A recent advertisement in The Scotsman specified that applicants should have 'extensive experience in a relevant occupational field such as education, social work or the health service', with no mention of early years.
The advertisement also made no mention of early years qualifications, though relevant qualifications in education, social work or nursing are cited as 'desirable'. The Care Commission regulates children's and adults'
residential care as well as daycare.
A spokesman for the Commission said, 'We currently have 250 Care Commission officers spread around Scotland and we are seeking to recruit another 30. We want to attract a wide pool of applicants with education/social work/nursing backgrounds, so we have not made the qualifications for application so narrow as to exclude otherwise good people.'
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