These Standing Orders are the
regulations of the Society, determined by the Board of Directors under
Article 84 of the
Articles of
Association
Standing Orders of Play Therapy (UK) –The United
Kingdom Society for Play and Creative Arts Therapies Limited
Where the term 'therapy' is used, it refers to work done by
individual and organisational practitioner members in the field of
therapeutic play, play therapy, filial play, creative arts therapies, child
counselling and child psychotherapy.
1 The Society has two main categories of members:
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Shareholding Membership
2.1 Any person or organisation entitled to acquire shares under
the Companies Acts 1985 to 1989 may apply to purchase shares in the
Society at the current price fixed by the Board of Directors.
Applicants should be aware that the Society is a not for profit
organisation and that no dividends will be paid.
2.2 All shareholding members may attend and speak at a General
Meeting. Individual Members and Organisation Members have one vote
per fully paid up share.
3 Practitioner Membership
3.1 General
3.1.1 All practitioner members are reminded that, on applying for
admission to membership or on renewal of membership, they sign an
undertaking that if admitted as Full Members, and as long as they
are practising members, they will observe the, regulations for the
time being in force and that they will be bound by the Society’s
Ethical Framework for Good Practice in the therapies, be subject to
the Professional Conduct Procedure, use principles of clinical
governance as recommended by the Society and fulfil the Society’s
requirements for continuous professional development (CPD) therein
for the time being in force.
3.1.2 Practitioner membership includes individuals and
organisations. The Board of Directors may from time to time:
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determine, add to, amend, revoke or otherwise close such classes
and sub-classes of membership as are deemed necessary
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determine the movement of members from one class or sub-class of
membership to another
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set the criteria for entry to each class or sub-class of
membership
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set entrance fees, subscriptions and other fees or payments to
be made by members
3.2 Grades of Membership
3.2.1 The Society has four grades of individual practitioner
membership:
(i) The Associate Member grade shall be open to anyone working
with children or interested in therapeutic play, play therapy,
creative arts therapies, child counselling, child psychotherapy.
Also to retired or non-practising therapists.
(ii) The Full Member grade shall be open to professional
therapists who have been awarded a qualification, recognised or
accredited by the Society at least at Diploma level (at stage 3 of
the Professional Structure Model (PSM) Training Model). and is
engaged in the practice, supervision, training or management of the
therapies
(as
defined in the Memorandum of Association), full or part time,
voluntary or remunerated; Evidence of CPD is required for continuing
membership.
(iii) The Trainee Membership Grade shall be open to those
undertaking a training course as relevant to the therapies (as
defined in the Memorandum of Association) and recognised by the
Society
(iv) The Student Grade shall be open to those undertaking a
recognised creative arts therapy training course
3.2.2 Corporate Practitioner Membership
Corporate Practitioner Membership shall be open to organisations
which accept the Society’s Ethical Framework for Good Practice in
working therapeutically with children and the Professional Conduct
Procedure therein and such other membership conditions as the Board
of Directors may from time to time determine. The term Corporate
shall include the staff, volunteers, members and committee members.
Corporate membership shall be open to organisations which:
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offer the therapies to children; and/or
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offer direct services to practitioners of the therapies; and/or
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offer training in the therapies; and/or
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have personnel who use the therapies in the course of their work
and/or
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engage in other activities such as research that are relevant to
the objects of the Society.
An organisation that is a Corporate Practitioner Member may
nominate a number of individual persons employed by or associated
with the organisation for individual practitioner membership at
grades appropriate to their level of qualifications, skills and
experience. The number of nominated persons accepted will be
determined by the Corporate Practitioner Membership fees as decided
by the Board of Directors from time to time.
3.3 Registration Fess. The Board of Directors will set
registration fees and any changes to which shall apply from 1st
October each year. Fees shall be payable to the Society at its
central office.
4. Affiliations
4.1 The Board of Directors shall have the power in its sole
discretion to grant affiliation status to individuals or organisations
not being members of the Society and not resident in the United Kingdom
upon such terms and conditions as it from time to time shall determine.
