The Partenkirchen kindergarten is heading for calmer waters with its new manager. Andreas Blome relies on transparency and taking parents along with him. For some this will certainly mean a change, for example when it comes to holiday queries. This gives the facility more planning security.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
– The girl cries bitterly. She can hardly speak because she is sobbing. Andreas Blome crouches down in front of the child. Takes his hand and learns that he no longer knows the way. An almost insoluble problem for the four-year-old, but one that the new head of the Partenkirchen kindergarten can help with very quickly. He comforts the girl, calms her down and then takes her to his group room. It is important to the 52-year-old to know as many children as possible. Knowing who is cared for in the facility on Jahnstrasse. And he takes action where there is a need. That's what's coming. With colleagues, but also with parents.
New kindergarten director wants to take colleagues and parents with him
A good ten weeks ago, the Oberauer took over the helm of the crisis-hit kindergarten. His main concern is to bring calm and put an end to the rumor mill. Recently, many layoffs and the resulting massive care shortages have repeatedly led to great uncertainty. Blome has experienced the hardships first hand; after all, his child also visits the facility. When he found out that a new leader was being sought, the social worker applied and was quickly accepted. “In conversations with the employees, I noticed that there was a lot of uncertainty, but there was also a great willingness to get involved in something new,” he remembers. He and the team, which is now complete except for one 26-hour position, want to take this path together. And take your parents with you. This also means that Blome now asks before the holidays who actually brings their children to kindergarten. “This gives us planning security, we can also send people on vacation and allow tradesmen into the house,” explains Blome. There are at least two or three groups less, which also affects food orders. He also wants to soon discuss the booking times, which should be adhered to as far as possible. He also informs you by email if there are bottlenecks. “Before Easter we had seven cases of illness,” he says. “We couldn’t keep everything going.” But we found solutions together with the parents. In order to be better prepared for such situations, jumpers are still being sought.
On-site training is beginning to bear fruit
The child care school does provide some relief. “The concept worked,” says Second Mayor Claudia Zolk (CSB). It was always clear to her that “we have to train locally”. That's why she never tired of cleaning doors. Manuela Sperber, head of the Breitenau daycare center, calls the establishment of this school “groundbreaking.” “Everyone benefits from this.” The advertising, in addition to a film by the parents’ association on social media, also had a positive effect. “We received a number of applications,” reports Zolk. Including three from employees who returned to the market. From their point of view, an extremely positive signal.
“Our provider does a good job,” says Sperber, who, like Rita Seitz, head of the crèche and after-school care center in Partenkirchen, supports the new colleague with all technical questions. She is alluding to the support from the administration, which sends an employee to the facilities as needed. But also to the household help who helps with the food distribution. She wasn't there on Jahnstrasse for the last three weeks. So Blome tied the apron on himself and made sure that the girls and boys got their warm meal. The parents liked that, as did his willingness to help out in the groups.