Applying for permission to operate a daycare center
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
If you would like to run a daycare center, you must obtain a permit from the responsible state youth welfare office.
In the districts, you must obtain permission from the local youth welfare office.
Facilities in which children are looked after all day or for part of the day require a permit from the relevant state youth welfare office in order to operate. The license must be applied for by the provider of the facility.
If you would like to operate a daycare center as an independent provider, you must meet certain requirements in order to be granted the relevant permit.
You cannot operate a daycare center without an operating permit. If you do not submit the application on time, you will not be able to open your daycare facility until a later date.
In the administrative districts, permission to operate is granted and operations are supervised by the district administrators.
Teaser
If you would like to run a daycare center, you must obtain a permit from the responsible state youth welfare office.
In the districts, you must obtain permission from the local youth welfare office.
Who should I contact?
- To the State Youth Welfare Office in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Senior Citizens, Integration and Equality of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (MSJFSIG) for an operating license in the independent cities of Flensburg, Kiel, Lübeck and Neumünster,
- To the respective district youth welfare office (district administrator as the lower state authority) for an operating license in the districts.
Requirements
- As the responsible body, you have the necessary reliability to operate the facility.
- They ensure that the welfare of the children in the facility is guaranteed and ensure minimum standards in the following areas:
- spatial
- professional
- economic
- personnel
- They support the social and linguistic integration of the children and a healthy living environment in the facility.
- You support preventive health care and medical care for the children.
- They have developed a concept for protection against violence.
- They offer suitable procedures for self-representation and participation as well as the opportunity to complain about personal matters.
- You have a concept for quality development and assurance as well as for proper bookkeeping and record keeping.
- You can prove the suitability of your staff with training certificates and certificates of good conduct.
What are the fees?
There are no costs.
Legal basis
Appeal
- Contradiction
What else should I know?
The staffing hours you have specified in the application must represent the minimum staffing level. This means that the specified minimum staffing level must never be exceeded during the opening hours of the facility.
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Author
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