Kids voor Kinderen' Day-care Centre…
Private places
Educational Policy
General Conditions
PRICE LIST ( as of 1st Januari 2005 )
 'Kids
voor Kinderen' Day-care Centre…
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Is a young and dynamic company which offers day-care
to the general public and companies. Children from 0-4 years inclusive
can be accommodated in our day-care centre.
You may bring your kids along to us on fixed days. 'Kids voor Kinderen'
is open 50 weeks of the year.
Our day-care centre is marvellously situated on the
outskirts of Hilversum town centre. There is ample space for your
children to play safely both inside and out. The day-care centre exudes
a pleasant and child friendly atmosphere. We have well-equipped, sanitary
and hygienic facilities, kitchens and day-care rooms at our disposal.
Your children are the focus of our attention !!
It goes without saying that this basic principle is a recurring focal
point for us as regards the daily care of your children. This principle
is expressed in the Educational Policy Plan of 'Kids voor Kinderen'.
Our educational vision, in which self-development, independence and
plenty of playtime for the children is pivotal, is described in this
Educational Policy Plan step by step. A copy of this Educational Policy
Plan is, of course, available for your perusal at our day-care centre.
You are also taken into consideration at 'Kids voor
Kinderen' day-care centre. We offer you the possibility to utilise
our errand and/or dry-cleaning service, to have your child's hair
cut by our children's hairdresser or to reserve a warm meal for your
child. Should you wish to make use of these additional facilities
you can enquire about them at our centre.
Day-care
We look after children from zero to four years at our day-care centre.
The day-care centre has 4 parallel groups. Two baby groups (0-2 years)
and two toddlers groups (2-4 years). The size of the group corresponds
to the age of your child and there are at least two accredited leaders
present. The day-care centre is open every working day from 07.30
until 18.00.
A child place is reserved for a day-care stay subject
to our General Conditions. These can be found later in the site.
'Kids voor Kinderen' differentiates between the children's' places
mentioned below:
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Private
places
For a private child place, you reserve a child place yourself.
The costs of this are entirely at your own expense. If you employer does
not reserve any corporate places at 'Kids voor Kinderen', however, does
have a company arrangement for child day-care, then you are likely to
be elligible for a private corporate place. Depending upon your company's
arrangements you may have to pay back part of these costs to your employer.
You can enrol your child by filling in the registration
form and sending it back to us, later in this information folder. We do
not charge a registration fee; however, do charge a one-off administration
fee of €50 for a successful placement.
Registration is official once the registration form is in our possession.
Depending on the waitlist your child shall receive a place.
In order to provide you with a clear overview of the prices
for day-care and other services please refer to the price list which can
be found later in this site. Should you have specific queries you can
contact the 'Kids voor Kinderen' day-care centre. For telephone numbers
and addresses please see the site.
The 'Kids voor Kinderen' team shall always attempt to
grant your wishes. However, your children remain our number one priority.
We want what is best for them just as you do. For this reason we guarantee
a high quality day-care centre, so that you can feel at ease when you
bring your children here.
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Educational
Policy
We strive to educate your children well , amongst other
things, we strive to encourage children to become independent persons
at the same time as encouraging these persons to integrate into social/
community life.
Young persons must be prepared for social life in order
that they can find contentment in reciprocal relationships with others.
Our day-care centre, being a part-time educator, contributes
to the upbringing of your child (ren).
They are made aware of the need for self-respect, for respecting others
and their surroundings. Upbringing is not a separate subject but one which
appears in all sorts of aspects of learning and situations.
In order to give parents/ guardians, leaders and others
who are directly related, insight into the working procedure of our organisation,
we have developped the Educational Policy Plan. It serves as a solid guideline
in order to ascertain whether our day-care centre aspires to what it has
agreed.
The Educational Policy Plan also serves to examine the
continuation and safeguarding of the quality within our day-care centre.
The term 'parents' is used in the Educational Policy Plan.
To this end, you can also read 'guardians/ legal representatives'. Where
the masculine form is stated this also refers to the feminine form.
A number of protocols have been added to the Educational
Policy Plan. It contains guidelines with respect to actions and/ or situations,
for which our day-care centre deems it necessary to describe explicitly.
The protocols are available for your perusal at the day-care centre.
'Kids voor Kinderen' , the day-care centre…
Within our day-care centre we operate a clear organisational structure.
The daily running rests with the location manager of the day-care centre.
The location manager supports the group leaders and also performs groupleader
tasks whenever necessary. The location manager comes under the direct
management of the manager of the 'Kids voor Kinderen' day-care centre.
