Alternative Childcare Forms

30. 11. 2010 Alternative Childcare Forms Národní centrum pro rodinu

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Alternative Childcare Forms

Marie OujezdskáNárodní 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 family‘s 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 assistanceThe "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

Průchodní 2602 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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