The influenza wave creates an acute emergency for staff. However, in order to continue afternoon care for children in the After-School Care Center, the space nurse was ordered to do so – much to the dismay of surprised parents.
She usually cleans the After-School school in the primary school in Großhöflein on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Now a space nurse jumped in and also took over the afternoon care of almost 50 children because two leisure teachers and one helper are sometimes difficult to develop flu. After three days of extremely unusual “special class” critical becomes healthy.
“No vocational training”
The order came from the municipal office. “For this task, the employee caregiver, who is also responsible for cleaning the office and the kindergarten, has no vocational training and no professional qualifications,” notes parents.
Provide food, wash dishes, care for children
In concrete terms, the cleaner should have taken care of two dozen children of the 1st and 2nd grades since Tuesday after classes, after which it was two dozen protégés of the 3rd and 4th. School level. “The space attendant not only had to manage the food issue, but also had to wash the dishes and take care of all the children. Not an easy task, even for experienced educators, ‘ripples from other schools.
“Everything was tried to avert the personnel dilemma,” says Großhöflein. After one of the two leisure teachers in charge suffered from severe flu since last week, her colleague caught it shortly afterwards. The head of the kindergarten and a helper stepped in for the two, but then the extra teacher also became ill.
No qualifications
Municipal councilor Werner Huf expresses serious concerns: “The case raises legal questions about the duty of supervision. Certain qualifications are necessary for caring for children in school settings. ‘The mayor was not available for an explanation; A ray of hope for parents: a leisure teacher has already survived the flu and can return to school to work today after her recovery.
Source: Krone
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