Members’ Quarterly l March 2017 www.playengland.org.uk/ www.facebook.com/playengland/ www.playengland.org.uk/ www.facebook.com/playengland/ Members' Quarterly l March 2017 The Government has announced it is consulng with employers on whether to develop a new Playwork apprenceship qualificaon called the Trailblazer Apprenceship. It is important that organisaons that employ playworkers respond to the consultaon to show that there is support for the new Playwork apprenceship. So if your organisaon employs playworkers, please help by compleng the consultaon. The new apprenceship won’t have the restricons on age that previous apprenceships have had, so it will be an important way for us to take on new staff and get them trained and qualified. The future of playwork qualificaons Please can you support the new Playwork apprenceship qualificaon by taking a few minutes to fill in the consultaon. hps://consult.educaon.gov. uk/apprenceships/eoifeb2017/ consultaon/intro/ The survey seeks views on: l whether you support the development of the proposed Apprenceship Standards; l whether you think the proposed Apprenceship Standards would typically take at least 12 months of training to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required for that occupaon (required as part of the criteria); Defending children’s right to play has never been more important. Play associaons and organisaons are vital to this campaign. Play England is a small organisaon, but campaigning together, we can have a far greater impact. If you are not already a member, please join. We know how tough it is financially for playworkers and the sector, so membership is now free. Join on-line at our website: hp://www.playengland.org.uk/get- involved/join-us/ l whether these Standards are similar to, or duplicate, exisng Standards. Consultaon closes on Friday 10 March. The announcement follows the withdrawal of playwork qualificaons at the end of last year, when it was discovered that the CACHE Level 2 Award and Cerficate in Playwork and the Level 3 Award in Playwork had been closed to new registraons, as had the CACHE Level 4 Award and Cerficate in Playwork. Registraon for a City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Playwork closed on 31st December 2016. The final date for registering for a Level 3 and Level 5 Diploma in Playwork with City and Guilds is 30 November 2017. In January Play England issued a statement to draw aenon to the withdrawal of the qualificaons, to raise quesons about the impact on the sector and start a discussion about the development of future playwork qualificaons. Play England and the Playwork Foundaon are hosng a special roundtable discussion at the Naonal Playwork Conference in Eastbourne. Please join us! Hosted by Play England and Playwork Foundaon. Facilitated by Lesli Godfrey, senior lecturer in Playwork, Leeds Becke University and Play England Trustee Tuesday 11.45am Dining Room, Mansion Lions Hotel SPECIAL RoUNdTABLE: Future of playwork qualificaons 65 Commitment and planning a. Management and staff are familiar with local play with other play providers. b. We have a plan for making links with key people and agencies in the area, or elsewhere, to ensure we have the play. c. We have a plan for how we will sustain our funding by influencing other agendas. a. strategies for children and young people, made contact and other local forums for children and young people’s providers. b. We have made links with play and other agencies so as to have an overview of how children’s play is supported in make the case for children’s play. c. We work with play and other service managers, commissioning, funding and other agencies to develop and implement our sustainable funding plan. Review a. We annually review how our provision fits in with the wider context and how we have influenced area-play and other relevant strategies. b. We look at what difference our links with other c. We use the results to improve our service delivery and sustain our funding. The bigger picture — Assessment date Nearly met date Fully met date 47 THE STANDARD We manage our resources in line with our aims and values to support children’s play. We have a clearly defined project management structure and systems that help us manage every aspect of our sustainability of our service. This standard is about making sure that you use your human, physical and is responsible and how they are accountable, and are clear about shared arrangements, for example, when a manager or team member is on leave or otherwise absent. You need systems to manage your tangible assets such as money, premises, demonstrate that your physical resources are well used to support children’s Your planning should cover all aspects of premises and site security; equipment; insurance, inventories and secure storage of equipment materials place to deal with unforeseen circumstances. A quality play provider has project management systems that are clear to efficiency, reliability and sustainability of the service in support of children’s play. QUALITY AREA 7 Project and resource management QUALITY IN PLAY Standards, assessment indicators and evidence — a manual MEMBERS’ QUARTERLY MARCH 2017 Play today Play England is delighted to be launching the latest edion of Quality in Play. Tried and tested in pracce by hundreds of play and childcare providers for over 20 years, we’re launching this fiſth edion of Quality in Play quality assurance system and framework for service development. Quality in Play (QiP) is developed by playwork praconers to support supervised play and childcare provision for school-aged children. For play providers the challenge is to demonstrate quality and value for money whilst creang and maintaining excellent staffed play environments. QiP is, first and foremost, about helping providers to achieve this, and being able to demonstrate it. QiP takes providers through a clear and systemac process, assessing every aspect of quality play provision. Play England also offers a QiP assessment – a crical friend visit and report from an experienced assessor who can provide independent confirmaon that quality standards are being evidenced, along with recommendaons and advice for future development. QiP accreditaon is naonally recognised as a credible and authoritave indicator of excellence in play provision. So, why use Quality in Play? Funders and comm- issioners increasingly want to see that systems are in place to assure them that a quality service is delivered for children and families – and that their money will be used effecvely. QiP can be used by play providers to evidence quality to a wide range of stakeholders, including grant funders, commissioners and regulators. It also helps organisaons to improve their management to meet children’s play needs, with a focus on the playing child at the centre of the service. It is tailored for play providers and bespoke for their needs. Our aim for this edion is to make QiP more accessible. So, for the first me, Play England’s board of trustees have decided to make the Quality in Play manual free to download from our website. Play England looks forward to working with play providers as we connue on this next stage of the QiP journey. So, whether starng out, or well-established, working in the voluntary public or private sectors, we hope that QiP will be an Quality in Play latest edion launched Nicola Butler, Chair of Trustees essenal tool for every play and childcare provider. Finally, we’d like to thank all the hundreds of people who have played a part in the development of QiP over the years. In parcular, I’d like to thank Mick Conway for all his work and enthusiasc support in helping launch this latest edion. #natplayconf workshop Wednesday 8 March 12.00 – 13.00pm Mansion Lions Hotel Quality in Play: geng started with Mick Conway