Play worker / youth workerPlay workers plan, organise and supervise play for children and young people aged 5 to 15. Some play workers work with all ages and some specialise with one age group. Play workers are there to enable children to experiment and learn about themselves and the world around them. This might mean organising team games and sports, drama, music and other entertainments, supervising art and craft activities, such as face painting and collage, and in some cases taking children on day trips and outings. Play workers supervise children, make sure that safety procedures are followed, and are there to encourage good behaviour in children and deal with challenging behaviour. You can find out more about being a playworker from the Government’s Skills for Work site. This will take you out of the artist’s resource site and straight to the playworker page (www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/skillsforwork/ vocations.cfm?ID=297). One London based arts project linking artists and playwork is Arts Community Exchange. This link will take you out of the artist’s resource site and straight to Arts Community Exchange (www.artscommunityexchange.org).
Some youth workers are based in particular buildings or with specific organisations. School youth workers may lead personal and social education classes, as part of the curriculum within the school itself. Detached youth workers make contact with young people who do not belong to any formal clubs or groups, often working on street corners or within parks or other meeting places. You can find out more about being a youth worker from the National Youth Agency site. This will take you out of the artist’s resource site and straight to the training page for the National Youth Agency (www.nya.org.uk/Templates/internal.asp?NodeID=89721). 
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