Playworker Apprentice
CORE KIDS CLUB LTD
Fleet (GU51 5AJ)
Closes on Friday 1 August 2025
Posted on 12 May 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to work within our schools and holiday camps. Working alongside our team, you will be caring and supporting children in play, games, activities and sports. You will be creating a stimulating and engaging environment, allowing children to choose how they want to play.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Playworker (level 2)
- Hours
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School term time: You will be working Monday to Friday predominantly at one school venue
School holidays: You will work on a holiday camp, shifts to be confirmed, overtime is possible.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 months
- Positions available
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1
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
- Set up learning spaces including moving equipment and activities
- Assist in monitoring and maintaining a safe environment
- Assist with planning, preparing and delivering a high-quality playing environment
- Provide comprehensive care for children of all ages
- Support and maintain the logging of confidential records
- Support children with games and activities
- Supporting in the maintaining of good relationships with school, parents and children
Where you'll work
Leawood Road
Fleet
GU51 5AJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
KIDZ ZONE CLUB LTD
Your training course
Playworker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
Working towards a Level 2 Playworker apprenticeship standard, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required.
The training will include bi-weekly webinars with your tutor, along with online learning and practical workshops in the workplace.
Requirements
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Full driving license, or able to achieve this during the programme, due to travelling to a number of locations.
About this company
We care and develop children through our school programmes, holiday camps and sports sessions. We aim to create engaging and enjoyable sessions for all children through games, activities, arts and crafts and sports! Our enthusiastic staff help promote active play, team work, confidence and much more no matter what the child’s hobbies or interests are! We currently work in numerous schools across Hampshire, Berkshire & Surrey positively impacting hundreds of children every week!
After this apprenticeship
On completion you will be equipped with a wide range of skills and experiences that will allow you to be prepared for future employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KIDZ ZONE CLUB LTD
Dan Grigg
dan.grigg@futureapprenticeships.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319833.
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Closes on Friday 1 August 2025
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