Early years professionals leading all children's centres by 2010 and all full daycare settings by 2015, a single qualifications framework and an undertaking to enhance the skills and status of non-graduate staff. Few would claim that the Government's blueprint for a 'world class' children's workforce is not ambitious.
The Children's Workforce Strategy: Building a world-class workforce for children, young people and families is the lynchpin of the process of integrating services for children and families. But no sooner had it been published than initial enthusiasm was tempered by concern that the resources the Government is prepared to commit are inadequate - equivalent to barely 500 a year per employee for two years.
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