For companies that sign up to the programme, Care Direct offers their employees access to a new online database with the ability to search for nurseries, childminders and nannies.
Currently the service also gives them preferred enrolment at Bright Horizons nurseries and discounts on nursery fees at its settings and some other providers.
It is aligned to the existing Back-Up Care Advantage programme, which was set up by Bright Horizons and provides a 24-hour hotline to help employees find emergency childcare with nurseries and checked nannies, as well as adult carers.
Care Direct is designed to enable employees to make more long-term care arrangements, finding a nursery or childminder, for example.
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