In Scotland, the process for registering staff with the Scottish SocialServices Council will begin next year. The council has produced a listof qualifications that the current workforce will need to have by thetime re-registration takes place in three years, in an attempt to createan integrated qualification framework.
While this may appear to be a positive way forward, reducing the list ofqualifications is not without issues. For example, there is a view thatnew workers coming into the sector beyond 2006 should bepre-qualified.
If this does happen there is a fear that vocational qualifications forchildcare workers will disappear, and that the only qualifications routewill be through HNC and HND-type courses. The dilemma then is how canpeople like school leavers or even those supporting a club by helpingwith snacks work in the sector?
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