However, the demand for women in the workforce over recent years has made childcare essential. The Government has sunk a lot of money into this sector, but it has never addressed the pay or career structure of the carers. It does not see childcare as a profession, no matter how much it stresses its importance.
This has not prevented the Government from making enormous demands on childcarers. On top of the issues of responsibility and care there is the constant pressure to upgrade training and qualifications. Of course the care and safety of children must be paramount, but when neither of these is acknowledged in either pay or promotion, what is the incentive?
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