Nursery World - New post to recruit male childcarers

Young men and teenage boys will be encouraged to consider a career in childcare via a series of projects led by a co-ordinator working with European funding for North Lanarkshire council. The Men into Early Education and Care co-ordinator will liaise with secondary schools and colleges offering the Skills for Work programme to persuade more male students to choose the childcare and early years module.

The Men into Early Education and Care co-ordinator will liaise with secondary schools and colleges offering the Skills for Work programme to persuade more male students to choose the childcare and early years module.

The co-ordinator will also oversee a skills seekers programme for male school leavers which delivers the SVQ level 2 in Early Years Care and Education, and develop introductory training sessions for unemployed men.

Head of educational provisions Murdo Maciver said, 'The co-ordinator will encourage partnership working between the education department and childcare employers, employment support agencies, Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire and FE colleges.'

Stephen Whyteside, a 27-year-old early years worker at St Timothy's Nursery in Coatbridge, believes the post is a good idea.

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