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30 Hours Free Childcare/ Support with wraparound childcare

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talawalawoo · 05/11/2023 17:22

Hoping for some advice as can't seem to find a straight answer online!

I'm a single parent who works 4 days a week and gets help towards childcare via tax credits of which I believe is transitioning to universal credits by the end of the year.

My 3 years old currently attends nursery (attached to primary school) 5 mornings a week which is free, I have a childminder who covers the wrap around hours to enable me to work full days and covers the school holidays. I would like to look for 5 day jobs but my childminder only covers 4 (my current childminding agreement is classed as a full time place and from what I've seen, this appears to be the norm so no issues with that). If I claimed free 30 hours childcare for nursery, does anyone know if this means the support for wraparound care stops too as I would still need to pay for a full time place to cover before and after nursery but don't want increasing from 4-5 days to create more issues than it solves. Anyone in a similar position?

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talawalawoo · 05/11/2023 17:31

Just to clarify, the roles I'm looking for should mean that I stop claiming for support once I get one as now in a better position to go for them than I was before but I need to set up childcare in the meantime to enable me to go for them and have everything in place!

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