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Reader Analysis: Child Care Services

Reader Analysis

Describe the problem you will be addressing and how the various audiences you list in the chart below will play a role in solving it.

Providing childcare services at work has numerous advantages for both employees and employers. Employees with access to onsite child care can save money on what is typically a significant expense for families. Employees with young children may find it easier to balance work and family obligations if they have access to onsite child care. Employers who offer onsite child care may see increased productivity and employee morale. However, some employees may be unable to afford the costs associated with providing childcare in the workplace. Employees' families who do not have access to onsite child care may be required to seek care elsewhere (Preston et al., 2021). Onsite child care may require approval from government regulators, who may also establish quality care standards.

Reader Analysis Chart: list a specific audience for each row and then fill in each column as it relates to the problem you are addressing

Audience

Needs

(What do they need regarding this situation?)

Role

(What role will they play in solving the problem?)

Attitudes

(What is their attitude regarding this situation and a potential solution?)

Employees (Primary)

To keep workers happy and productive, they must know their opinions and concerns are being heard and addressed. They should also feel like their opinions matter regarding onsite child care. It's also essential for workers to have faith in their superiors' ability to make decisions that are in everyone's best interests.

Employees can help address the lack of childcare services in the workplace by lobbying for more supportive policies, offering care themselves, or collaborating with their employers to find win-win childcare solutions.

Many employees are struggling with the lack of childcare services at the workplace. Some potential solutions include providing onsite child care, subsidies for child care, or creating a child care referral network.

Employers (Secondary)

Businesses must consider a few factors when deciding whether to provide childcare services onsite. One of the first things they should do is ensure that the daycare centers comply with all applicable laws and ordinances. Second, they must guarantee the welfare of the childcare services staff. Finally, they must ensure that the childcare facilities are within the employees' financial means.

A lack of affordable and accessible childcare services is a significant issue that employers can only address. For workers with young children, employers can arrange childcare services onsite, offer financial aid to cover the cost of child care, or adjust working hours.

The employers' attitude towards the lack of childcare services at the workplace is generally negative. They believe this problem can potentially lead to a decrease in productivity and an increase in absences from work. A potential solution to this problem would be to provide onsite childcare services at the workplace.

Employees' families (Tertiary)

Providing onsite child care at the office requires finding a reliable and cost-effective childcare provider for the workers' families. Then, with their employer, they'll have to ensure the daycare center is safe for the kids.

Employees' families may be able to help solve the problem of lack of child care services at the workplace by providing child care services themselves or by finding and providing child care services through other means.

Childcare services are essential for many working parents, and their lack can significantly stress their lives. In addition, family members of workers express frustration over the absence of onsite child care and the lack of action taken to address the problem. Two solutions that may appeal to families are onsite childcare services at the workplace or a subsidy for childcare costs.

Government regulators (Gatekeepers)

Government regulators must be notified and allowed to inspect the premises before onsite childcare can be added to a workplace. They also need information about the people working in the daycare center and what skills they bring to the table.

Government regulators' role in solving the lack of childcare services at the workplace will ensure employers provide childcare services to employees.

Government regulators are eager to collaborate with businesses to solve the issue of insufficient childcare services in the workplace. They recognize the complexity of the problem and the impossibility of a universally applicable solution. They are willing to try new things to reduce the cost of child care for working families.

Reference

Preston, K., MacDonald, M., Giuliani, M. E., Melosky, B. L., Leung, B., & Ingledew, P. A. (2021). Propping up the parents: An environmental scan of childcare programs available to cancer patients in North America. https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e18805