Nursery World - Playworkers boost status with degree

Playworkers who want to gain senior practitioner status will soon have the opportunity to study for the UK's first sector-endorsed Foundation Degree in Playwork. SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning, said that the new initiative was now in the final stages of development. It will lead to a level 5 qualification , the equivalent to an intermediate level qualification on the Framework for Higher Educational Qualifications.

SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning, said that the new initiative was now in the final stages of development. It will lead to a level 5 qualification , the equivalent to an intermediate level qualification on the Framework for Higher Educational Qualifications.

Courses will be offered on a full-time or part-time basis - two years or pro-rata equivalent - at flexible times and in modes suited to the learner. Students completing the course can move to senior practitioner status or to further honours degree study.

Chris Taylor, consultant to SkillsActive for the Sector Endorsed Foundation Degree in Playwork (SEFDPW), said, 'The qualification is likely to have a broad appeal, especially to workers who have been in post for some time, and want career progression without having to move into management, development or training.'

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