Nursery World - Training strategy

Calls to the KCN helpline consistently raise a key issue - how to recruit staff and how to get access to training. As the Government launches the next phase of its recruitment campaign, the need to provide training for playworkers in every local area is again emphasised. With most playworkers struggling to get access to training how can the Government hope to double the size of the qualified playwork workforce? KCN believes that the answer lies in a national training programme.

With most playworkers struggling to get access to training how can the Government hope to double the size of the qualified playwork workforce? KCN believes that the answer lies in a national training programme.

OFSTED has set ambitious targets to ensure the quality of childcare in out-of-school clubs is high. Fifty per cent of staff must have a relevant NVQ Level 2 qualification and all co-ordinators and deputies of settings must hold a Level 3 qualification. Early years partnerships have been crucial in obtaining funding from different sources as well as delivering training to help meet the targets. But there is still something of a jigsaw of provision -current training schemes are often too geographically inconsistent making accessibility difficult and qualification unnecessarily complicated.

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