In the latest episode of the podcast “The situation in Karlsruhe” of the Free Voters | FOR Karlsruhe city council group in the Karlsruhe City Council, the topic is the daycare crisis in Karlsruhe and how it can be overcome. Guest Peer Gimsch, managing director of ProLiberis and Lenitas, talks to group executive Micha Schlittenhardt and city councilor Freidemann Kalmbach (FOR Karlsruhe) about the training of pedagogical specialists and the expansion of training activities to attract more specialists.
It also talks about the growth of daycare centers, which mainly affects the under-threes. In Karlsruhe, there is a great diversity of sponsors, which allows parents to choose a facility according to their ideological beliefs. From 2013, children have a legal right to daycare places from their first birthday and new daycare places have been created. But training capacity has not kept pace with demand, giving rise to a debate about an appropriate share of funding for parents and exemption from contributions. Are non-contributory daycare centers a solution and what can local politics and authorities do to counter the staff shortage?
Peer Grimsch offers tips on how employers can deal with staff shortages.
