The job title of 'nursery nurse' should be changed to 'early years worker' in order to attract more men to the job, delegates at a national conference on men in childcare were told last week.
Kenny Spence, manager of the Edinburgh-based organisation Men in Childcare (Scotland), said the name change was one of several important steps that could be taken to persuade more men to enter the early years sector as a career. Others included ensuring that schools gave 'positive' careers advice to boys about childcare, improving pay, and having settings introduce a policy that supported the employment of men as childcarers.
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