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Child Care Centres in Geneva

The  Bureau d'Information Petite Enfance (BIPE) (Early Childhood Information Office) in the city of Geneva welcomes parents, directs them to the different methods of care and registers enrolment applications for all of the centres supported by the City of Geneva.

In Switzerland, child care is available at crèches, after-school clubs and nursery schools. The pre-school reception of children from 0 to 4 years is generally placed under the responsibility of the communes.

 

 

This offer is completed by the availability of day-care mums or dads and various private centres

 

On the State of Geneva website you will find a wide range of information for:

  • A list of the crèches in the Nyon region is available at www.nyon.ch

Crèches - 2 months to 4 years & Nursery schools - 3 to 6 years

The main function of the crèches and nursery schools is to welcome children whose parents are working. They practice continuous working hours with midday meals on the premises, form 7 am to 6.30 pm, Monday to Friday.

  • Entry age: from the end of maternity leave until around the age of four, which is the entry age of public school.
  • Registration: on the premises, with the Head of the crèche. In most crèches, it is essential to enrol well in advance (if possible already at the stage of pregnancy). In the absence of a place, the child will be put on a waiting list. Please note that the majority of crèches give priority to families living and/or working in their commune.
  • Rates:

In Geneva, the occupancy rates are calculated according to the incomes of the parents.

Crèche rate - Nursery school rate - Rate simulation -

In the Canton of Vaud, the rates are set according to the rate of child support.

 

Care centres by the United Nations area:

Family crèches

"Family crèches" organise and supervise the care of the child at the home of a  family crèche worker authorised by the Departement of Youth Protection. Every week, the workers and the children spend at least half a day at the crèche. The workers are hired, supervised and paid by the crèche. The City has two family crèches,  La Flottille (Eaux-Vives area) and La Pastourelle (Saint-Jean area). source: www.ville-ge.ch

Foster families - Day care mums - 2 months to 12 years

Geneva offers an alternative to crèches by providing day-care mums or dads, authorised by the  Service de la Jeunesse (Department of Youth) and known by the name of "familles d'accueil" (host families)

 

Mary Poppins - Pro juventute - Genève

This new style of child-minding takes place at the parents’ home, and has been designed to meet their needs as closely as possible. The hours currently covered are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The role of Mary Poppins child-minding is to take over from the parents during their absence. The child-minder looks after the child and their living space and carries out the tasks directly connected with them, such as cleaning and tidying their room, preparing their meals, etc.

More info...www.proju.ch

 

Looking after sick children

Le Chaperon Rouge ( Little Red Riding Hood) from the Geneva Red Cross can help out with difficulties at home, 7 days a week, whenever there’s a problem minding children, especially in the following situations:

  • accompanying and caring for a sick child whose parents are working;
  • emergency replacement for a child-minding system that is temporarily
  • sharing the burden with parents for hospitalized children in paediatrics,etc...

More info....(source: www.croix-rouge-ge.ch)

Baby-sitting

Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood) - Geneva Red Cross

When you want to go out for an evening or at the week-end, Little Red Riding Hood invites you to use its baby-sitting network, offering you a list of baby-sitters aged over 16, trained and selected by the GRC.

To obtain the list (free for members), call: tel. +41 22 304 04 82

 

Priorité Enfants  is a well-established Geneva-based introduction agency specializing in the recruitment of maternity nurses, nannies, mothers’ help, and babysitters.

They aim to provide a personal and professional service tailored to the specific needs of individual families.

 Recruitment

  • Nannies – full or part-time
  • Temporary childcare (maternity nurses, replacements, holidays etc.)
  • Baby-sitters (on call)

 

...and for further information on the website of "la Commission cantonale de la famille," Département de l'action et de la santé.