As a Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner, you’ll be responsible for providing day care for children in an unsupervised or a supervisory role. Assistant Practitioners would provide day care to children in a non-supervisory role.
Day Nursery and Crèche
Day nurseries and crèches provide an essential service to working parents by offering childcare to children from birth.
About Day Nurseries and Crèches
The terms day nursery, day care and crèche are used interchangeably to describe the place where parents send their children to be taken care of during work hours in the day. The ages of the children who go to day nurseries and crèches range from as young as six weeks old upwards.
Day nurseries and creches can be run by local authorities or local communities, or they can be privately run. They offer a safe environment to support children’s play, learning and development. They can help develop sensory and exploration skills in babies. For toddlers, a focus on play helps to develop social and creative skills. Creches can also offer temporary childcare solutions for parents to attend specific events such as training, learning or even exercise classes.
Day Nurseries and Crèches regulation
Providers of day nurseries and creches in Wales are required to meet the required standards set out and enforced by Care Inspectorate Wales.
Explore some roles you can do in Day Nurseries and Crèches
As an Assistant Practitioner, you’ll be responsible for providing day care for children in a non-supervisory role.
As a manager you’ll be responsible for the overall quality, delivery and sustainability of your setting.
Find a job in care
If you’re thinking of a career in care, take a look at our jobs board to get an idea of the type of roles available.
