The delivery of this vision is one of the most challenging reformsenshrined in the Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Bill. The newTransformation Fund and the Early Years Foundation Stage offer a keyopportunity to strengthen the early years workforce and the quality ofservices for children and parents. But it will be crucial to ensure thecommitment to good staffing is extended across all those working withchildren, across all sectors, backed up by proper access to training andqualifications. Delivering this will need new solutions - recruitmentgaps and skill shortages are real, as are the divergent pulls betweenworkforce development, pay and conditions and affordability to parents.And in their new role of market manager, local authorities must find newapproaches to these challenges.
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