The ability to retain staff is crucial to a successful business, but many nurseries struggle to create new opportunities for staff or provide a long-term career plan.
At the 18-strong Treetops Nurseries chain, a policy of promoting internally and focusing on the potential of each individual staff member is sustaining a loyal workforce.
Isabel Garvey, director of childcare, says, 'We have a transparent recruitment process and all vacancies are advertised internally. We like to look at individual strengths and find ways to build on those in a way that helps careers.
'As well as buying in external training, we deliver and develop workshops to ensure all staff are up to date with legislative changes. We try to make these as fun and interactive as possible.'
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