Quality Standards

Based on the data analysis of all stories, the national coordinators developed quality standards on four phases of the out-of-home child care: decision-making, admission, care-taking and out-of-care/leaving care.

The final document includes 18 Standards which embrace the different periods of the Out-of-Home Care process: The decision-making and the admission process (6 Standards), care-taking process (14 Standards) and the leaving-care process (4 Standards). Each standard is enhanced by quotations that represent the voice of people involved in the out-of-home child care; these quotations were taken out from personal stories the involved told to the Quality4Children project team.

NEW: The Quality4Children Standards are ready! Click on the links below to download the standards.

Document Language File Size Format
Q4C Standards (colour English 427 kb  pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w - print version English 889 kb  pdf 
Q4C Standards (Colour Albanian 447 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (b&w Azerbaijani 677 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (colour) Bosnian 447 kb pdf

Q4C Standards 1 of 2 (b&w)

Q4C Standards 2 of 2 (b&w)

Bulgarian

472 kb

 

524 kb

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Q4C Standards (b&w Croatian 674 kb pdf

Q4C Standards (colour)
Q4C Standards (b&w)

Czech

520 kb

457 kb

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Q4C Standards (colour) Estonian 469 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (colour French 1,044 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (b&w) Finnish 421 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (colour) German (Austrian legal terminology) 448 kb  pdf 
Q4C Standards (colour) German (Swiss legal terminology) 665 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (b&w Georgian 566 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (colour) Greek 582 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w) Hungarian 634 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (colour) Italian 551 kb  pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w) Latvian 450 kb  doc 
Q4C Standards (colour) Lithuanian 751 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w Polish 268 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w)   Romanian 467 kb pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w Russian  798 kb  pdf 
Q4C Standards (b&w Serbian 743 kb pdf
Q4C Standards (colour Spanish  576 kb pdf

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Some of the most frequently asked questions:

How do I quote the Q4C Standards?
SOS-Kinderdorf International (2007), Quality4Children Standards for out-of-home child care in Europe - an initiative by FICE, IFCO and SOS Children's Villages. SOS-Kinderdorf International, Innsbruck, Austria.

Where do I get the standards?
There are two digital versions of the Q4C standards (colour and black-and-white), which can be downloaded free of charge.
It is also possible to buy a print version, which costs €5 per copy (plus transport costs). Please order your copy at: quality4children@sos-kd.org

How can we interview people involved in the project?
You can get in touch with members of the steering group or with National Coordinators through us. However, because of data protection it is not possible to contact the storytellers (the people involved whom we interviewed in the course of the project).

What do we have to take into account when we want to quote from the standards?
The Q4C standards are an instrument which is made available free of charge to both those involved and those interested . We would be happy if you quoted our document and told us so!

What is going to happen to the standards now?
We are currently implementing the standards on various levels. Should you be interested inhelping us implement the standards on organisational, local, national or international level? Please tell us so!

Should you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us at: quality4children@sos-kd.org


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