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The Ultimate Guide to Hiring Staff in Child Care
This guide provides you a structured process to help you hire the next superstar staff members for your child care business.
Hiring high-quality staff allows you to provide high-quality care which in return generates positive reviews of your child care driving more families to reach out and building loyalty.
With expert tools, interview templates, and job descriptions, this guide will set you up for hiring success.
Use this guide to hire staff that:
Will grow, improve, and adapt to the needs of your child care business.
Are a good fit for your community's specific needs.
Provide high quality care for your families and build a good reputation for your business.
Grow your child care business with Playground
Seamlessly manage attendance, enrollment, billing, communications, and child care staffing our software
Authenticated Reviewer
Amanda A.
Director
Center
Home Based
Multi Site
Before & After School
School District
Camp
Available in Spanish
1:1 Dedicated account manager
60 second live chat response time
Easy Attendance
Never lose another sign in/out
Personalized student schedules & preschool staff tracking
Attendance-based billing & automatic late pick-up fees
Forecast ratios
Family-shared ETAs for child care staff
Attendance reports in seconds with signatures, time stamps, and guardian names
Authenticated Reviewer
Amanda A.
Director
Streamlined Billing
Automatic invoicing & collections
Track offline payments
Attendance-based billing
Late pickup fees
Family generated tax statements
Reports your accountant will love
Authenticated Reviewer
Ceslee F.
Director
Digital Registration
State licensing paperwork templates
Automatic personalized emails
Simple waitlist management
Self-serve flow for families
Text waitlisted families
Automatic registration fee & tuition deposit workflows
Authenticated Reviewer
Ceslee F.
Director
Improved Family Engagement
Share photos & videos
On my way queue
Custom daily reports
Teacher engagement dashboard
Flexible messaging
Emergency text messaging
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire reduced delinquent payments by 93%
Across their 4 locations, 75% of payments were late, and they'd often never see those payments.
They were also juggling numerous systems for attendance, hiring child care staff, enrollment, communication, paperwork, and reporting.
With the risk of continuing to lose revenue (and sanity), they turned to Playground for a better solution.
Previous solutions
Payments
Cash & check
Attendance
Paper & pencil
Communication
Facebook & texting
measurable return on investment
93% decrease in delinquent payments
3 hours saved weekly on payroll
1 hour saved daily per classroom on attendance
"Our bank account felt the positive impact from Playground instantly"
— Kaitlynn Snider, Director of Operations
Every customer is paired 1:1 with a dedicated account manager who helps you get set up for success
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Capterra
Free data migration
60 second average first response time for live human support
Help center with 450+ guides, videos, and walkthroughs
Public roadmap for new features you can suggest
Disponible en español
Authenticated Reviewer
Kelsey F.
Director
Switch to a childcare software that will help you grow faster
Bulk Actions
Automate your team's most tedious administrative tasks
Elevate your brand
Standardize your brand across all locations with templates for everything
Franchise Support
Payout to multiple banks simultaneously
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PCI compliance and industry standard security practices to ensure your this
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Kaycee C.
Director