Nursery World - Early Years Professionals urged to lobby MPs on pay and conditions

The trade union which represents Early Years Professionals (EYPs) is urging childcare practitioners to complain to their MP about pay and conditions.

The EYP section of Aspect (Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts) has published a template letter on its website.

It says that problems with recruitment and retention and the shortage of men in the early years workforce are all linked to poor wages and a lack of career structure. It adds that most practitioners who have achieved EYPS are only earning between £8 and £9 an hour and have no career structure, no agreed pay arrangements and no entitlements to ongoing professional development.

The letter states, 'If the drive to bring new graduate expertise and leadership into the early years is not to wither, like so many previous attempts to tackle issues connected with this sector, it is essential that these issues are addressed with urgency.'

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