4.2 Holders of affiliation status shall not be members of the Society
and shall not be entitled to any of the rights of members
5. Professional Conduct
5.1 The Board of Directors shall from time to time make regulations
concerning the method by which any question of alleged breach of
Professional Conduct by a member or associated action is to be brought
before the Association.
5.2 The Board of Directors shall from time to time determine the
procedures to be followed for hearing such alleged breaches, including
appeals, and for the subsequent communication of findings and any other
matters it deems to be relevant.
5.3 The Board of Directors shall from time to time determine the
range of sanctions which may be applied in cases where alleged breaches
are found to be proven.
5.4 It shall be for every member or for any person to bring to the
attention of the Chief Executive any facts or matters indicating that a
member may have become liable to disciplinary action. In any such case
the Chief Executive shall lay the facts and matters before the relevant
body appointed by the Board of Directors if she/he is of the opinion
that the matter ought to be investigated.
6. Accreditation
6.1 The Board of Directors shall from time to time determine the
criteria and approve the procedures for the conduct of the Society’'s
systems for accreditation
6.2 The Board of Directors may, as required, establish: working
group(s) to advise it on the operation, development, amendment,
revocation or closure of schemes devised for the accreditation of
individuals or organisations.
6.3 The Board of Directors may from time to time establish reciprocal
arrangements and/or equivalent routes to accreditation/registration with
other cognate professional bodies as it shall determine.
6.4 The Board of Directors shall have the right for good and
sufficient reason to terminate the accreditation/registration of any
member provided that the member in question, or a representative of the
member, shall have the right to be heard by the Board of Directors under
any procedure set up for this purpose by the Board of Directors.
7. Professional Structure
Model
7.1 The Board of Directors shall from time to time determine the
design, content, operation, development, amendment and dissemination of
the Professional Structure Model including the competency framework for
practitioners of the therapies
7.2 The Board of Directors may, as required, establish: working
group(s) to advise it on the design, content, operation, development,
amendment and dissemination of the Professional Structure Model and
competency framework
7.3 The Board of Directors may from time to time establish reciprocal
arrangements and/or equivalent uses of the Professional Structure Model
and competency framework with other cognate professional bodies as it
shall determine.
8. General Meetings
8.1 Notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be sent by the
Secretary to shareholding members not less than twenty-one days before
the date of the meeting.
8.2 Resolutions to be considered at the Annual General Meeting shall
be submitted to the Secretary in writing by a date to be fixed by
her/him not less than twenty eight days and not more than fifty six days
before the date of the meeting, and shall be sent to shareholding
members not less than fourteen days before the meeting.
8.3 Resolutions, other than those proposed by the Board of Directors,
shall be submitted by the Advisory Board. Amendments to resolutions
shall be accepted in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the
Chair after consultation with the proposer and seconder of the
resolution.
8.4 Practitioner members may at any time submit in writing
suggestions or proposals to the Advisory Board that may require a
resolution to be passed at a General Meeting. It is the responsibility
of the Advisory Board to evaluate the proposal to determine if it should
be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
8.5 Voting shall be by a show of voting cards bearing the number of
eligible votes, determined by the number of shares held. A simple
majority shall be sufficient to pass a resolution.
8.6 In the conduct of the meeting the decision of the Chair in any
matter not covered by these Standing Orders shall be final.
9. Divisions
9.1 Divisions may be formed within the Society to represent special
interests of practitioner members in the therapies. The objects of
Divisions shall be in accordance with the objects of the Society.
9.2 Practitioner Members of a Division shall be members of the
Society but membership of a Division is optional for members of the
Society. Members of the Society may apply to join as many Divisions as
they wish. A Division shall consist of at least 20 members.
9.3 Corporate Members of the Society can nominate a single
representative to apply to be a member of a Division.
9.4 The formation of a Division shall be provisionally when the
Division's Terms of Reference have been approved by the Board of
Directors. The Division shall be formally constituted by the decision of
a General Meeting of the Society. Amendments to the Terms of Reference
shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval before coming
into force.
9.5 A Division of the Society shall be named according to its broad
function.
9.6 Each Division shall notify the Chief Executive of the names of
its Officers upon their election or appointment.
9.7 Each Division shall submit a written report of its activities to
the Board of Directors at least once a year.
