Patricia McGinty, a director of the Scottish Independent Nurseries Association and a member of the working party which drew up the guidance, said it would end the local authorities' prescriptive role in determining staffing structures.
She said, 'The guidance makes it clear that local authorities can act as facilitators and guides, but it is not for them to decide what staff are required by a particular provider. The employer is best placed to determine whether they need a teacher, a social worker or a health practitioner.' She said it was a question of obtaining 'the best value' from the use of teachers and seeing their role as part of 'a broader multi-disciplinary team providing integrated childhood services, working alongside a range of professionals with varying qualifications and abilities to deliver early years care for children and support for families'.
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