Family Child Care Training

 

 

 

By: Rebekah Zinger

 If only starting a home daycare was as easy as it was back when I was a kid! My mother babysat children all through my childhood. Although she was a wonderful caregiver, she did not have the pressure or competition that caregivers have on them nowadays.

Back then, all you needed was a friendly disposition and a welcoming home and you were able to accommodate an abundance of families looking for child care.

In these times, Parents are setting high standards for their children’s child care experiences, and they have every right to!

Too many informal caregivers have ruined it for the lot of us and have provoked child care advocated to install fear and extreme precaution into parents looking for child care. Parents are directed to licensed child care and discouraged from looking for a home daycare setting. This is one reason that makes starting a home daycare as difficult as ever.   

Just like most of you reading this, I have always loved working with children and I have always been able to bond with children, so when I opened my home daycare my initial thought was…

‘Wow! Could there be any job more ideal then staying at home with my baby, offering her a chance for social time, and making money off it?”

This was a naive observation on my part.

The fact is after operating a successful daycare for over 1 year, because I did not have the know-how of home daycares. I had to learn from experience and unfortunately I feel as if I have lost more then I have gained!

Don’t let this statement discourage you from starting a home daycare. Child care is a rewarding and exceptional career to get into especially when you have children and do not want to leave them at a young age to return to the workforce!

 There are many decisions to make when starting a home daycare. There are issues you will need to address that you would not even consider. You may also find yourself in uncomfortable circumstances that you need to be prepared for!

Childcare Connections is offering a training program through

“The Canadian Child Care Federation”

The Child Care Training Program offers three levels:

 

Level One is an introductory level and is primarily intended for those who have little, or no, previous training related to family child care. It is also intended for trained and experienced caregivers who would like the opportunity to review and reinforce their knowledge and to share their experiences with others.

Level Two is an intermediate level and is primarily intended for those who have participated in an introductory level training program (eg. Level One of the Family Child Care Training Program) and/or have had experiences as caregivers and participated in some training and professional development opportunities.

 Level Three is an advanced level and is primarily intended for those who have participated in an introductory and intermediate level of the training program (eg. Level One – Introductory Level and Level Two – Intermediate Level of the Family Child Care Training Program) and have had experiences as caregivers and participated in some training and professional development opportunities. Level 3 contains units with information that will give the family child care provider a more global perspective of child care in general.

 Contact Childcare Connections for more information about our upcoming training sessions.
               

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