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?