Level 2 Playworker apprentice

PAMFA SPORTS LTD

Dorchester (DT1 2ET)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 October 2025

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Summary

Join Pamfa Sports as a Level 2 Playworker Apprentice! Love working with children and want to turn that passion into a career? You’ll gain hands-on experience in a fun, supportive environment while working towards your Level 2 Playworker qualification.

• Wage:

  £11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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  Salary will be reviewed after the first year of the apprenticeship, with the potential for an increase based on performance and progression within the role.

• Training course: Playworker (level 2)
• Hours: Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm

  30 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 10 November 2025

• Duration:

  1 year 2 months

• Positions available:

  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

You’ll support children aged 3–11 in a fun, safe, and engaging environment creating exciting play opportunities, building confidence, and encouraging healthy activity. This role is ideal for someone who’s enthusiastic, caring, and enjoys making a positive difference every day.

Please note: Due to Ofsted regulations, applicants must be 18 or over.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and lead fun, inclusive play and learning activities.
• Support children during wraparound hours (before school, lunchtime, and after school – alternating each week).
• Maintain a safe and caring environment and complete basic risk assessments.
• Promote healthy eating and help prepare nutritious snacks.
• Build strong relationships with children, parents, and school staff.
• Follow safeguarding, health & safety, and EYFS principles at all times.

Essential Skills & Attributes

• Passionate about working with children and supporting their development.
• Caring, empathetic, and dependable.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Confident literacy and numeracy to support children’s learning.
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude.

Where you'll work

Queens Avenue
Dorchester
DT1 2ET

Training

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

Training provider

THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD

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.

Training schedule

Training will be delivered remotely by EducationWise,

The apprentice will complete off-the-job training for 6 hours per week, which will be planned around their working hours. All training sessions will take place online, meaning there is no need to travel to a college or training centre.

More training information

The apprenticeship training is structured around a blend of online learning, practical on-the-job experience, and 1:1 tutor support.

Educationwise provides a flexible remote learning model designed to fit around the apprentice’s work schedule. Apprentices will have access to a digital learning platform, online workshops, and progress reviews to track their development.

At the end of the programme, apprentices will complete an End-Point Assessment to achieve the Level 2 Playworker qualification, with clear progression opportunities to higher-level childcare or sports coaching apprenticeships.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4/C or above (or equivalent))
• Maths (grade 4/C or above (or equivalent))

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Patience

Other requirements

Other requirements: Must be 18 or over (due to Ofsted regulations for wraparound care settings). Must be able to pass an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Must be reliable and able to travel to the placement location for wraparound hours (early mornings, lunchtimes, and afternoons/evenings, alternating each week). A positive attitude and willingness to work as part of a team supporting children aged 3–11.

About this employer

At Premier Education, our business has developed to become more than just providers of sport and activity. This is still a big part of what we do – our holiday clubs and after-school sports clubs remain hugely popular with families all over the UK who want to encourage a love for sport in their kids. But providing active care during those before and after school periods is now our biggest service, with over 200 primary schools now benefiting from our wraparound care provision. It’s no surprise that our wraparound care offering is so popular. The government wants all primary school children to have access to before and after school care by September 2026, meaning all schools are having to offer the provision, or at least signpost to a local alternative. Because of this, the need to staff wraparound care provisions with fun, caring and dedicated playworkers has become a priority for both schools and for external providers such as ourselves. Playworkers provide safe, nurturing and enriching environments for children in a range of settings. Crucially, playworkers are there to supervise children and set up play activities without directing the play. They may lead children in a specific activity or sport, but their main role is to allow children to explore how and what they want to play, for themselves. We know that having the chance to learn new skills, gain qualifications and progress in their career is a priority for many, and our training partner Educationwise allows exactly that. We have many opportunities available for traineeships and apprenticeships so even if you have little or no experience, our programmes can provide you with valuable support and learning.

http://www.premier-education.com (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you could progress into a Lead Playworker, Sports Coach, or Activity Leader role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345862.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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