Demands outlined for workforce plans

Children's services need to be remodelled to provide better outcomes for children, and with that must come a radical reshaping of the workforce, said Paul Ennals, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau, at a conference last week. At 'Reforming the early years workforce', organised by the journal Early Years Update, Mr Ennals outlined the sweeping changes planned for children's services and warned, 'Services are joining up, but we have to get the workforce joined up as well. If we don't get the workforce sorted out, it could all be as nought.'