Be Kind Gastouderservice is based in Amsterdam and offers childminding services. We select our childminders with the utmost care. We prioritise quality above quantity. We believe in personal contact with parents and our childminders.
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We listen and take your wishes and preferences seriously. Thanks to our years of experience, we can find the perfect match. The care given to your child is monitored and evaluated.
Be Kind is financially healthy. We are an approved agency, and are inspected by the Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD) annually. Our childminders comply with the statutory requirements and our own additional screening protocol.
Your child’s welfare is the primary focus of our services. Our pedagogical policy, which is followed by our childminders, describes how your child’s care is safeguarded.
The cost structure of our childminding services: the monthly fee for your childminder(s) (the number of hours multiplied by the hourly rate), plus the monthly agency fee for Be Kind Gastouderservice. What do the agency fees cover? We ensure that Be Kind Gastouderservice and our childminders comply with the requirements of the Dutch Childcare Act. We mediate between the parent(s) and the childminder(s) during the entire care period. We arrange the invoicing and payments to the childminders. In other words, we are also accountable for providing responsible childcare and maintaining correct administrative records.
Tamara Ephraïm founded Be Kind Gastouderservice in 2011. Her wide experience in business services and hotel management, and her joy at being a mother, have been channelled into Be Kind.
Razia Ballantine has many years of experience as a childminder from her own home as well as at the parents' home. She also worked in the financial administration. This is a nice addition to the work of Be Kind.
Contact with various childminders reveals that they are extremely satisfied with the supervision and mediation provided by Be Kind. The childminders are visited several times a year by one of the mediators. This team is always available and shows a high level of personal commitment. Be Kind organises meetings and training for childminders several times a year; the childminder highly appreciate this effort. Source: GGD inspection report 2019
I have worked as a childminder at Be Kind since 2013. In my role as a childminder(s) and an entrepreneur, I feel a strong sense of support in all aspects of childminding. This includes training, personal contact, advice on pedagogical issues and business aspects. The quality offered by Be Kind matches the vision of my own company Littleguesthouse. Together we represent high quality and loving childcare.
All the childminders at Be Kind are incredibly involved and professional. Be Kind thinks with parents from their perspective and offers solutions. Contact is always smooth and positive! Be Kind really has the best interests of everyone at heart. Be Kind always listens to your concerns as a parent and takes you seriously. That’s so positive! As a member of the parents’ committee, I look behind the scenes and am asked to contribute to policy amendments, for example.
Lumièrestraat 90 | 1087 KH | Amsterdam
Tamara: 06 21 10 86 86