Welsh ministers want to ensure that a decade from now a highly-skilled workforce across all settings in maintained and private, voluntary and independent provision will be ‘highly-regarded’ and viewed as ‘a career of choice’, able to recruit and retain high-quality individuals.
The plan is aimed at all those responsible for the childcare or education of children from birth to seven in the Foundation Phase in all sectors.
Early years and childcare staff will also understand child development, be ‘proactive learners’ themselves and bilingual in Welsh and English, so that parents can access childcare in either language.
The draft plan focuses on the themes of leadership, attracting high-quality entrants to the sector, and raising the skills and standards of the existing workforce, and has been put out for consultation until 15 December
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