http://www.parenta.com/2011/10/07/coalition-boost-childcare-pot-300m-target-women-working-16-hours/ Innovative childcare management and training solutions Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:14:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.parenta.com/2011/10/07/coalition-boost-childcare-pot-300m-target-women-working-16-hours/#comment-25119 ann tierney Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:55:18 +0000 http://www.parenta.com/?p=5267#comment-25119 I am all for supporting families to have childcare within reason... BUT, money is given direct to the families, and it is a struggle to get some families to part with it..... there should be a system where once an amount has been agreed, it is paid DIRECT into a chosen Pre-school/Nursery bank account, giving the familiy a credit on their childcare place. It is then up to the family to end the contract with one provider and begin with another, and this way the Pre-school/Nursery will not have a debt owing to them. Also, I do urge a full investigation as to why so much money can be found for families, but us workers on the front line who work just above the minimum wage and are not privy to school wage packets are in their 3rd year of the same amount per child being given for grant funded children... the minimum wage has gone up this year, but there is no money to give out. MOST Pre-schools & Nurseries are privately run, and depend on annual increae to reward their staff, but we have a small amount to work with. Just because Pre-schools originate from the voluntary sector, does not mean it is still so, as the demands for qualifications & excellent service have now far outweighed volunteers into the paid staff sector. I am all for supporting families to have childcare within reason… BUT, money is given direct to the families, and it is a struggle to get some families to part with it….. there should be a system where once an amount has been agreed, it is paid DIRECT into a chosen Pre-school/Nursery bank account, giving the familiy a credit on their childcare place. It is then up to the family to end the contract with one provider and begin with another, and this way the Pre-school/Nursery will not have a debt owing to them.
Also, I do urge a full investigation as to why so much money can be found for families, but us workers on the front line who work just above the minimum wage and are not privy to school wage packets are in their 3rd year of the same amount per child being given for grant funded children… the minimum wage has gone up this year, but there is no money to give out. MOST Pre-schools & Nurseries are privately run, and depend on annual increae to reward their staff, but we have a small amount to work with. Just because Pre-schools originate from the voluntary sector, does not mean it is still so, as the demands for qualifications & excellent service have now far outweighed volunteers into the paid staff sector.

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