9.8 Each Division shall be financially self supporting.
9.9 Each Division shall determine its own membership fee, any changes
to which shall apply from 1 October each year. Divisional fees shall be
paid to the Society at its central office and shall be remitted to
Divisional accounts on at least a quarterly basis.
9.10 Should a Divisional Executive Committee wish to dissolve the
Division, it must first consult the Board of Directors. If there is
still a wish within the Division for it to be dissolved, an assenting
vote of not less than two thirds of its total practitioner members is
required. Dissolution is subject to ratification by a majority vote of
the next General Meeting of the Society.
9.11 The Board of Directors shall have the power to propose the
dissolution of a Division when it deems this to be in the best interests
of the Society. Such a proposal to dissolve must first be passed by two
thirds of the Board of Directors present and voting. The Division in
question shall be advised in writing of the reason for the proposed
action. The Division shall have until the next General Meeting of the
Society (but in no case less than nine months) to effect remedial
measures or otherwise bring itself into compliance with the Memorandum
and Articles of Society and Standing Orders of the Society.
9.12 In the event of a Division being dissolved, money in the
Division's account will revert to the Society's general funds.
Local Groups Affiliated to the Society
10.1 The Board of Directors may recognise autonomous Local Groups of
therapists or those interested in promoting the value of the therapies,
as a Local Group affiliated to the Society. The group may adopt its own
name but shall in all instances identify itself as affiliated to the
Society.
10.2 Local Groups shall have at least ten members of the Society and
shall not have membership whereby more than one third are non-Society
members. All members of the Executive Committee shall be members of the
Society.
10.3 The objects and operation of the Local Group shall be in accord
with the Memorandum and Articles of Society and Standing Orders of the
Society.
10.4 Membership of a Local Group shall be open to any members of the
Society living or working within the geographical area covered by the
Local Group. Corporate Members of the Society shall be able to nominate
one representative to be a member having the same status as an
Individual Member.
10.5 Each Local Group shall notify the Chief Executive of the
Society, at least annually, of the names of its Officers, its membership
and its activities during the year.
10.6 Each Local Group shall be financially self-supporting and
determine and collect its own membership subscriptions. In the event of
dissolution, each Local Group shall determine how to disperse any
accumulated funds.
10.7 A Local Group must not use for its own purposes the Society's
company number, or logo on its headed notepaper. A Local Group may apply
to the Board of Directors for permission to use the Society logo for
Society related activities. A Local Group where all its members belong
to the Society may apply to use the Society logo when promoting its
activities.
10.8 Should a Local Group wish to discontinue its relationship with
the Society this should be notified in writing to the Secretary of the
Society giving nine months notice.
10.9 The Board of Directors shall have the power to withdraw the
affiliated status of a Local Group when this is deemed to be in the
interests of the Society. The Local Group shall be advised in writing of
the proposed action and shall have no less than nine months in which to
effect remedial measures.
11. National Societies
11.1 The Society may include National Societies for England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
11.2 The objects of the National Societies shall be in accordance
with the objects of the Society, and shall not come into force until
they have been approved by the Board of Directors.
11.3 The relationships of the National Societies to the Society and
its Divisions shall be formally agreed in consultation with the Board of
Directors.
12. United
Kingdom Register of Play Therapists
12.1 A Register of Full Practitioner Members may be found within the
Society.
12.2 The name of the register shall be The United Kingdom Register of
Play Therapists or such other as the Board of Directors of the Society
shall from time to time approve.
12.3 The Register will be organised in such a way as the Board of
Directors shall from time to time approve.
12.4 All publications, notices and correspondence and relevant
associated documentation from the United Kingdom Register of Play
Therapists will display the Register logo and the Society logo, company
number, and registered office as required by Company law.
12.5 The Terms of Reference, and any amendment thereto of the United
Kingdom Register of Play Therapists shall be submitted to the Board of
Directors for approval before coming into force.
12.6 Registered Play Therapists will have attained a standard of
training, competence and experience in the therapies defined by the
Board of Directors.
12.7 Amendments to the criteria for Registration shall be approved by
a system of consultation with relevant cognate professional bodies and
others and be agreed by the Board of Directors before coming into force.
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