All officials possess the diplomas necessary to carrry
out their positions. Conversations are held periodically in order to evaluate
the quality of the personnel. This takes place at management level.
There is also a clear structure to be found in the classfication
of the groups. It has consciously been selected for a parallel classification
of the groups; a baby and a toddler group. The exception is the baby/
toddler group. This is primarily to do with the efficient accommodating
of the children present.
The aforementioned classification guarantees an optimal development of
a child together with children of the same age with a relatively similiar
level of development. It provides the child in group situations with physical
and mental protection against the 'dominance' of other children who are
potentially more advanced in their development.
And then the welcome…
When a child obtains a place, an intake consultation takes place with
the parents. This meeting serves as a mutual initial introduction. The
child comes along with one parent in order to settle in. We operate an
adjustment scheme.
Transferal to another group will be determined on the basis of the time
of placement at the day-care centre. This means that your child automatically
transfers from the baby/tiny tot to the toddler group. In the event of
a possible lag in development transfer to a successive group can be postponed.
This will always occur in consultation with the parents, leaders, management
and remedial educationalist.
Basic principles with respect to our educational policy…
In order to shape the educational policy plan within our day-care centre,
we operate three educational principles. These basic principles serve
as the guidelines for the education and supervision of children in our
day-care centre. They are based on experience, morms and values attributable
to our society. The children's interest is hereby focal.
The educational principles are described below.
1. We strive to provide safety and security in our day-care
centre.
2. We want to stimulate children in their development.
3. We want to stimulate the self-confidence and independence of children
insofar as possible.
For our day-care centre, these principles are the guidelines
for our educational policy. Our day-care centre is in its early stages
of development and will further develop. Furthermore, our educational
policy will change with this development. It is our intention that our
educational policy plan as presented to you, will be kept up to date and
will fulfill the current quality requirements. We use the "Handleiding
Kwaliteitsstelsel Kinderopvang" published by HKZ. Currently, we are
busy trying to implement this quality system.
It is our intention to further develop this educational
policy plan from the shop floor by the immediate carers of the children
and to substantiate the educational principles with examples from the
daily practice, for the educational principals.
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General
Conditions
1. Child places.
The place as well as the care and supervision that is a requisite for
a child of 0-4 years who is looked after on fixed days/ half-days in the
day-care or child care centre.
2. Fulltime corporate places.
Parents obtain a place in the day-care centre via their employer. The
employer leases full time child places at the day-care centre. A fulltime
corporate place comprises 2625 hours on a yearly basis, during the opening
times of the day-care centre. Planning is scheduled via the employer,
in accordance with the general conditions.
3. Private company places.
A child place to which parents / guardians register and the costs are
(partially) reimbursed by the employer.
4. General public places.
A child place for parents / guardians which do not qualify for a (private)
corporate place. The costs are entirely at the parents / guardians expense.
5. Half-days.
A half-day is part of a working day. A working day comprises 2 half-days,
i.e., from 08.00 to 13.00 and from 13.00 to 18.00. A working week comprises
10 half-days. You have the possibility to reserve an extra hour, namely;
07.30 to 08.00.
6. Working days.
A working day consists of every day of the week which does not fall on
a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
7. Administration costs..
For a successful placement a non-recurring fee of € 50 is charged.
For fulltime corporate places no administration costs are charged.
8. Care.
Registration at the day-care centre may only occur when a minimum of 4
half-days per week are committed to. For exceptions to this see article
12 of the General Conditions.
9. Public officials.
Qualified public officials are at hand per group for the supervision of
the children. The number of public officials per group is in accordance
with the 1998 Hilversum Day-Care Town Ordinance.
10. Payment.
This should be paid in advance every month. Payment occurs by means of
an authorisation or invoice.
Fulltime corporate places will be invoiced in advance quarterly. Payments
should be made within 10 days of the the invoice date. Appropriate measures
will be taken in the event of non-payment.
11. Contract.
When both parties are in agreement, the number of half-days and the price
are fixed in a contract. The contract is signed for an indefinite period.
The contract is entered into as of the 1st or the 16th day of the month.
The notice period for both parties is 2 months as of the 1st or the 16th
day of the month.
Upon signing of the contract this agreement must be fulfilled. In the
event of cancellation before the child is placed we must charge the reservations
costs. These costs are calculated pro rata for the work already conducted.
12. Hours.
Private (corporate) places
A minimum of 2 days of 10 hours a week must be reserved. Reserving of
half-days is solely feasible whenever the planning allows for this.
