Childminding and SCMA’s commitment to strengthen and grow the childminding workforce has been hitting the headlines this summer, with a variety of high-profile media outlets featuring SCMA’s and the Scottish Government’s positive actions to turn around the decline which has been experienced in the childminding workforce in recent years. Linked to this we are reproducing the following message from Graeme, which was recently published in our summer Childminding magazine, so that a wider audience can learn more about our vital work.

Members will already be aware that the Scottish Government has committed funding for a three-year national childminder retention and recruitment programme, which first launched in June this year. The Programme for Scotland’s Childminding Future (PSCF) aims to grow the workforce and bring about positive change for childminding.