TRAINING

Interplay provides training for all of its employees and volunteers. In addition employees can take part in training provided by the Local Authorities with play and leisure workers from other agencies.

The aim of sending our workers to this joint training is to:

• Improve communication between Interplay and non Interplay staff.
• De-mystify the skills of and knowledge of specialist workers.
• Break down negative attitudes about disability.
• Create a wider understanding of the aims and methods that help the process of integration and inclusion.
• Provide workers with the skills they need to work directly with young people and their families.

Interplay can provide a training service for other organisations/community groups in order to promote the ideas and methods of Interplay and to increase incoming funds to the project.

The training organised by the City and County of Swansea is usually 3 days of playtraining for the leisure services workers and Interplay workers. Additionally there is a one day First Aid training and one day Leaders training. Interplay staff also get a specific one day course run by us.

The training provided by the Borough County of  Neath Port Talbot playworkers is usually a two and a half day course with an additional half day First Aid.

A further day specifically for staff from community leisure centres has been held in Penyrheol in Gorseinon, this is a single day as opposed to the 2 day training held in Neath Port Talbot.