Information for service providers

General requirements

The municipality of Tervola grants early childhood education service vouchers to its residents. The regulations guide the municipality, the service provider, and the customer on the use of service vouchers. Service vouchers are granted within the framework of the municipal budget allocation confirmed annually by the municipality of Tervola.

Early childhood education organized by the service provider must meet the level required of the municipality’s corresponding operations. The municipality of Tervola supervises service voucher company activities through official inspections.

The service provider prepares the early childhood education plan for its unit. The document defines the qualitative and operational criteria and focus areas of the activities. The Education Committee of the Municipality of Tervola approves the early childhood education plan.

The service provider is responsible for the following matters:

• Supervision of early childhood education quality
• Workplace safety
• Customer safety
• Compliance with regulations related to the handling of documents
• Ensuring staff qualification requirements and numbers
• Up-to-date criminal records of personnel
• Providing a copy of the service agreement to the early childhood education of the Municipality of Tervola
• Up-to-date service provider website with contact information and pricing details of the services offered
• Ensuring marketing that is professional, reliable, and in good taste

Notification of private service voucher operations

A private individual or organization that provides early childhood education services for a fee is required to make a written notification (read more at www.avi.fi) to the director of early childhood education. The rules for the early childhood education service voucher specify the necessary documents.

The authorities of the municipality of Tervola inspect and approve that the early childhood education facility meets the established health and quality requirements.

Applying to become a service voucher provider

The service voucher provider fills out an application form for each of their units. The rules for the early childhood education service voucher define the requirements for becoming a service provider.

Self-monitoring plan

The self-monitoring plan is regulated by the Act on Private Social Services. Self-monitoring is part of the quality management implemented in the service unit or activity. It is a public document that must be available for customers to see. The contents of the self-monitoring plan are in the rulebook.

Billing

The service provider invoices the family with an early childhood education invoice, and the municipality of Tervola invoices according to the value of the service voucher in accordance with the rulebook.