The work of the Dundee-based 'sitter service', developed by One Parent Families Scotland, and the wraparound care it provides, was described as 'fascinating' by Kate Green, director of the National Council for One-Parent Families (NCOPF). She told the select committee she would 'like to know how it squares with the regulatory framework', and noted its similarity to a Government initiative, the home carer scheme, which is to let registered childminders care for children in the parents' homes.
Ms Green was giving evidence before the select committee along with Alison Garnham, NCOPF director of policy, research and information, and Elizabeth Martin, deputy manager of the Glasgow-based charity One Plus. They told the select committee that many lone parents who worked relied on a combination of formal and informal childcare because even the childcare tax credit didn't go far enough.
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