Nursery World - Sitters work round parents' needs

Plans are underway to launch a new sitter service in Angus to provide affordable, flexible home-based childcare. The development follows the success of the first sitter service set up six years ago by One Parent Families Scotland and follows other services established in Aberdeenshire earlier this month, and in North Lanarkshire three years ago.

The development follows the success of the first sitter service set up six years ago by One Parent Families Scotland and follows other services established in Aberdeenshire earlier this month, and in North Lanarkshire three years ago.

National sitter service development manager Ann McKenzie said, 'The whole concept is very simple. When parents have to go out, the childcare worker comes into the home to look after the children. We are not designed to do full-time childcare, but plug the gaps that are left.'

Evaluations show that what parents appreciate most is flexibility and the fact that the children are looked after in their own home.

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