The concerns have emerged in response to a consultation by theChildren's Workforce Development Council on draft common inductionstandards for children's services.
The standards set out what all new workers will be expected to learnwithin the first three months of starting jobs and cover a wide range oftopics including general principles of working with children, health andsafety, child protection and multi-agency working.
However, the National Day Nurseries Association says they are toocomplex for most new childcare workers who are mostly "unqualifiedunder-25s".
It claims it will be impossible for many new childcarers to achieve thestandards in the required 12-week timescale, although they areappropriate for those with Level 3 qualifications and above. Theassociation adds that private and volun-tary nurseries do not have theresources to deliver the programme, which could be in place as soon asSeptember. It was therefore "very concerned" about plans to make thestandards mandatory and part of Ofsted inspections.
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