Take advantage of advice on enrolling a child in daycare or childminding
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
Do you want to register your child at a KiTa? There is a legal entitlement to so-called early childhood support when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood development are crèches, kindergartens, day nurseries and day care centers.
Daycare centers and kindergartens are used for the upbringing, education and care of children.
Child day care includes the care and support of your child in a child day care facility (crèche, kindergarten, after-school care) or a child day care center.
The day care facilities have the following tasks:
- They promote the child's development into a self-determined, independent and socially competent personality.
- They support and supplement upbringing and education in the family.
- They help parents to better reconcile work, child rearing and family care.
The support mandate encompasses the upbringing, education and care of the child. It relates to the child's social, emotional, physical and mental development. It includes the teaching of guiding values and rules.
The support should be based on the following characteristics of the children:
- Age
- level of development
- Linguistic and other abilities
- life situation
- interests and needs
- ethnic origin
The placement of a childcare place in a child daycare facility takes place in cooperation with the responsible local youth welfare organization.
The scope of care varies from state to state.
Daycare facilities for children serve to raise, educate and care for children. In principle, every child has a legal entitlement to a place in a kindergarten when they reach the age of one. Under certain circumstances, the legal entitlement may exist before this.
The planning and guarantee responsibility lies with the local public youth welfare authorities.
Teaser
Do you want to register your child at a KiTa? There is a legal entitlement to so-called early childhood support when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood development are crèches, kindergartens, day nurseries and day care centers.
Daycare centers and kindergartens are used for the upbringing, education and care of children.
Process flow
Parents should contact the responsible office in good time to find out whether there are any childcare places available.
Personal contact or a personal meeting between you and the KiTa makes sense and is usually possible. Many facilities offer an introduction to their facility before registration.
After registration, the available places are allocated according to the local rules.
Who should I contact?
Local youth welfare organizations
Requirements
A child who is 1 year old or older is entitled to early childhood support in a day care facility or in a day care center until their 3rd birthday.
If both parents are unable to look after their child themselves, children under the age of 1 may already be entitled to early childhood support. This is the case, for example, if both parents are working.
From the 3rd birthday until the child starts school, the child is entitled to support in a day care center.
A child is legally entitled to a place in kindergarten if
- it has reached the age of one, i.e. on its first birthday, or
- this service is necessary for his or her development into a self-determined, independent and socially competent personality, or
- the legal guardians
- are in gainful employment, take up gainful employment or are looking for work,
- are undergoing vocational training, school education or higher education, or
- are receiving benefits for integration into employment within the meaning of Book II.
What are the fees?
The amount of your costs will depend on your income, the size of your household and the amount of childcare you require.
Parental contributions are set by the respective providers (local authority, churches etc.) and therefore vary. Detailed information can be obtained from the responsible authority.
Legal basis
Weiterführende Informationen
The local public youth welfare organizations provide information about the places available and advise parents/guardians on choosing a place and on all matters relating to child day care. The legal entitlement to a childcare place also exists vis-à-vis them.
In addition, you can use the KiTa-Portal of the state of Schleswig-Holstein to search for a suitable daycare facility or childminder.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
