What is expected of childcare workers and what are the underpinning values and principles of working with children? What skills and qualities are required?
These and many other questions are answered during the 12-hour Making Choices programme, which aims to equip budding practitioners with all the practical advice they need to get their first job in the sector.
Its target market is wide, appealing to school leavers, those returning to work or study, existing children's workers who want to extend their careers and also those who would like to change direction.
Anna Warrington-Hughes is one of the latter. She completed a degree in photography and found she so enjoyed working in the children's gallery at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool that she wanted to become a practitioner.
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