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Early Years & Playwork Qualifications Database
Early Years & Playwork Qualifications Database
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CWDC administer this web site on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.
The Early Years, Childcare and Playwork: Qualifications web site (previously the Children’s Workforce: Qualifications website) has been developed by DfES and partners to support individuals and employers in identifying appropriate training and development for particular job roles in early years and playwork. It also provides guidance to Ofsted Inspectors, employers and practitioners about how specific qualifications meet the existing requirements of the national standards for under 8s day care and childminding . [insert footnote or cross reference to information re existing National Standards]Information on the national standards can be found on the following DfES Sure Start website: http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?Document=153
The Government is committed to reforming and simplifying the regulation and inspection regime to put children at the centre and drive up quality in the early years [link to approriate section on SS website] [the webpage in the above link includes a summary of the Government’s plans for reforming the regulation and inspection of childcare through the Childcare Bill]. Over time the database will develop to reflect changes in legislation, and the emerging Sector Skills Agreement and Sector Learning Strategy.
CWDC is committed to
- The development of a competent, knowledgeable and well-qualified workforce with high levels of expertise and to using qualifications and training to support its aims. This will be reflected in its Sector Skills Agreement
- Developing an Integrated Qualifications Framework to enable individuals to move between roles in the children’s workforce.
- Developing the early years workforce [link to early years section of web site]
CWDC is working with the DfES on workforce requirements in the new registration and inspection arrangements to be implemented from 2007, subject to the enactment of the Childcare Bill currently before Parliament .
In the light of the exciting developments in the early years and across the children’s workforce you are encouraged to aim high when deciding on ‘appropriate’ qualifications for you as an individual or for your workforce. In particular, you should look at training which leads to full, not part qualifications, and to qualifications that include assessed practice based learning .
