Apprentice Play Worker

About the role

Playworker Apprentice 🚀

Ready to make a real difference in kids' lives? We're looking for energetic and enthusiastic individuals to join our team as Playworker Apprentices! If you love working with children, are eager to learn, and want to be part of a fun and supportive environment, this is the role for you. 🌟

What You'll Be Doing:

• Engage with Kids: Work directly with pupils across all key stages, leading awesome playwork activities. 🤸‍♀️
• Support Wraparound Care: Help deliver Ofsted registered breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, and lunchtime activities in schools. You'll learn the ins and outs of how this works! 🏫
• Get Creative: Deliver a variety of exciting play, craft, and sports activities that kids will love. 🎨⚽
• Boost Learning: Support targeted pupil learning through engaging interventions. 🧠
• Holiday Fun: Get involved in our holiday camp programmes and activities when needed. 🎉
• Early Years Magic: Support children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), understanding their unique needs. 🧸
• Create Awesome Spaces: Set up and arrange equipment to create stimulating learning environments. 🏗️
• Safety First: Conduct risk assessments to ensure a healthy, safe, and secure environment for everyone. ✅
• Plan & Deliver: Plan and lead high-quality play activities in a safe and caring setting. 💯
• Inclusive Fun: Make sure our environment is inclusive and caters to the needs of ALL children, including those with Special Educational Needs (SEN). 🤝
• Child-Led Play: Actively seek children’s views and involve them in planning activities, respecting their preferences and ideas. Your voice matters! 📣
• Embrace Challenges: Facilitate child-centered play, allowing for safe risks and challenges that help children grow. 💪
• Healthy Habits: Help prepare nutritious snacks, promoting independence and self-choice. 🍎
• Safeguarding Champion: Understand and apply safeguarding procedures, reporting any concerns immediately. Your role is crucial in keeping children safe. 🛡️
• Record Keeping: Maintain confidential records, including accident forms and safeguarding disclosures. 📝
• Care & Comfort: Provide care for children, including safely collecting them from classes and delivering them to parents/carers. 👋
• EYFS Expertise: Meet the needs of EYFS children and understand the additional roles involved in their care. 💖

Ready to kickstart your career in childcare and make a real impact? Apply now! 🔥

Key responsibilities

• Working directly with pupils across all key stages in playwork related activities.
• Planning and delivering high-quality play activities, including breakfast and after-school clubs.
• Arranging equipment, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring an inclusive environment.
• Understanding and applying safeguarding procedures, reporting concerns immediately.
• Supporting the delivery of wraparound care and targeted pupil learning interventions.