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Opinion: In my View - Make childcare harder
By Sian Nisbett, director, Dizzy Ducks Day Nursery,
Nursery World,
15 November 2007
I am concerned that the lowering of age for the Level 2 Certificate in Children's Care, Learning and Development from 16 to 14 (Work Matters, 8 November) will make schoolchildren see childcare as an 'easy option'.
My nurseries value training and development and often take students this age on work experience. In the interview process, I am usually faced with a fresh-faced teenager who tells me, 'I want to work in a nursery because I love playing with children'. As childcarers, we all know that it's a bit different to just playing! I worry they will undertake this qualification without...
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