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Originally Posted by Heidi
I totally agree with you, but I feel practitioners should be informed that they may not gain a penny more. Some are fortunate (perhaps no mortgage etc), others expect more money after studying long and hard, and some need to earn more money and think gaining higher levels will help them achieve it. The sector is very often poorly paid, but very rewarding.
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Another problem with EYP status is that as well as there being no financial gain, there is no actual seniority invoved in this post. For example I know of nurseries where the EYP is a nursery officer whose job it is to research new initiatives and help advise staff (including the manager) on how to implement them. This is on top of their daily duties.
The government really needs to ensure that there is at least some financial gain in EYP status or we will not have people having the incentive to achieve further qualifications. But who knows? With the new government perhaps EYP status will cease to exist.