The strategy sets out a 10-year vision for the profession and a five-year plan for the development of play work education, training and skills.
It sets out how play work can be developed into a profession acknowledged as central to provision for children and young people by 2016, by developing education, training and qualifications for an estimated 130,000 play workers.
Aims of the strategy include the establishment of the first professional body for play work, with a registration system for workers, which the council hopes to launch early next year.
Paul Bonel, the council's director of play work, said: "This will give a credibility factor to the sector and, hopefully, employers will see this as an important way of ensuring minimum standards."
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