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Discounts on their own childcare are a perk that can keep good nursery staff with an employer, says Mary Evans

Discounts on their own childcare are a perk that can keep good nursery staff with an employer, says Mary Evans

Recruitment and retention of high-calibre childcare staff is reaching such a crisis level that managers are searching for new ways to create competitive and attractive employment packages.

Nursery managers are struggling to hold on to longer-serving members of staff who are leaving for jobs that suit their own family lives better. Many positions offered within new forms of provision, such as wraparound care and Sure Start, can offer more money or longer holidays, or both. They can be more attractive propositions for nursery staff coping with the demands of their own families.

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