Regarding the implementation of the project to secure childcare workers (loans to childcare workers)

Business overview

To secure childcare workers in the region, and to prevent childcare workers from leaving their jobs and support the reemployment of potential childcare workers (those who have the qualifications but are not working as childcare workers), the Fukuoka City Social Welfare Council, a social welfare corporation, has been offering the following two loans since August 2016 as part of the "Childcare Worker Talent Securing Project."

【Note:

• Those who started working between April 1, 2016 and October 10, 2016 (noteRequirement 1) is "30 hours or more per week".
• The application period is one year from the start date of employment.

Partial childcare fee loans for childcare workers with preschool children

As a nursery teacher in Fukuoka CityNursery schools, etc. (Note 2)We will provide a loan to cover part of the childcare fees for those who are newly employed or returning to work after maternity or childcare leave.

Eligible borrowers

A person who meets either (a) or (b) above and is a childcare workerXNUMX hours a week(Note XNUMX)Those who work for more than

• (a) A childcare worker with a preschool child who is newly employed at a childcare center, etc.
• (a) A person employed at a nursery school, etc. who returns to work after maternity leave or childcare leave.

Loan period

One year from the date of starting work

Loan amount

Half the childcare fee for preschool children, up to a maximum of 27,000 yen per month

Other Information

If you work at a nursery school for two years, you will be exempt from paying back the money.
The loan is interest-free
One guarantor is required

Providing job preparation funds to potential childcare workers

As a new childcare workerNursery schools, etc. (Note 2)We provide loans to those who work in the area to cover the funds necessary for employment (such as relocation expenses and rental property deposits).

Eligible borrowers

• Those who meet all of the criteria (a) to (c) and are eligible to work as a childcare workerXNUMX hours a weekThose who work for more than
• (a) Those who have been registered as childcare workers for one year or more; orThose who have been registered as a childcare worker for less than one year, but have been registered as a childcare worker for more than one year since graduating from a training facility or passing the childcare worker examination.
• (a) Those who have left the following facilities or businesses for more than one year or those who have no work experience:
  • Licensed Nursery School
  • Kindergarten cooperation type certified nursery school
  • Family childcare business
  • Small childcare business
  • In-office childcare business
  • Kindergarten
• (c) Those newly employed at a nursery school, etc.

Loan period

Limited to one time per lender

Loan amount

Within 200,000 yen

*If the effective job opening ratio for childcare workers in Fukuoka Prefecture, according to the Employment Security Services Statistics (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) for January of the fiscal year preceding the year in which the loan application is submitted, exceeds the national average, or if the area is designated as a disaster-stricken area, an additional 200,000 yen will be added, bringing the total amount to a maximum of 400,000 yen.

Other Information

1. If you work at a nursery school for two years, you will be exempt from paying back the money.
2. The loan is interest-free
3. One guarantor is required

note2. "Childcare facilities, etc." refers to the following facilities and businesses listed in items 1 to 13 below.

1. Licensed Nursery School
2. Certified childcare center (kindergarten-nursery school type, kindergarten type)
3. Kindergartens that offer daycare services
4. Kindergartens that are planning to transition to certified childcare facilities
5. Family childcare business
6. Small childcare business
7. Home visiting childcare business
8. In-office childcare business
9. Facilities offering sick child care services
10. Facilities offering temporary childcare services
11. Facilities providing special childcare services in remote islands and other areas
12. Among unlicensed childcare facilities, facilities that provide childcare under the city's independent childcare policy
13. Company-led childcare business

Contact information (application/loan office)

Loan applications will be accepted and funds will be disbursed by the Fukuoka City Social Welfare Council, a social welfare corporation.

For procedures etc., please contact the following:
　

Social Welfare Corporation Fukuoka City Social Welfare Council Lifestyle Welfare Division
Fukuoka City Citizens Welfare Plaza 3th floor, 3-39-XNUMX Arato, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City
TEL:092-751-1121　FAX: 092-751-1509