childminders will be able to look after up to six children

To anticipate the potential sick leaves of childminders given the rapid rise in contamination by SARS-CoV-2, the government has decided to increase the maximum number of children that each professional can accommodate, Saturday 1^is January, with the hope of making it easier for some parents to find alternatives.

Childminders working at their home or in the home of childminders will be able, from Monday, “Accommodate up to six children simultaneously” and eight, including children under 11 in their household, according to a decree published in Official newspaper, Saturday.

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the code of social action and families provides, in normal times, that a childminder can accommodate a maximum of four children whose custody has been entrusted to her and six including the children of her family. In case of emergency and in particular to compensate for the lack of“A colleague temporarily unavailable”, the regulations establish that this maximum be increased by one child, depending on the initial approval: if a professional takes in fewer than four children, the total of children looked after cannot exceed this ceiling.

Information of parents compulsory

“Subject to compliance with sufficient security conditions”, the maternal assistant who works at her home or in a home of childminders ” is authorized[e] to accommodate up to six children simultaneously “, according to this decree. From Monday, when the childminder will work at home, “The number of minors of all ages placed under [sa] exclusive responsibility “ and “Present simultaneously at his home” therefore cannot be greater than “Eight, including a maximum of four children under 3 years old”, specifies the government.

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In the homes of childminders, the number of children “Simultaneously welcomed” would not “Exceed twenty”. The childminders who will welcome “Simultaneously a number of children greater than the number specified by [leur] approval “ will have to inform “Parents or legal representatives of children who [leur] are usually entrusted “ as well as the president of the departmental council. In addition, the decree specifies that in collective crèches, day nurseries and kindergartens “A professional can accommodate up to three children alone”.

The World with AFP