2023-09-07 11:26:55
“I want us to move to a staffing ratio of one [professionnel] for five » children in nurseries, against one for six currently, announced Aurore Bergé, Minister of Solidarity and the Family on BFM-TV / RMC, Thursday September 7. nurseries “will have to adapt”she insisted, in particular by recruiting more staff, in a sector that is already experiencing a labor shortage.
The Minister for Solidarity and the Family acknowledged that these changes could not take place overnight. But, eventually, “if the establishments do not respect the supervision rate as requested, these establishments” will have to “to be closed”insisted Ms. Bergé, while the practices of certain private establishments are pinned in two books-investigations.
Number of children accommodated in excess of available places, rationed meal portions, timed treatments, etc. The price of the cradle (Seuil), to be published on Friday, sparked a controversy by describing a system “dehumanized” based on the race for yield and filling. Another book on the same subject, Babyzness (Robert Laffont), was released on Thursday.
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“200 million euros on the table to upgrade the [salaires des] personal »
The publication of these two books comes five months after the publication of a report by the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) on the prevention of abuse in crèches, which highlighted that “the first mistreatment was the shortage of professionals”said Ms. Bergé.
On this point, the government, she recalled, “will put 200 million euros on the table to revalue the [salaires des] personal, but I will not give one euro of this money to private groups if (…) there are no clear commitments on the quality of reception”.
Furthermore, the executive “will change the law from September so that we can send all the necessary inspections directly to the headquarters” private groups managing many crèches, promised the minister, calling for the establishment of a “culture of control”.
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