall at Fawbert & Barnard Infants School as well as the playground and field area. We also take regular trips to the local park which is just across the church grounds. We offer care to children that attend Fawbert and Barnard Infant School and Mandeville Primary School.
https://www.jamchildcare.co.uk/sawbridgeworth (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

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