NEW WEBSITE FOR PARENTS OPENS GATEWAY TO CHILD CARE PLACES

A brand new website has been launched by the National Childminding Association (NCMA), a leading national childcare charity and care-4 operators of Britain’s leading electronic childcare voucher scheme providers.

www.childcareplaces.com, will be formally launched on 1 February. The website currently allows parents who work for companies operating the care-4 childcare voucher scheme, to search for home-based childcarers near their area.

Designed by Grass Roots in conjunction with NCMA, the site is the first of it’s kind to offer this service specifically for home-based childcarers. NCMA’s 50,000 members will be able to register their vacancies for free via a secure website. Parents who are either already participating the in care-4 electronic voucher scheme, or whose employers offer the scheme can access the site and search for their nearest childcarer.

Liz Bayram, Chief Executive of the NCMA said:
This new facility will help our members to fill their childcare vacancies as well as helping parents access childcare. Home-based childcare offers parents greater flexibility and choice. Our members also offer the assurance of high-quality childcare near to the parents’ home or work. We hope that parents who work for care-4 clients will find the site invaluable in their search for good quality childcare.

Andy Lister, Head of Employee Benefits at Grass Roots, commented:
childcareplaces.com is our way of putting something back into the childcare community we hope this site will benefit our key stakeholders and parents alike.

Currently this service is only available to care-4 customers but NCMA hopes to roll this out to all parents in England and Wales over the next coming year.