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Society of Health Play Specialists

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NHS Futures | NHS Careers

Introductory ? (Mention joining Futures with nhs.net email OR if a registered HPS not working for the NHS and would access, please contact our Administrator at admin.sohps.org.uk) Click here for NHS Futures Click here for NHS Careers HPS page

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Published New and Innovative Practice & Spotlight on Practice

Introductory ? Click here for the application to publish process including criteria and peer review process Click here for the Case Study Template Click here for the published studies (publish in chronological order) Title 1 Title 2 etc etc. Click

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Play Service Sample Documents & Templates

Introductory ? (mention all documents are templates available to download and adapt to meet needs of your service) Click here for Play Service Sample Documents

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Play Well Toolkit

Introductory (SF) Click here for the Promise Click here for the Play Well Audit Tool (PDF) Click here for the Play Well Audit Tool (Excel)

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Workforce Development Strategy

Introductory (IO) The Workforce Development Strategy Click here for the workforce development strategy published by Starlight (this needs to be the actual PDF document to download not a link to the document on the Starlight Website) https://www.starlight.org.uk/assets/documents/Starlight_WorkforceStrategy_8pp_DIGITAL.pdf This can be

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Workforce Development

Introductory (IO) The Workforce Development Strategy The Play Well Toolkit Play Service Sample Documents & Templates PublishedNew and Innovative PracticeSpotlight on Practice NHS FuturesNHS Careers

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SoHPS is a charity registered in England and Wales.
Charity commission registration number: 1205808.

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74 Carlton Drive | Wigston
Leicester | LE18 1DG


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University of West LondonCardiff & Vale CollegeUniversity Centre Leeds (Luminate Education Group)North Warwickshire CollegeNescot CollegeSolent University


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