About Nurturing Skills
First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families, set out a vision for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and other policies for young children throughout 2019-2028. It included a number of targets related to the workforce for ELC and School-Age Childcare (SAC), including the development of a new Workforce Plan for ELC and SAC, including childminders.
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth published the report, ‘Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare, 2022-2028’ in December 2021. This plan sets out a series of actions to meet the workforce related targets in First 5 and includes an implementation plan for the next three years (2022-2024).
You can find more information on the Nurturing Skills Workforce plan in our “Nurturing Skills Workforce Plan” section.
Here’s a link to the video on Nurturing Skills
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Click here to go to Nurturing Skills website where you will find information on how the Government is supporting your profession, how you can advance your skills, how you can plan your career and how you can enter the profession.