Out of Hours Club Playworker Apprentice

Location

Chase Bridge Primary School, Twickenham (TW2 7DE)

Closing Date

7 days from now (Friday 16 October 2026)

Posted On

8 October 2026

Summary

Ensure complete child care, safe handovers, and a secure environment. Help plan creative play, setup facilities, and maintain a supportive space. Provide hygienic refreshments, enforce school policies, and ensure equal access. Provide first aid when qualified and engage in ongoing development.

Wage: £8,320 to £13,218.40, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage: Minimum wage rates

Training

Course: Playworker (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 2:45pm - 6.00pm. Friday, 3.00pm - 6.00pm, with 4 additional training hours per week. 20 hours a week
Start Date: Sunday 1 November 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months

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

• Assist the Manager to plan, prepare and provide creative and appropriate play opportunities in a safe and caring environment.
• Provide full care for the children including delivery of children to school, collection of children from school and safe delivery to/from parents and/or named carers.
• Assist the Manager to ensure that refreshments are provided that meet the required standards of hygiene, health and safety.
• Help to create a welcoming and supportive environment for the pupils attending the club.
• Assist with the setting up and clearing up of the club each day
• Under the guidance of team members, assist with the management of the children attending the club in line with school policies.
• Administer first aid once appropriate level of training has been successfully completed.
• Undertake training as required to contribute towards professional development.
• Monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all children have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.

Training

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

Training provider: ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Training course: Playworker (level 2)

What you'll learn

• 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.