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Social care | Teaching and education
Playworkers support children and young people to create their own spaces and opportunities for play.
You could prepare for this job by doing a qualification like:
Volunteering
You can volunteer with a playgroup to build up your experience of working with children. This can often lead into paid work.
You'll need:
In your day-to-day work you may:
With experience and training, you could work for a local authority as a playwork development officer, supervisor or become a manager, or move into a school as a teaching assistant. You could also be self-employed and set up your own after-school club or childcare project.
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Skills for life teachers work with adults and sometimes 16 to 18-year-olds to improve their English and maths.
Community development workers help people to improve the quality of life in their local area.
Social workers help to protect vulnerable children and adults from harm or abuse, and support people to live independently.
Foster carers look after children and young people who are not able to live in their own homes.
Special educational needs (SEN) teachers work with children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities.
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