They should also work with parents and services such as health and social care, and a childcare workforce should represent the community, the paper Working for Children argues.
The publication also examines the challenges facing the early years workforce, including pay and conditions, the introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage and ways of bringing schools and childcare providers together.
The forum is a coalition of organisations co-ordinated by the National Children's Bureau.
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