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My Family CareKate Butler, Personnel Services
Jo Mason, Childcare Services
Caroline Rennstam, My Family Care Tuesday 28 March 2017
“Family-friendly employer”
• Generous family leave schemes
• More childcare places than any other University
• Lots of flexible working options
• Athena SWAN initiatives
Good – but ‘could do better’
Currently ‘family’ = parent + v. young child
Supporting other ‘family models’
• Carers: important and growing group
• Parents of older children
• University would like to do more to support
• New initiatives from buying leave to additional
flexible working options coming along later this
year
• Supplementing our existing provision with a new
benefit to complement our Childcare provision
• Quick recap of childcare
Childcare Services - Our Aims
• To offer a range of quality childcare services at
affordable prices for University and College staff
and student parents
• To provide outstanding quality nursery provision
which meets the standards and expectations of
University parents
• To support parental needs and provide advice,
guidance and support to enable informed decision
making on childcare provision
Childcare Services – Our
Services
• 5 University nurseries in locations across the city
• Places in an additional 9 community nurseries in
Oxford and South Oxfordshire
• The nursery ratio of places to staff is 1:31, the
sector average for the Russell Group is 1:69
• 343 FTE places available in University nurseries
with over 100 places at community nurseries
My Family Care
• Benefit for staff
• Supporting those with family responsibilities,
whether for children or dependent adults
• Access to booking emergency childcare and
backup adult & eldercare
• Speak to an Expert advice line
• Webinars, Insider Guides, On Our Minds
• Assistance with finding longer term care solutions
Insider Guides
• Planning for Parenthood
• Parenting tips
• Childcare Choices
• Work Life Balance
• Adult & Eldercare advice
Speak to an Expert
• Flexible working issues
• Adult and eldercare challenges
• Combining work and family
• Being a good parent
• Child development… and more
Being a Dad
• Exploring parenthood and successfully combining
Work+Family from the perspective of Dad’s
• A series of questions and answers
• 4 webinars per year - 12.30 – 13.30 and archived
• Talking to Teachers
• Growing Confidence
• How to talk about work+family in the 21st Century
• Becoming a Dad
Work+Family Webinars
• 6 per year - 12.30 – 13.30 and archived
• On a range of work+family topics
• Breaking News
• Understanding Neural Difference
• Fostering and Adoption: Myths and realities
• Caring from a distance
• Integrator or separator?
• Praise and rewards from toddlers to teens
Backup Care – when you need a Plan B
• Emergency Childcare and Backup Adult & Eldercare
• 1450 Ofsted registered Nurseries and 2,000 Ofsted
registered childminders
• Hundreds of high-calibre, fully vetted nannies
• 500 School Holiday Clubs
• Book Fully Registered Domicilliary Care
• Pre registration is essential
Care Search
• Expert one-to-one help to find your ideal long
term care solution – Nanny or Eldercare
• Consult with childcare or eldercare experts
• Your dedicated consultant will take the time to
understand your needs and conduct a search for
childcare or eldercare, or help you recruit
• We'll save you time and stress
• Receive ongoing support from your consultant
over telephone and email
QUESTIONS?