Workforce development
Play Wales’ Workforce Development team has continued to support and contribute towards playwork education training and workforce development in Wales.
Over the last 12 months Play Wales was active in a range of activity relating to training and workforce development in order to further the play interests of children in Wales, including: • Ongoing significant support to SkillsActive, the sector skills council for playwork, including the delivery of the UK strategy, Quality Training, Quality Play and the development of its successor strategy UK Play and Playwork Education and Skills Strategy 2011 – 2016, and its Implementation Plan for Wales. • Delivering four Playwork Education and Training Council Wales meetings on behalf of SkillsActive. • Supporting the development of National Occupational Standards – playwork now has Standard Occupational Class codes. • Delivering ESF Sector Priorities Fund Programme (SPFP) project – accredited new (P3) Playwork: Principles into Practice Level 3 qualifications Award, Certificate and Diploma and write new materials for the Award. • Producing new training materials to support the delivery of the P3 Level 3 Award. • Working to develop ESF SPFP bid to support the development of materials for the P3 Level 3 Certificate and Diploma, and
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online delivery mechanism in English and Welsh across the Level 2 and 3 qualifications. • Rolling out delivery and support of the Level 2 P3 – 22 cohorts. • The first pilot cohort of Level 3 P3 established and progressing with success. • Continuing to improve on the quality of our Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Centre provision to attain the highest level accorded by External Verifiers. • Planning delivery for a P3 Training the Trainers course. Secured funding for learners in the Cardiff area. • Developing partnership/subcontract with YMCA Community College Wales to secure funding to deliver qualifications in playwork, training and assessing. • Beginning the role of mainstreaming playwork qualifications throughout Wales and working with several new colleges to establish SQA centres.