Nursery World - Northern Ireland scheme to make childcare at home easier for parents

Social enterprise Employers For Childcare has launched a new service to take the administrative burden away from parents in Northern Ireland wanting to access approved childcare in the security of their own homes.

The charity’s new service will see them act as ‘middle men’ for parents in Northern Ireland using the government’s Home Childcarer Approval scheme, which places parents in contact with Approved Home Childcarers to provide care for their children in their own home.

The service was launched this week by Edwin Poots, Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland.

The Home Childcarer Approval Scheme was introduced in 2006 by the Northern Ireland Executive with the aim of improving the quality, accessibility and affordability of home-based childcare, and to help support parents with disabled children and those working outside normal hours.

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