While training is being overhauled to meet the challenges of expanding early years provision and workforce reform, there is now a real possibility that a lack of assessors could be a stumbling block.
It boils down to the simple fact that not enough is being done to recruit these much-needed professionals and in many cases, playwork and childcare workers are having to wait several months before being able to access essential training to progress with their NVQs.
As CACHE points out in its strategy document, the development of qualifications with greater flexibility, which cover a more diverse range of specialist subjects, will intensify the pressure. This is because centres will need to recruit and train tutors with specialisations in different ages and particular areas of practice. As awards will become quite individualised and dependent on different age groups, training centres will have to accommodate a more specialist range of units. They will also need help and support to adapt to the changing design of qualifications.
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