A £1,000 cash incentive and a campaign to raise the profile of childcare workers in England are part of government plans to recruit more staff reports the BBC.
Thousands of extra nursery workers and childminders are needed, as the expansion of funded hours begins.
More than 100,000 working parents of two-year olds have already registered for the April rollout, according to the Department for Education (DfE).
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