UK wants to bring men into the child care field.LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- The UK government is attempting to persuade men to enter the child care field by encouraging them to become childminders, Children's Minister Margaret Hodge The Right Honourable [1] Margaret Eve, Lady Hodge, MBE (née Margaret Oppenheimer; born 8 September 1944, Cairo[1]) is a British politician and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barking. announced. England alone has more than 70,000 registered, approximately 1,400 are men. Childminders are licensed and inspected by local authorities. They care for preschool and school age children in their own homes. Some childminders are employed as assistants in day care centres, schools and child health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . To qualify they must attend a course in child care and first-aid. Local authorities are now required to provide high-quality childcare and create 'neighbourhood nurseries' that would train 'super childminders'. Hodge also announced the creation of an extra 6,500 child-minding places by the end of 2006 for the super childminders; a category she identifies as parents recruited by their children's schools going on to training schemes that could see them progress from childminder, to teaching assistant, to, eventually, teacher or health visitor. Earnings of child minders child minder Noun a person who looks after children whose parents are working child minder n (BRIT) → niñera, madre f de día range between 7,000 [pounds sterling] and 25,000 [pounds sterling] ($16,000 to $59,000 CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. ) per year. The government has set up a Transformation Fund of 125 [pounds sterling] million ($293 million CAD) designed to provide more childcare super provision, free care for three- and four-year-olds and care for older children outside school hours. |
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