The review has been funded by the Welsh Assembly and backed by the main play organisations nationwide. Gill Evans of Play Wales said that the Department for Education and Skills has indicated that it will consider feeding in the results of the consultation to the current review of the National Occupational Standards for playwork and early years education.
The playwork values and assumptions were developed during the drafting of the playwork NVQs over a decade ago and have not been revised since then.
Play Wales believes that they do not reflect the most recent developments within the profession.
The Playwork Principles, the document that is the starting point for the review, aims to support the further development of playwork on behalf of children and to put the playing child at the centre of playwork 'in a way that has not been done before'. The supporting arguments make a clear distinction between playwork as the facilitation of children's play, and playwork that deals with adult agendas such as play provision management and legislation.
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