Alternative Childcare Forms

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Alternative Childcare Forms

• Marie Oujezdská
• Národní centrum pro rodinu (National Centre for
  the Family)

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Background

• The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  selected the conference topic having considered
  the Programme Statement of the Government, in
  which the Government had undertaken "to create
  conditions for a quicker return of caring parents
  to paid work and to establish conditions for the
  further development of family policy and
  childcare in order to enhance the social status
  of the family and to strengthen the involvement
  of both parents in childcare."
• Educational care constitutes one of the core
  functions of the family basic element of the
  society.

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Reasons for supporting the familys social status

• Family care offers presence of a steady related
  person, creation of a stable relation in a
  safe/familiar home environment
• Consequences for emotional and cognitive
  development of the child

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Effectiveness of alternative care forms may
be structured according to the element of the
home environment supplemented and/or developed by
the care.

• Institutional care by non-parents
• Non-institutional care by non-parents

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Institutional care by non-parents for children
under three years of age (in specific cases over
two years of age)

• Healthcare facilities (crèches),
• Childcare services provided under Act No.
  455/1991 Coll., Trade Act, as amended
  (hereinafter referred to as "Trade Act") in scope
  of professional trade classification "Daily care
  for children under three years of age" in
  business premises
• Pre-school facilities established according to
  the "Education Act" family-like or common
  kindergartens, corporate kindergartens

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Institutional care for children over three years
of age

• Kindergartens
• Childcare services provided under the Trade Act
  in scope of unqualified trade, trade
  classification no. 72 Extracurricular education,
  organisation of courses, trainings, including
  lectures
• provided in business premises agencies,
  clubs, maternity centres, leisure centres,
  activity clubs for children and youth

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Non-institutional care for children up to three
years of age

• Under the Trade Act, qualified trade "Daily care
  for children under three years of age"
  so-called childminders -
• Under the Trade Act, trade classification no. 79
  "Providing services to family and household", BUT
  occasionally and temporarily

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Non-institutional care for children over three
years of age

• Care provided in scope of unqualified trade,
  trade classification no. 72 Extracurricular
  education, organisation of courses, trainings,
  including lectures,
• In scope of unqualified trade classification no.
  79 "Providing services to family and household" -
  care for children over three years of age must be
  provided individually in the children's
  household, or occasionally and temporarily, if
  provided outside the children's household,
• e.g. short-term childcare facilities, agencies,
  individual nurses, housekeepers, nannies etc.

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Problems faced by providers

• Education the qualified trade requires
  secondary healthcare education, e.g. general case
  nurse, healthcare assistant, hospital attendant,
  birth assistant, emergency healthcare assistant
• Sanitary conditions
• Unclear interpretation of the "daily care"
  concept in the Trade Act
• Absence of legislative regulation for the
  so-called mutual parental assistance
• The "pro-family package" offers a solution.

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Questions for parents choosing one of the two
basic childcare forms

• Requirement for care flexibility
• Respect to individual needs of the child
• Credibility of the carer education, attitude to
  children
• Form and focus of the child's daily programme
  the aim is to "educate" or "raise"
• Health condition of the child

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Selection of the childcare form must provide for

• the so-called free choice principle respecting
  the child's and the parent's needs
• Radka Dudová, sociologist "first of all,
  conditions must be provided to enable fulfilment
  of the children's and the parents' needs
• Jeroným Klimeš, psychologist "I would reverse
  the question a bit How important is the stay
  with their children in this period for the
  parents?
• (source Care for children up to three years
  of age big theme for the current parenthood,
  author PhDr. Eva Labusová)

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Thank you for your attention. Marie
Oujezdská Pruchodní 2 602 00 Brno
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Prices for care - non-institutional

• agency in Brno, nannies or babysitting in
  short-term childcare centers, CZK 120/hour for
  regular care, CZK 140/hour for occasional
  care, all-day care CZK 2400, holiday CZK 3000
• students (Brno) CZK 100/hour
• nurse (Prague) - home care or babysitting in
  short-term childcare centers from CZK 70/hour,
  full weekend CZK 2200 
• Montessori kindergarten and crèche in Prague -
  CZK 7000 per month excl. catering
• Prague CZK 160/hour for regular care, CZK
  200/hour for occasional care
• Brno CZK 130/hour for regular care, CZK 160/hour
  for occasional care

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mini-schools

• approx. CZK 50/hour
• 3 hours twice a week CZK 2400
• 4 children/adult person
• age 1-7
• the promoter must comply with conditions set by
  the Trade Act for the daily childcare trade
• no catering, the children bring their own food

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links

• www.hlidanicko.cz
• www.hlidacek.cz
• www.alfa-firemniskolky.cz
• www.arok.cz/materska-skolka/