Nurseries are reportedly seeing an increase in practitioners ‘job hopping’ fuelled by new-starter incentives amid the continuing recruitment crisis.
A thread on the CNLF Facebook group reveals some childcare providers are promising new starters dream holidays and bonuses of up to £1,000 to work at their setting/s. One nursery is reportedly advertising a manager post as coming with a three-bed house and an annual salary of £50k.
However, concerns have been raised by nurseries that these grand incentives are encouraging practitioners to ‘job hop’, staying in a position just long enough to reap the financial reward before moving on to another setting, offering another incentive.
One user on the CNLF Facebook group said a former employee who left the setting just over a year ago to work at another nursery where she received a £750 joining bonus is now working in their third setting.
