The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) gave its backing to a campaign for increased pay and status for nursery nurses in Jersey at an open forum for childcarers in St Saviour last week. Childcarers working in both education and daycare expressed worries and concerns over their low wages and the island's high cost of living.
PANN professional officer Tricia Pritchard said, 'Childcare salaries are extremely low in Jersey. The average wage for a childcarer is 7 an hour, even though housing costs and the cost of living are much higher than the UK.
'I got the message that Jersey's childcare workforce is disillusioned and I was told about many examples of colleagues leaving childcare and opting for jobs unrelated to their chosen profession but which are paying twice as much or even three times more. There were a number of nursery owners at the meeting and they reported a shortage of suitable candidates for unfulfilled vacancies.
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