There are various childcare options: Daycare centers (Kitas) for toddlers, full-day childcare and vacation care for school-age children, childcare through private families for children of all ages, and others. On the City of Bern's website (DE) you can find more information about childcare.

You can use the cantonal search tool to find a suitable daycare in your neighbourhood (DE, FR).

• You can find a doctor who speaks your language on the doctorfmh.ch website.
• Do need a translator when you go to a doctor's appointment? Cross-cultural interpreters can help. You can find more information about regional offices in the Canton of Bern on the Interpret website (DE, FR, IT).

• You can learn more about counselling services for families on the Canton of Bern website (DE, FR).
• The Canton of Bern's Mütter- und Väterberatung offers individual and group counselling as well as group courses for parents of young children between 0 and 5 years old (DE, FR).
• The City of Bern's website has a list of counselling centres and resources related to partnership, families, education and what to do in an emergency (DE).