Nurturing Skills

Introduction
Nurturing Skills
Nurturing skills aims to support and strengthen the ongoing process of professionalisation for the workforce in early years and school age childcare. Nurturing skills sets out a vision of ‘A well-qualified, skilled, diverse and valued professional workforce’.


Code of Professional Responsibilities and Code of Ethics
Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC), 2022-2028 From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
In 2019, First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families, set out a vision for early learning and care (ELC) and other policies for young children throughout 2019-2028.
It included a number of targets related to the workforce for ELC and school-age childcare (SAC), including the development of a new Workforce Plan for ELC and SAC, including childminders.