Childcare suddenly stopped due to staff shortage | Inland

Parents are told that childcare for their child will end shortly. This will happen more often in the near future, says the Childcare Branch Organization (BK). “The staff shortage is very great and there are no easy solutions.”

For example, Partou, the largest childcare organization in the Netherlands, has put children on hold from an after-school care facility in Utrecht. As of February 1, two groups will be abolished. The organization cites the staff shortage as the cause. “The demand for qualified pedagogical staff is much greater than the supply,” parents are told. “Partly due to corona, absenteeism is higher than usual.

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