At 'Reforming the early years workforce', organised by the journal Early Years Update, Mr Ennals outlined the sweeping changes planned for children's services and warned, 'Services are joining up, but we have to get the workforce joined up as well. If we don't get the workforce sorted out, it could all be as nought.'
Staff roles had to be reformed and it was not just a case of 'hands across the ocean', he said, with different professions working together. What was needed was reshaping the workforce around the needs of children.
Early years and childcare organisations have also been responding to the consultation on the Children's Workforce Strategy, which ends this week.
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