More crèche places, specialists and information needed: Freising district has to stay in detention for day care

Created: 02/08/2022, 08:00

By: Andreas Beschorner

How good is childcare in the Freising district?

A survey shows an urgent need for action.

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How good is childcare in the district?

A current survey by the district administration shows a need for action.

Freising

– What about child day care in the district of Freising?

Are there sufficient crèche, daycare and after-school places?

How happy are the parents?

What are the children saying?

And how do carriers and staff assess the situation?

questions upon questions.

There were now answers in Daniela Mertl's youth welfare committee.

She presented the results of the new youth welfare planning for this area.

The state of affairs

There are 130 childcare facilities with 9754 places in the district, plus 380 places in day care, as well as lunchtime care in 20 municipalities, open all-day offers in six and tied all-day classes in four municipalities - that's the current state of affairs.

The conclusion

Mertl's conclusion: The offer is diverse for all age groups, especially in the area of ​​​​school child care, an increasing need for care is to be expected.

As Mertl reported, she distributed questionnaires to parents, children, carriers and educators and evaluated the answers.

Some results: The greatest dissatisfaction is with the parents of children under the age of three (28 percent).

Mothers and fathers wanted care close to home and more flexibility.

The children

And the children?

77 percent stated that they liked to go to after-school care or lunchtime care.

Playing, especially in the garden, is very popular.

When educators "scream" and the corona virus is not welcome at all.

Conclusion: Most of the children looked after felt comfortable in the facilities, more attention should be paid to the garden design as a play area.

(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)

The porters

Above all, the survey of the providers revealed what was already known: finding staff is difficult.

A third of the vacancies are vacant for more than three months.

Another important finding: The new training opportunities for educators and nannies such as Optiprax and the assistant model are “still relatively unknown” and are often viewed critically, says Mertl.

The staff

And the staff?

70 percent stated that they were satisfied with their working hours, 67 percent would like better pay, and 45 percent would like a higher staffing ratio.

Conclusion from the staff survey: The greatest dissatisfaction prevails among staff in the crèche area.

Inclusion is perceived by many as a burden, and induction is often unsatisfactory.

The challenges

All of this would result in the following challenges for the district, Mertl listed: a further expansion of crèche places, a fight against the shortage of skilled workers and also more information for parents, some of whom feel that they are not sufficiently informed.

The measures

Mertl had already considered measures for this: For example, more training and further education of specialists is needed.

A "social fair" explicitly for social professions for recruitment and better public presentation would also be possible.

Mertl was also able to report that intensive work is being done on the topic of inclusion in the form of a bachelor thesis.

More current news from the district of Freising can be found here.