Mijn Kinderopvang

Strengths

• The premises are safe, accessible, and appropriately furnished with sufficient indoor and outdoor play space.
• An adult with a valid first aid certificate is always present.
• The provider informs parents well about policies, inspection reports, and complaint procedures.
• A domestic violence reporting code is in place and staff are sufficiently aware of it.
• All staff members are correctly registered in the Childcare Personnel Register (Personenregister Kinderopvang).

Shortcomings

• The pedagogical policy must be adapted to reflect the actual practice at this location.
• Staff scheduling must be documented in writing with exact working hours and maximum deployment per day.
• The three-hour rule (drie-uursregeling) must be reviewed and correctly applied.
• Attendance lists must contain exact arrival and departure times of children.
• The distribution of coaching hours across locations must be documented in writing.

Violations

• Pedagogical practice provided insufficient emotional safety due to staff shortage.
• The qualified staff-to-child ratio (beroepskracht-kindratio) was exceeded during the inspection visit.
• One qualified staff member (beroepskracht) does not meet the language proficiency requirement (taaleis IKK).
• The pedagogical policy contained incorrect information about the three-hour rule (drie-uursregeling) and staff deployment.
• The maximum size of the core group (stamgroep) did not correspond with the number of registered children.
• The safety policy lacked a description of the back-up person (achterwacht) during the three-hour rule (drie-uursregeling).
• No evacuation drill (ontruimingsoefening) was carried out as prescribed in the policy.
• The safety policy was not tailored to this location.

Summary

Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Mijn Kinderopvang at Brahmstraat 1 in Almere provides care for a maximum of 14 children aged 0-4 years. During the unannounced annual inspection visit on 11 September 2025, it was found that the location does not meet the legal requirements. The main shortcomings are: insufficient pedagogical practice due to staff shortage, incorrect application of the three-hour rule (drie-uursregeling), missing language proficiency certificate for one qualified staff member (beroepskracht), incomplete staff scheduling, and policy documents that do not reflect actual practice. The inspection found that during the visit, a qualified staff member (beroepskracht) left for an intake interview, leaving the remaining employee unable to cope and resulting in babies receiving insufficient emotional safety. Exact arrival and departure times of children were also missing, making it impossible to verify compliance with the qualified staff-to-child ratio (beroepskracht-kindratio). The safety and health policy contained incomplete descriptions regarding the back-up person (achterwacht) and evacuation drills. The municipality is advised to take enforcement action.