Playworker Apprentice
| Posting date: | 29 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £10.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Richmond Rd, Twickenham TW1 2NL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Way2Work |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
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Summary
Support children and young people’s freely chosen, self-directed play by
enhancing the play using appropriate intervention style. Foster children
and young people’s development in line with their culture, age and stage
of development.
● Build playful relationships with children, recognising professional
boundaries.
● Provide a diverse, inclusive and accessible setting for all children and
young people, taking into consideration any additional requirements
they may have.
● Observe children and young people playing, including how they interact
with different environments, other children and young people and staff.
Keep reflective records to inform future planning.
● Reflect individually and as part of a team to improve Playwork practice.
● Advocate for all children and young people’s right to play when liaising
with parents, carer givers, colleagues, local residents and other
professionals.
● Facilitate the creation of inspiring play spaces with opportunities to
include a range of loose parts which foster and stimulate children and
young people’s imagination, and build an understanding of sustainable
attitudes.
● Contribute to the process of risk-benefit assessment in children and
young people’s play.
● Choose intervention styles that support children and young people,
responding to their behaviour and extending their play.
● Build and maintain a professional relationship with parents and
caregivers in relation to their children’s experiences in the Playwork
setting/local community.
● Assist in regular health and safety checks and the maintenance of
equipment, resources, play structures, identifying and reporting any
issues.
● Respond calmly to any accidents or emergencies that may occur during a
Playwork session and record appropriately.
● Work in line with safeguarding policies and procedures to prevent and
protect all children from harm.
● Contribute to appropriate administration and financial record keeping in
relation to the play setting.
enhancing the play using appropriate intervention style. Foster children
and young people’s development in line with their culture, age and stage
of development.
● Build playful relationships with children, recognising professional
boundaries.
● Provide a diverse, inclusive and accessible setting for all children and
young people, taking into consideration any additional requirements
they may have.
● Observe children and young people playing, including how they interact
with different environments, other children and young people and staff.
Keep reflective records to inform future planning.
● Reflect individually and as part of a team to improve Playwork practice.
● Advocate for all children and young people’s right to play when liaising
with parents, carer givers, colleagues, local residents and other
professionals.
● Facilitate the creation of inspiring play spaces with opportunities to
include a range of loose parts which foster and stimulate children and
young people’s imagination, and build an understanding of sustainable
attitudes.
● Contribute to the process of risk-benefit assessment in children and
young people’s play.
● Choose intervention styles that support children and young people,
responding to their behaviour and extending their play.
● Build and maintain a professional relationship with parents and
caregivers in relation to their children’s experiences in the Playwork
setting/local community.
● Assist in regular health and safety checks and the maintenance of
equipment, resources, play structures, identifying and reporting any
issues.
● Respond calmly to any accidents or emergencies that may occur during a
Playwork session and record appropriately.
● Work in line with safeguarding policies and procedures to prevent and
protect all children from harm.
● Contribute to appropriate administration and financial record keeping in
relation to the play setting.