The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has rowed back on its promise that every childcare worker will need a minimum qualification by this September.
ANY ONE OF us who watched the Prime Time Programme A Breach of Trust will remember the scenes of children being manhandled, shouted at, restrained for long times – those scenes of mistreatment, which we watched just over two years ago, will stay with us for a long time yet. But apparently not with the Minister or Department of Children and Youth Affairs, who have just rowed back on their promise that every childcare worker would need a minimum qualification by September of this year.
The Pre-School Quality Agenda was announced after that Prime Time broadcast, and included a requirement for a minimum level of qualification (Level 5 – equivalent to Leaving Cert). The sector was given two years to get its house in order. Some financial support was put in place to help people get training, and the deadline of September 2015 was set.
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