Gemeinde Root
Root
Yesterday
COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPT EARLY SUPPORT
- Publication date:29 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Root
Job summary
Gemeinde Root is enhancing early childhood support initiatives. Join a dedicated team focused on community development.
Tasks
- Implement strategies for supporting children’s language skills.
- Coordinate with parents to increase engagement in programs.
- Evaluate and improve existing early education offerings.
Skills
- Experience in early childhood education or social work required.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills needed.
- Ability to analyze and assess educational programs.
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About the job
A=Municipality of Root
COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPT EARLY SUPPORT Created by the Early Support Project Group (PGFF) with the members:
Margrit Künzler, Municipal Councilor for Social Affairs and Health Stefan Hoffman, Municipal Councilor for Education Petra Huwiler, Women's Forum of the Parish of Root Anja Sijka, Education Commission Monika Marbacher, Head of Social Affairs and Health Hans Kost, Principal of the Primary School Viktor Bühlmann, Principal School Root Social Office Root Schulstrasse 14 T 041 455 56 80 P.O. Box 241
F 041 455 56 85
6037 Root info@gemeinde-root.ch www.gemeinde-root.ch OVERVIEW
Initial Situation
Yesterday: What has happened so far
Today: Early Support in Root Tomorrow: Goals of the Municipality of Root Measures Early Support
Finances
Schedule
1. INTRODUCTION
Starting from the problem that more and more children speak poor or no German at school entry and are sometimes insufficiently socialized, this concept names corresponding goals and measures. The concept serves as a basis for strengthening work in the area of Early Support in the municipality of Root. Taking into account health, social, and linguistic aspects, existing offers will be supplemented, networked, and new projects injected if necessary. For the area of early childhood, it should be emphasized that the main responsibility for raising children will always remain with the parents or other guardians. 2. YESTERDAY: WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
On behalf of the Lucerne Government Council, the Department of Public School Education and the Department of Social Affairs and Society jointly developed the "Early Support Concept Canton Lucerne." The Government Council of the Canton of Lucerne approved the Early Support Concept Canton Lucerne on July 2, 2014. The aforementioned project group has initiated the following in the area of Early Support since summer 2014 in a total of 9 meetings:
- Rough concept Early Support (Appendix 1)
- Expansion of DaZ (German as a Second Language) lessons in playgroups (Appendix 2)
- Status determination child-friendly municipality UNICEF (Appendix 3)
- Injection of project MUNTERwegs (Appendix 4)
The DaZ lessons for more than 4 foreign-language children in a playgroup section have been established. According to the playgroup management, initial successes are evident regarding learning the German language. The status determination of the child-friendliness of the municipality is available with the following results: Overall, the municipality of Root achieves 1980 out of 3180 possible points. This corresponds to 62.2% of the maximum achievable points. Development potential exists according to the status determination in the participation of the population, the development of playgrounds, information for foreign-language speakers, needs assessments for children, adolescents, and parents, family-friendly housing, checking the safety of traffic situations, regional cooperation, and evaluation of offers. The status determination is assessed by the project group as a good analysis. However, the recommendations are general and have little to do with early support. Therefore, the project group unanimously rejects the continuation of the child-friendly municipality label. The MUNTERwegs project was able to start on 01.08.2016 in cooperation with the Rontal municipalities Ebikon, Dierikon, and Gisikon. 7 children/mentors participate; the municipality of Root was able to consider 2 children. In Root, the following offers related to early support have existed for years:
- Installed from 2013-2017: Pilot project care vouchers v w Mothers-Fathers counseling v
Contact: Family and Youth Counseling (Lucerne) V
Women's Forum: Club for young families, babysitter placement, mother-child meeting, playgroup Chnöpfli-Stube
Forest playgroup Wurzelwald
2 day care centers (from 01.09.2015 1 daycare center) V
Preschool area: Muki gymnastics, children's gymnastics W
V
School supplementary care: Taro V
Seniors in the classroom
V
Santa Claus groups
V
Various sports clubs
V
Music clubs
V
V
Leisure courses
V
Youth commission
V
Scout Bruder Klaus Root
V
Cafe mix: Meeting place for people from all over the world (Ebikon) V
Integration contact point (Ebikon: 1 year trial phase) V
V
Swiss Tamil Football Association V
Fabia Foreigners Counseling
Library v
V
Toy library (Gisikon) v
Pro Senectute
The partial revision of the Public School Education Act launched in spring 2015 has now been completed. It states that parents can be newly obliged to send their child to an offer for linguistic early support before entering kindergarten if the child does not have sufficient German skills. Municipalities must establish corresponding offers by summer 2018. 4. TOMORROW: GOALS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROOT
Based on the Early Support Concept Canton Lucerne, the rough concept Early Support, the status determination by UNICEF, and the existing offers in Root, the following goals are to be pursued:
- Parents and guardians have access to offers that strengthen their interaction, relationship, and parenting skills.
- Parents and children have good framework conditions and a needs-based, intergenerational offer in the area of Early Support.
Children growing up with a foreign language are supported in learning German. - Children in difficult situations are recognized and necessary measures are initiated. vV The compatibility of family and work is promoted. - The coordination and networking of offers is ensured. 5. MEASURES EARLY SUPPORT 2016-2020
As a contact point for questions of early support and social issues, the Department of Social Affairs and Health is designated. In this function, it takes over the networking and coordination of offers.
From 2016 - 2020, the following measures are to be implemented:
1.
Field of action Parents
- Install key persons project: Start 01.01.2017 (Appendix 5 Project assignment key persons)
2.
Field of action Language promotion - DaZ lessons for more than 4 foreign-language children in a playgroup class will be continued. 3.
Field of action Generational obligation
- The MUNTERwegs project will be continued.
- The injection of a project for volunteer work in Rontal will be examined.
Field of action Early detection of support needs - The outreach mother and father counseling will be installed on 01.01.2017. 5.
Field of action Compatibility of family and work - Care vouchers will be definitively introduced on 01.01.2018. 6.
Field of action Networking and cooperation
- Takeover of playgroup by the municipality of Root in the 2017/2018 school year
- The Early Support project group takes over the monitoring of the measures. 6. FINANCES
Financing
Amount/Description
Coordination
Municipality of Root | according to effort
Measures
Municipality of Root
Project management key persons from school year 2016-2020
2017/2018 CHF 2,000/year (1st half of 2017 financed via school pool) Fee key persons CHF 1,000/year The Canton of Lucerne will probably reimburse 50% of the costs for the project setup key persons DaZ lessons playgroup CHF 9,000 per year Takeover playgroup by municipality: The amount for personnel, administration, and rental costs cannot yet be precisely quantified. Munterwegs CHF 2,000 per year Volunteer project Rontal: Possibly contribution municipality Outreach mother-father counseling CHF 10,000 per year Care vouchers CHF 150,000 per year 7. SCHEDULE
What
When
Who
Decision GR Comprehensive Concept Early Support 24.11.2016
GR
Munterwegs started
01.08.2016
Association Munterwegs
Decision extension MUNTERwegs February 2017
PGFF
Takeover playgroup by municipality SY 2017/2018
Viktor Bühlmann
Start playgroup at Wilweg
After carnival- | Women's Forum holidays 06.03.2017
Setup key persons
Start
Reto Bieri,
01.01.2017
SSA
Definitive introduction care vouchers 01.01.2018
M. Marbacher
Evaluation measures Early Support early 2020
PGFF
Root, November 19, 2016
Social Office Root
For the Early Support project group IfA. n
W Hai ple has
Margrit Künzler
Monika Marbacher
Municipal Councilor Social Affairs and Health Head of Social Affairs and Health
