Come and help build Wolves Play Cafe
Opportunities to join the teamIf you would like to...
See below for our current opportunities and more information on how to be involved in building Wolves Play Cafe. |
See our current events and play sessions here |
Play Explorer (paid opportunity)
- Do you enjoy exploring play in lots of ways?
- Are you looking for a flexible, paid opportunity to fit in with your lifestyle?
- Would you like to be part of building a playful, friendly Wolverhampton focused organisation supporting young children and caregivers in our city?
We are looking for enthusiastic Play Explorers to join us from this summer! You can find out more about the role and meet the team by joining the upcoming events below (book in so we know who to expect) or emailing us to arrange a chat.
Wednesday 1st June 2022 - Find Out More Online Event, 7.30-8.00
Tuesday 31st May 2022 - Wolves in the Woods at Boundary Way, 10.15-11.30 and 13.15-14.30
Wednesday 1st June 2022 - Play in the Park at Ward Street Park, 10.00-11.00 and 13.00-14.00
Current opportunities
Play Explorer - Job Description and Person Specification
Applications open from Wednesday 25th May and close Wednesday 8th June at midnight. Interviews to be held w/c Monday 12th June. Download application form here and return to info@wolvesplaycafe.org.
For any accessibility requirements to support the application process please get in touch.
Play Tester Team (voluntary opportunity)
Currently open for applications!
There is opportunity to join the Play Tester Team yearly.
Then we'd love you to join our Play Tester Team. This is a voluntary opportunity but test play products and places at test play sessions will be provided free of charge.
What's involved?
We understand life has to be flexible with little ones! Any play tester requests will be given with at least 7 days notice and aim to work around your schedules with accessible feedback methods.
What can I gain?
How can I join?
There is opportunity to join the Play Tester Team yearly.
- Do you enjoy exploring play in lots of ways?
- Are you a parent or caregiver of under 7s who can offer your and your little ones' time to help road-test and feed back on play products, play sessions and ideas to help improve the organisation?
Then we'd love you to join our Play Tester Team. This is a voluntary opportunity but test play products and places at test play sessions will be provided free of charge.
What's involved?
- Opportunities to input into play products and sessions for early years, particularly under 5s, across the city
- Opportunities to feed into Play Tester Forums when new projects, sessions or products are being developed
We understand life has to be flexible with little ones! Any play tester requests will be given with at least 7 days notice and aim to work around your schedules with accessible feedback methods.
What can I gain?
- Be part of building a playful, friendly Wolverhampton focused organisation supporting young children and caregivers in our city
- Gain an insight into a growing Community Interest Company dedicated to quality Early Years play opportunities across our city
- Meet other parents and caregivers
How can I join?
- There is opportunity to join the Play Tester Team yearly.
- When there is an opportunity for you to input we contact you via your preferred communication method.
- We understand things change, and little ones grow up fast! So if you want to be removed at any point this can be actioned easily
- We will also review the list every 12 months to ensure we are maintaining a diverse Play Tester Team!
- There is no minimum or maximum commitment to how many Play Tester Projects you can be part of within a 12 month period
A bit more about Wolves Play Cafe
Wolves Play Cafe was founded in 2018 by mum and daughter Helen and Lisa with a passion for play and Wolverhampton!
We're now lucky to be supported by a full team of playful people, you can meet them here.
Our mission is to help create a safe, supportive and fun city for children of Wolverhampton to grow up in.
Our aims are to:
Get a feel for our journey so far and some of the projects we've worked on.
We're now lucky to be supported by a full team of playful people, you can meet them here.
Our mission is to help create a safe, supportive and fun city for children of Wolverhampton to grow up in.
Our aims are to:
- To initiate varied, open-ended and carefully scaffolded play opportunities to support development and independence of young children in our city.
- To create a caring and cohesive community in our hometown - helping reduce feelings of isolation of caregivers of young children by providing safe, friendly, welcoming and diverse opportunities to enable valuable stories to be shared.
- To empower caregivers of young children to support their knowledge of children’s development which can create lifelong impacts for little ones’ lives in our city.
Get a feel for our journey so far and some of the projects we've worked on.
