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Gastouderbureau NL connects parents in Noord-Brabant with qualified childminders (gastouders) in their own neighbourhood. Through the free platform Gastouder Nederland you can search for childminders yourself, view their profiles and contact them directly. The agency offers personal guidance in finding the right match, helps with administration and childcare benefit (kinderopvangtoeslag), and ensures continuity in case of illness or holiday of your childminder (gastouder). With regular quality checks and pedagogical support, the agency guarantees safe, trusted care where your child feels at home.

Gastouderbureau NL serves the entire province of Noord-Brabant. Consultant Valerie van Noord, based in Woensdrecht, is the point of contact for parents and childminders (gastouders) in the region. Through the Gastouder Nederland platform, parents throughout Noord-Brabant can search for childminders in their immediate area.

Gastouderbureau NL complies with all legal requirements and is registered in the National Childcare Register (LRK: 257662601). The agency has an up-to-date safety and health policy, works with the Reporting Code on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, and has a confidential advisor. Risk inventories are carried out annually and childminders (gastouders) are visited at least twice a year. There is a parent committee and a complaints procedure that meets legal requirements, with escalation possibility to the Childcare Disputes Committee.

ViaViela mediates between parents and professional childminders (gastouders) in a homely, small-scale setting. The agency helps parents find a suitable childminder who matches their wishes and needs, with personal guidance from a fixed contact person in the region. Parents receive support with all administrative matters, can rely on quality monitoring through regular visits to the care location, and have access to a user-friendly online portal for their care administration.

ViaViela has 40 locations spread throughout the Netherlands, with a network of 225 contact persons across the country. The agency mediates childminders in all regions of the Netherlands and has personal contact persons in every region. Parents can always rely on a fixed contact person near them who knows the local area and the childminder network well.

ViaViela and all mediated childminders are registered in the National Childcare Register (LRK). The agency is inspected annually by the Municipal Health Service (GGD), and childminders receive a GGD inspection at their care location every two years. ViaViela visits childminders at least twice a year to check whether the location meets all safety and hygiene requirements. The agency has an internal complaints procedure in accordance with the Childcare Act and offers parents the possibility to formally submit complaints through an established procedure.