The ethos of the Early Years, Care, Education and Play Employers’ Forum is to actively recognise and respond to pertinent sector workforce issues, identify appropriate sector qualifications and promote the professionalism of the workforce.
The NI Executive recently drafted a Programme for Government that listed ‘Deliver More Affordable Childcare’ as one of its outcomes. To do this, the strategy document stated that we would need to ensure that our childcare sector is stable and sustainable. To engage with this strategy, the Early Years, Care, Education and Play Employers Forum issued a survey to gather detailed information about workforce issues within the sector which can be used as benchmark data going forward.
The key findings include the areas of:
- Staff recruitment
- Staff retention
- Maintaining Settings
- Support for Settings
- Comparison table by trust area.