Play Therapy UK (PTUK) has maintained a voluntary register of ‘Practitioners With Therapeutic Play Skills’, ‘Play Therapists’ and ‘Filial Play Coaches’ since 2002.
An entry in this register requires individuals to have completed accredited training courses and observe PTUK ethical system and standards of practice.
From July 2012 the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) will set standards for organisations, including PTUK, that hold voluntary registers for practitioners who
are involved in providing health and social care for people in a variety of different ways but who do not, by law, have to be on a statutory register.
The government has asked the PSA to set up a system to strengthen public protection by encouraging organisations that hold voluntary registers to be effective.
They will therefore set standards that PTUK and other organisations should meet. PSA will accredit (or approve) them so that health and social care practitioners
wanting to register, or employers, commissioners, patients and the public wanting to choose someone to work for them or provide them with a service can see
easily which registers have met the PSA standards.
PTUK is taking an active role in consultations with the PSA. Accordingly we are interested in your views about the way the accreditation scheme should work.
Also in particular how you think it could add value to promoting good quality care of children with social, emotional, behaviour and mental health problems.
Consultation Form
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