Fulltime corporate places
The fulltime-corporate places can be divided between several employees
provided that a minimum of two half-days of 5 hours per week are used
consecutively. (one day)
13. Supplementary hours.
Supplementary hours outside of the contract are charged in accordance
with the applicable hourly rate.
14. Parents' consultation.
Once a year a parent's meeting takes place between the parents/guardians
and the management of the day-care centre. Various subjects are discussed
with respect to your child and his/her stay in the day-care centre. Extra
parents' meetings can be arranged if required.
15. Responsibility.
Each child should have their own Legal Liability and Health Insurance
for the duration of the time that they stay at the day-care centre. As
soon as the child leaves the day-care centre with his/her parents/guardians
the day-care centre is no longer responsible for potential accidents and/or
damage.
16. Insurance.
The day-care centre has taken out an appropriate Liability and Health
Insurance for the public officials and carers who work in the day-care
centre.
17. Illness.
In principle, sick children are not admitted to the child day-care centre.
This is for the sake of the child. Sick days are not recoverable. (in
accordance with the absence regulation article 18 of these general conditions).
Illness implies that the child has a fever of more than 38 degrees, serious
diarrhoea or an infectious disease. Furthermore, we cannot admit children
who have not been vaccinated according to the national vaccination protocol
for children. Should your child become ill during his stay at the day-care
centre, then it depends upon the seriousness of the nature of the illness
whether your child should be collected. In the event of illness/accident
we call in our GP or go to hospital.
Parents/guardians are informed of this urgently. The day-care centre is
not liable for costs incurred due to the above.
18. Absence.
In the event of absence, for whatever reason, on the days agreed in the
contract, no reimbursement of the hours already paid shall be given. In
consultation and with the agreement of the management of the child day-care
centre days can be swapped provided that planning allows for this. Extra
costs will be incurred for this. In the event of your child being absent
(for instance, due to holiday, days off etc.) the same rules apply.
19. Vacation.
In principle the child day-care centre is closed on:
· Public holidays
· 10 days in the summer per calendar year. To be announced by the
management three months before the summer closure.
! Should there be sufficient interest the child day-care centre shall
remain open the whole year through.
20. Involvement.
Parents/carers have a say in the day-care centre policy. This, too, is
to guarantee and optimise care. The day-care centre regularly organises
a parents' evening for all concerned. Direct feedback is available at
all times from the management of the day-care centre.
21. Other Services.
The child day-care centre offers parents/guardians the possibility to
make use of various extra services besides childcare. This includes: A
´Kids voor Kinderen´ privilege pass (see www.kidsvoorkinderen.nl),
the possibility to reserve the children's hairdresser, educational support
from one of our own remedial educationalists and a warm meal for the children.
An extra charge shall be incurred for these services and added to the
original fee. For information regarding this please see our price list.
22. Dropping off and Collecting.
In order to preserve the peace and playful atmosphere of the child day-care
centre insofar as possible, we aim for the following dropping off and
collecting times:
· mornings: dropping off between 07.00 - 09.00
collecting 11.30 - 13.00
· afternoons:dropping off between 13.00 - 14.00
collecting 16.30 - 18.00
Other dropping off and collecting times can be arranged
with the child day-care centre if this does not disturb the peace and
playful atmosphere of the day-care centre.
When you pick up your child(ren) after closing time you shall be charged
for this.
Children may only be collected by the parents themselves.
Parents may give their written consent for a third party to pick up the
child. This must occur by means of a consent form which is obtainable
at the child day-care centre. This can also be arranged beforehand. If
a consent form has not been provided then you must collect your child
in person!
23. Complaints.
Complaints regarding the services which the child day-care centre offers
can be lodged in various ways. You can direct yourself to the person directly
concerned or lodge your complaint to the management of the day-care centre.
iYou can read additional information regarding this in the complaint rule
and regulations, lodged and for your perusal in our child day-care centre
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PRICE
LIST ( as of 1st August 2003 )
All prices stated include:
· sandwiches, drinks and fruit
· group size in accordance with the standards laid down in the
1998 Hilversum Day-Care Town Ordinance
· a minimum of two adeptly trained leaders per group
· incontinenence material
Administration costs:
non-recurrent fee per child : € 137,75
The rates for private (corporate) day-care amount to:
Hourly rate : € 5,62
The rates for other services amount to:
The children's hairdresser drops by 'Kids voor Kinderen' subject to appointment.
Our General Conditions apply to our rates and services.
We reserve the right to amend our pricing. ´Kids voor Kinderen´
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