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Addressing Child Poverty Through Parental Employment
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Published: Thursday 23 Nov 2023 (SJSSS062023R11)
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Introduction
The Committee's inquiry
Evidence, visits and engagement
Cross-cutting nature of action on child poverty and governance challenges
Leadership on cross-cutting issues and policy areas
Mainstreaming tackling child poverty through parental employment
Monitoring shared priorities delivered through local partnerships
Conclusion
Infrastructure
Adequate and affordable services for low-income parents
Provision of childcare
Conclusion
Education and training provision
Conclusion
Public transport provision
Conclusion
Affordability of transport
Conclusion
Need for diverse service provision to meet specific needs
Provision of culturally sensitive childcare
Childcare for children with additional support needs
Provision of childcare in remote and rural areas
Public transport outside urban centres, travel corridors and in remote areas
Conclusion
Employability programmes and services
Conclusion
Financial support
Student parents
Financial pressures of summer breaks
Part-time grant thresholds
Conclusion
Improving financial support and guidance from education institutions
Social security rules
Conclusion
National policy priorities
Working towards a Fair Work Nation
In-work poverty
Conclusion
Fair pay for childcare workers
Conclusion
Reform of the post-school education sector
Work-based pathways and just transition opportunities
Inter-sector collaboration to progress national priorities
Returning to higher education
Conclusion
Involving employers in employability programmes
Fair work and the business sector
Family friendly and flexible working
Supporting women returners
Conclusion
Using procurement rules to influence employment practices
Procurement process in the health and social care sector
Conclusion
Funding to deliver parental employment
Prioritisation
Early learning and childcare
Transport for low-income families
Parental transition into employment
Increasing funding for Individual Training Accounts to meet demand
Impact of budget cuts and financial constraints
Education
Employability
Transport
Consistency and availability of funding
Providing educational courses
Delivering employability programmes
Conclusion
Delivering at pace and scale
Childcare
Overall conclusion
Annexe A- Parental Employment in Best Start Bright Futures
Annexe B- Minutes of meetings
Annexe C- Written evidence
Annexe D- Visits and focus group
Annexe E - Education policies and strategies relevant to child poverty
Membership changes
Introduction
The Committee's inquiry
Cross-cutting nature of action on child poverty and governance challenges
Infrastructure
Employability programmes and services
Financial support
National policy priorities
Inter-sector collaboration to progress national priorities
Fair work and the business sector
Funding to deliver parental employment
Overall conclusion
Annexe A- Parental Employment in Best Start Bright Futures
Annexe B- Minutes of meetings
Annexe C- Written evidence
Annexe D- Visits and focus group
Annexe E - Education policies and strategies relevant to child poverty
Image: ?Committee Member's visit to Cothrom, a Community Learning and Development Organisation in South Uist (January 2023)
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