Standards for Establishing Children and Youth Welfare Institutes Article 11-1

For nursery service centers receiving an ‘A’ or a better rating in their most recent evaluation, any vacancies arising from difficulty in childcare personnel recruitment or existing personnel being on leave (with or without pay) may be filled by the following persons, who must obtain the necessary professional qualifications within one year:1. Those who have obtained the childcare provider professional training course-completion certificate in the most recent three-year period; or2. Those who have obtained a certificate of completion for at least 20 credits (or 360 hours) of preschool care or childcare-related training approved by or registered with the competent education authority.The term “difficulty in childcare personnel recruitment” in the preceding paragraph means that the nursery service center has attempted to publicly recruit personnel through at least two recruitment channels for more than three months but is unable to find suitable candidates, with proof of such recruitment efforts provided to the competent authority for review.The persons described in Paragraph 1 may only be employed with the approval of the competent authority. The number of such persons shall not exceed one-fourth of the actual number of childcare personnel employed by the nursery service center, which must provide such persons with training and on-site supervision.