Schoolfriend etc runs 500 after-school, breakfast and holiday clubs in 72 local authority areas, with plans for 1,000 more clubs.
Fiona Mortlock, the head of the new training arm Schoolfriend tec, said, 'We had lots of clubs waiting to register with Ofsted but couldn't, as they had no qualified staff. People may have 20 years' experience in playwork but no qualifications, which means they cannot be a play leader. Letting people train on the job kills two birds with one stone.'
She added, 'We identified 12 people who we felt were very capable but had no qualifications. We enrolled them on the NVQ3 in Playwork. We then extended the pilot to 30 people and now have a couple of people who have nearly completed the NVQ3 in just six months.'
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