Daycares

The sustainability of the child care sector is heavily reliant on the sustainability of daycares, the backbone of the childcare infrastructure. This can be realized by ensuring that daycares are directly supported by the government; by having sound business, financial, and human resource practices and systems; capacity building, and through expanding social protection for workers in the sector, both caregivers and managers.

 

The expansion of the maternity fund through Article 42 of the Social Security Corporation (SSC) law to extend to offering direct support to daycares operational costs in 2019 and in the implementation of the “Care Program” which subsidizes daycare fees for working mothers, was a main accomplishment for SADAQA and an important step on the path to sustainability and stability of the daycare sector.

The daycare managers training is designed in a holistic approach based on enhancing skills and knowledge for all actors in the childcare sector and not just the caregivers. SADAQA’s daycare managers training targets both managers and owners with the aim of enhancing daycare managers’ knowledge in daycare management and in implementing the latest methods in childcare. The managers and/or owners of daycares who attend these training are selected based on their interest in enhancing their daycare services, and those whose caregivers have previously undergone training by SADAQA. Daycare managers whose daycares received technical assistance from SADAQA are also given the opportunity to attend the training as part of the technical support program.

 

The curriculum for daycare managers and owners training covers the main aspects covered by the caregivers training in relation to child development and class management, legal rights and first aid, with an additional component dedicated to daycare administration and management tools and methods.

All of SADAQA’s training programs are conducted free of charge and with support from donors including the ILO, KTK, OSF, the French Embassy in Jordan and in partnership with Book n’ Brush Daycare.