How it works
Simple for teens. Simple for neighbors.
Whichever side you're on, everything happens inside Blockwork.
Create Your Profile
Add your skills and availability — a parent approves the account.
Get Hired
Neighbors browse your profile or post jobs right in your area.
Get Paid
Finish the job and Blockwork pays you — automatically, no chasing.
Marketplace
The kinds of jobs neighbors post
Examples of what you'll find on Blockwork — real listings near you appear once you sign up.
Need lawn mowed
Posted by Dana M.
Front + back yard, biweekly. Teen brings their own mower.
Math tutoring
Posted by Priya S.
Dog walking
Posted by Tom K.
Earnings
See what you could make
Teens earn real money at fair rates — neighbors pay a fraction of what pro services charge. Everyone wins.
Monthly earnings
$480
3 × lawn mowing at $40 each, 4 weeks
Work Record
Turn neighborhood jobs into real experience.
Every completed job builds your Blockwork Work Record, a real record you can add to college applications, résumés, and job applications.
Recorded by Blockwork. List it under activities or work experience.
Blockwork records that these jobs were completed and paid through Blockwork. How any college, school, scholarship, or employer views or uses this record is up to them.
Every completed, paid job is listed with its date, category and hours.
Every job was approved by a parent and paid through Blockwork — nothing is typed in by hand.
Download a clean PDF, or share a verification link a school or employer can check in one click.
What we do
- Parent approval on every service and job
- A linked parent for every teen
- Payments held until the job is done
- No home entry — outdoor work and online tutoring only
- Card and bank details handled entirely by Stripe
What we don't do
- We never ask for payment to sign up or get work
- We never ask for your Social Security number — Stripe collects that directly
- We never store card or bank details
- Teens never enter a client's home
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Payments & payoutsFAQ
Questions, answered
Ready to Get Started?
Join your neighborhood now — teens and neighbors are already helping each other. Blockwork opens one state at a time.
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