The Department for Children, Schools and Families report, published last week, showed women dominate the sector, making up 86 per cent of the workforce.
Working Together: Volume 1, div-ided the children's workforce into three categories: education; welfare/health; and childcare/assistants. On average, it found childcare/assistant workers earn £5.78 an hour and work 24.4 hours a week, compared with £9.36 and 33.9 hours for welfare/health workers and £14.70 and 36.8 hours for education professionals.
Keith Brumfitt, director of strategy at the Children's Workforce Development Council, said: "This highlights the need to support the recruitment of a more diverse workforce."
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