Private family day care

In family daycare, emphasis is placed on play, outdoor activities, and movement both within the family daycare home and in the surrounding area. The activities in family daycare are based on the municipality's early childhood education plan.

In Turku, there are privately supervised family daycare providers available through the municipality. To apply for group family daycare homes and family daycare supported by private care, you need to contact the daycare directly.

Employing a caregiver in your own home

Private daycare can also be provided by an individual whom the family hires as a caregiver in their home. The caregiver could be, for example, a grandparent, but not a member of the same household. Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) may provide compensation to the family for hiring a caregiver. The caregiver must be approved by the municipality.

Early childhood education can be provided to a child who is not yet of compulsory school age.

Even a child of compulsory school age can receive daycare if special circumstances require it and it cannot be arranged otherwise.

To qualify for private care support, the child under school age must not have a municipal daycare placement. In addition to private care support, families in Turku receive a municipal supplement.

Applying for a private family daycare:

• Contact a private family daycare provider.
• Apply for private care support by filling out the form Lasten yksityisen hoidon tuesta (WH2) on Kela's website.
• The private family daycare provider can assist with filling out the form if needed.

Employing a caregiver in your own home:

• Once you have found a suitable caregiver, fill out the form Lasten yksityisen hoidon tuesta (WH2) on Kela's website.
• Request a signature on the form from the early childhood education service guidance at the joint service point at Kauppatorin Monitori.

The parents may apply for a place in private family day care for their child. Private family day carers are entrepreneurs who organise early childhood education, usually in their own homes. The group may include four children needing full-time care and one needing part-time care who is in pre-primary education or school age. The carer’s own under school-age children are included in this number. Private family day carers are supervised by authorities.