I am sorry for the bombardment of questions
A Hospital Playworker - Specialist article was published on here some time ago to help cross the barriers and provide a few ideas so that Early Years Practitioners can take your work into their nurseries & pre schools.
Hospital Playworkers and Specialists
Using a role play scenario it can be used to introduce children to the concept that a figure as familiar as their keyworker (individually assigned member of staff ) will be at the Hospital waiting for them/ Children who have an appointment or unexpected visit.
Please feel free to add or correct any of the suggestions on that thread
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Your article sounds great .. you are more than welcome to place a link to it on Silkysteps, or if you like, to publish it here as an informative thread ..
As you say, the importance is to bring an awareness of how everyone can access the Play work services .. and indeed how to let all NHS hospitals know just how important the Play worker system is to the whole health ethos .. do you know of a network coordinator or contact pathway for getting in touch with individuals in this line of work ?
Please feel free to email me about anything
silky@silkysteps.com