Our footprint

What is a footprint?

Every Sector Skills Council has a "footprint" which defines which areas of the workforce that Sector Skills Council covers. We refer to the types of workers we represent as our footprint.

CWDC works in the interest of over 500,000 people working with children, young people, families and carers in England and around 250,000 volunteers. Of these 500,000 workers, 80 per cent are employed and 20 per cent are self-employed.

Who is covered by our footprint?

Broadly, our footprint includes those working in the following roles in delivering services for children, young people and families.

• All those working in early years provision in:
  
  • playgroups
  • children’s centres
  • day nurseries
  • nursery schools
  • nursery classes in primary schools
• Registered childminders
• Nannies
• Portage workers (a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children and their families requiring additional support)
• Foster carers, including private foster carers
• Children and families social workers
• Registered managers of children’s homes, their deputies and assistants plus all residential child care workers
• Family centre workers
• Day centre workers
• Outreach or family support workers
• Learning mentors
• Education welfare officers
• Behaviour and education support teams
• Education psychologists and other therapists working with children
• Connexions personal advisers
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service family court advisers
• Lead inspectors of registered children’s services within the footprint
• Support workers in the above settings
• Anyone who works with children and young people in the voluntary sector, including volunteers, who are not covered by another sector skills body