ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd"> <!-- !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" //--> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>SGMFDH - Purposes</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="StyleSheet.css" type="text/css" /> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- // Hide from old browsers function SymError(){ return true;} window.onerror = SymError; var SymRealWinOpen = window.open; function SymWinOpen(url, name, attributes){ return (new Object());} window.open = SymWinOpen; // -- Forcing page into frameset.... if(top.location == self.location) { top.location.href = "index.htm"; } // End hiding from old browsers... --> </script> </head> <body> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td> <h1><a href="home.html" target="mainFrame">Home</a> <a name="top">&gt;</a> <a href="provider.html" target="mainFrame">Provider Information</a> &gt; Become a Provider</h1> <h2>Become A Provider</h2> <div align="center"> <h4> <a href="#why">Why Become a Provider</a> - <a href="#how">How We Help You</a> </h4> </div> <h3><a name="why">Why consider making family child care a career?</a></h3> <p> If you enjoy working with young children and are willing to make a career ensuring children grow to become <strong>HAPPY</strong>, <strong>CARING</strong>, <strong>CAPABLE</strong>, <strong>RESPONSIBLE</strong> and <strong>RESILIENT</strong> - <a href="contact.html"> PLEASE CALL US</a>.<br /> </p> <ul> <li>Working with children is fun and rewarding!</li> <li>You can stay at home and raise your own children.</li> <li>You can enrich the lives of other children whose parents work or attend school.</li> <li>You will significantly contribute to your family s income.</li> <li>You will be your own boss, set your own fees, set your own hours and develop your own programming.</li> </ul> <br /> <blockquote> <blockquote> <i>&quot;With the introduction to  Best Practices in child care and higher standards to strive for - I see child care providers take their work more seriously and with more pride in their child care business and accomplishments. It has given them confidence in their skills and I see them articulating themselves eagerly and professionally while in the community. Family Child care is no longer  just baby sitting . Our caregivers are more than pleased to tell me all they accomplish during a typical day. Recognition for their hard work and their training has given them all a much needed boost as they move forward while celebrating the one thing that brought us together& .The love of children!&quot; - Home Visitor</i> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <i>&quot;I feel valued more for what I do.&quot; - Provider</i> </blockquote> </blockquote> <center> <img src="images/p_divider.jpg" width="100" height="10" border="0" alt="Divider" /> </center> <h3><a name="how">How Southgate Medallion Family Day Homes helps you</a></h3> <p> We: </p> <ul> <li>Take you through an approval process that gives you credibility as a provider.</li> <li>Provide advice in setting up your home for child care.</li> <li>Refer parents to you. " provide you with our excellent Parent / Provider Agreement forms.</li> <li>Provide a reasonable fee schedule which you can choose to accept or use as a base to set your own fees.</li> <li>Collect the fees, guaranteeing your payments for the child care you provide.</li> <li>Provide in-home, flexible training, specific to family child care.</li> <li>Help you develop the skills necessary to make the work fun and fulfilling.</li> <li>Assign a consultant to be a support and mentor so you won t have to work entirely on your own.</li> <li>Provide a resource library.</li> <li>Provide opportunities to network with other providers in your area.</li> <li>Maintain <a href="accolades.html#accreditation">accreditation</a> status which allows you extra funding from the Provincial Government, Children s Services.</li> </ul> <blockquote> <blockquote> <i>&quot;Accreditation has pinpointed areas I needed to work on.&quot; - Provider</i> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <i>&quot;Accreditation gives us a more respected presence in the child care field.&quot; - Provider</i> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p> <a href="#top">Top</a> </p> <center> <img src="images/p_footer.jpg" width="150" height="15" border="0" alt="Footer" /> </center> <h1 style="text-align: center"> <a href="home.html" target="mainFrame">home</a> | <a href="aboutus.html" target="mainFrame">about us</a> | <a href="getcare.html" target="mainFrame">get child care</a> | <a href="provider.html" target="mainFrame">provider info</a> | <a href="children.html" target="mainFrame">children</a> | <a href="resources.html" target="mainFrame">resources</a> | <a href="sitemap.html" target="mainFrame">site map</a> <br /> <br /> © 2006 - Southgate Medallion Family Day Homes. 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