The City of Salo will produce the activities as its own services

Impact on children

Children can participate in supervised leisure activites daily between 12 and 17.

Children receive the statutory supervised leisure activities.

Children can participate in supervised leisure activites daily between 12 and 17.

Children receive the statutory supervised leisure activities.

Children can participate in supervised leisure activites daily between 12 and 17.

Children receive the statutory supervised leisure activities.

Impact on families

The family receives the statutory service for the child.

Changes in the places where the activities are organised as the parish premises not necessarily available any longer; possible transport problems.

The family receives the statutory service for the child.

Changes of premises and possibly transportation and other problems.

The family receives the statutory service for the child.

From the parents' viewpoint, no changes in premises and activities.

Parents have been satisfied with current activities. The 2006 client satisfaction survey gave a rating 3.84 (scale 1 to 5)

Impact on employees

A new employer for some employees.

Not all employees can be offered a full-time job throughout the year. Employment contracts valid until further notice.

Play supervisors still have a lower salary than special needs teaching assistants. (Despite efforts to remedy the difference)

Special needs teaching assistants and play supervisors can continue to work for the same employer on a full-time basis.

Not all current employees could perhaps be hired.

Employment contracts are made between the service provider and the employer; the City has no influence on the terms of the contracts.

The existing co-operation model, where teaching assistants participate in the service provision in the afternoons as municipal employees, could no longer be applied. In a tendering process the price is based on an offer and a contract that cover all services to be provided, whereas cost sharing currently takes place according to the realisation of costs.

The legislation on transfer of business guarantees certain rights to employees in the case of a transfer.

Special needs teaching assistants and play supervisors can continue to work for the same employer on a full-time basis. Permanent employment contracts valid until further notice.

According to the job satisfaction survey, the personnel have been satisfied with the present arrangements (in 2006 the average rating was 3.66 (scale 1 to 5)).

Current personnel participate in an ongoing development process.

As of 1 August 2009, the personnel need to have the competence specified in the Basic Education Act.

Impact on basic security authorities

Existing resources are insufficient to produce the activities as extensively as currently. The activities have become so extensive that the managers of child day-care centres and the director of early childhood education are not able to take responsibility for them alongside their existing duties. Child day care has also expanded greatly in recent years. New tasks have been assigned to the managers of child day-care centres.

On 15 Jan. 2007 there were 276 schoolchildren and some 30 employees.

School children totalled 217 on 20 Sep. 2004, 256 on 20 Sep. 2005 and 272 on 20 Sep. 2006.

Overall, the activities require several persons responsible for different areas (currently three) and a chief supervisor for all activities. In addition, some 30 play supervisors are needed.

Responsible for the tendering process - is it possible to find an organisation in the region that would be able to provide the services as extensively as currently.

Previously, when the activities were not yet statutory, no service provider could be found for organising all these activities as a whole.

Obligation to supervise activities. Invoicing and payments.

Obligation to supervise activities. Invoicing and payments.

Legislation on basic education specifies that a service provider can be supported in organising activities. Salo currently supports with an amount corresponding to 80% of the costs realised and makes available the necessary premises.

Impact on municipal finances

The City finances the activities alone. The costs will immediately grow 20% or the amount has to be covered by rationalising activities. The percentage corresponds to the previous contribution of the parish, in addition to which the parish has made available premises for the activities.