From the first of October all Gothenburg preschools will have one substitute pool.

- We hope it makes the situation better, says preschool educator Erica Hafström at preschool Salsavägen 47 in Angered who worked as an educator for 30 years.

"No competence"

SVT News West this week has been aware of the temporary problem in the preschool in Gothenburg where parents are asked to pick up their children earlier and where educators testify that they get on their knees when temporary workers are difficult to get into.

- When we get substitutes there are often no skills. It feels like they don't even know why they're here, says Erica Hafström.

Concerns of the staff

Among the staff at the Angered preschool there is a concern about the new large substitute pool.

- I hope you get a number of substitutes in one and the same area. Not new people every time. That the children get to know them and we get to know them, says Erica Hafström, who talks about both stressed and blurred children in an environment where new faces become everyday.

"We have a web material"

Elisabet Nord is Head of Administration at the Preschool Administration.

Have you in any way intended to educate those who are now part of the temporary pool so that the staff does not have to teach every time?

- We have already produced a web material. I hope they use it, says Elisabet Nord.

But will the substitutes receive any training other than a web material?

- No, not initially. We are not there yet but are now trying to solve the organization, but it sounds good, maybe we will do so in the future, says Elisabet Nord.

What do you think about the fears that there will be different substitutes all the time with the new pool?

- I haven't heard of them, but our goal is not to be that way, says Elisabet Nord.

hopeful

At the Angered preschool, Erica Hafström and her colleagues are hopeful but doubtful whether the temporary pool will improve the staffing situation.

- To be honest, I don't think so. It is promised so much and changes are made, but it never gets better, says Erica Hafström.