Within the early years sector, we recognise the impact we have on the first five years of a child’s life. But with early years recruitment becoming tougher, NDNA has a focus on addressing the childcare recruitment and retention crisis.
NDNA’s Young People Engagement Toolkit equips you with information and resources to help you attract young people to a career in the early years sector and maximise recruitment opportunities.
What is the Young People Engagement Toolkit?
Contact with young people in schools, colleges, sixth forms and universities is one of the best methods to encourage young people to consider an early year career.
By creating partnerships, attending events and engaging directly with young people and the parents/carers, staff and advisors who support and guide them, you can build a firm base on which to build their career.
Your toolkit covers:
- Partnering with education settings
- Going to events and helpful resources
- Engaging with young people
- Engaging with parents/carers.
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Early Years Employer Toolkits
Resources to help maximise recruitment, and support you in finding the right candidates.
Within our Early Years Employer Toolkits, we have equipped you with a range of useful information and resources to help maximise recruitment, and support you in finding the right candidates for early years settings to thrive. Each toolkit is tailored to each nation: England, Scotland and Wales.
See Employer Toolkits
Early years workforce strategy
The early years workforce strategy is the government’s plan to help employers attract, retain and develop early years staff.
The strategy is for:
- early years employers
- childcare staff
- training providers
- local authorities
View the strategy
