{"id":194,"date":"2013-12-16T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T10:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2013-12-16T10:08:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T10:08:03","slug":"things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-creche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-creche\/","title":{"rendered":"Things To Look For When Choosing A Cr\u00e8che"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hardest decisions for a working mum is who to trust with their care of their child. When deciding on a cr\u00e8che we recommend visiting a few to get a general feel of how a place operates. Watch out for how the adults interact with the children and whether the children seem happy to be at cr\u00e8che. Ask lots of questions during your visit and after if that is when they come to mind. At Crawford Childcare we recommend taking a list of things you would like to ask about. We have put together a list of 10 questions we consider crucial when choosing a childcare service. Take a look:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the motivation behind starting the childcare facility?<\/li>\n<li>Do you follow the National Standards and Themes of Siolta and Aistear in your service? \u2013 Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for examples.<\/li>\n<li>Do you have an open door policy?<\/li>\n<li>What is your behaviour management policy?<\/li>\n<li>Ask how many children can be in a particular room and about adult:child ratios.<\/li>\n<li>Is a keyworker system in operation?<\/li>\n<li>How are the individual needs of the children met in the service?<\/li>\n<li>What is your safe sleep policy?<\/li>\n<li>What meals are supplied by the cr\u00e8che?<\/li>\n<li>What are the qualification levels of the staff team?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After choosing a cr\u00e8che be sure that the child will only be allowed to be collected by persons nominated by you. Give contact numbers in case of emergencies. Don\u2019t always announce your visits to cr\u00e8che. Take your child\u2019s happiness about going to cr\u00e8che as an indicator to how they are being looked after. Talk to your child\u2019s key worker and make sure you get daily updates about your child\u2019s care. Working in partnership with a high quality childcare service will ensure that your child has the best possible start in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hardest decisions for a working mum is who to trust with their care of their child. When deciding on a cr\u00e8che we recommend visiting a few to get a general feel of how a place operates. Watch out for how the adults interact with the children and whether the children seem happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[172,25],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crawfordchildcare.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}