To ask what you would pay for this?

[SequinsAndGlitter]

Needing someone to come to the house at 7.30AM, look after a 7 year old and walk 7 year old to school for 8.45AM.
£5 too low, £10 too high?

I wouldent do it for 10 pound

£15/£20 deffo

Well I paid a 15 year old £10 a day to feed my cat twice a day. Who lives 3 doors away. I would think £10 is way too cheap. I'd say £20 a day

Ha ha where do you live £5

Is walking a necessity? In which case however the person has got to yours, if they have driven then they have to walk back to yours to get their car so that needs to be taken into account too and paid for. I would say nearer to £20 for a fully qualified (dbs, first aid) person plus for the awkward hours you may need to pay a bit more

You are asking for someone to take responsibility for caring for your child and delivering them to school safely - even a 14 year old with a paper round would be paid more than £10 ; dog walkers £15 an hour. You need to put this on a proper footing , and presumably you won’t pay during school hols. I understand it may take a chunk of your income to pay fairly - but it won’t be forever ( school may start breakfast club, child will get older and can walk with friends) so pay a respectful rate for a hugely responsible job ( minim £15, I’d say £20). In valuing the job for what it is ( rather than a mate doing a favour) you will hopefully get someone responsible and caring who won’t let you down.

I’d say £15 for the time but up to £20 because it’s an early start.

£10 is Insulting and £5 even more so.

If it is 5 days a week, I would work out what you would be happy with as a weekly wage first. If you think it seems worth doing for £50, £60, £70 etc a week, choose the amount and then calculate your daily rate accordingly. But £25 a week would be a joke!

2 hours work for under 18 at £4.55 an hour you might get under £10.
You want someone trustworthy, you need to pay more.
If it’s a friend, £10 plus breakfast and cup of tea.

If you can fit it in around a job, the early start is a positive. And it's not a difficult job. To some people, it would be an easy, pocket-money type thing, and they'd be happy to make £50 a week from it. It's cash in hand, so someone on benefits would probably be happy to do it.

Depends where you live, but I think that sounds very low. I’d expect to pay at least £15 and I’m up north. It’s a very inconvenient time slot, too.

Yikes. So you have 1 hr 15 mins watching the child plus then a 20 min school walk. Even if they’re your neighbour, add a 20 min walk back home and you’re looking at £2.5-3/hr for your time.

I would only consider this if:

1. They are bringing the child to your house and you don’t mind getting out for a walk anyway.
2. If your child goes to that school too, and she’s dropping her child off at your house. Then the kids can play together and you’re waking your child to school anyway. That seems reasonable.

£15-20 or it just wouldn't be worth it for someone.
Cheapest options are wraparound or childminder but presumably these aren't available.
The only other cheaper option would be a teen at college possibly. They would probably be happy with £10-12.

I'm unsure what to say as a lot of people are saying 'Breakfast club and childminders only cost £5-6 so that's what you should be charging.'

Who is saying this? They're exploiting someone somewhere.

I would like to do it as would like to support the mum but don't want to take advantage of her. I have told her my expectations of pay just now in an email but if she is looking at someone to do it for £5-6

I wouldn't want to support someone who is happy to exploit other women. Please say no, OP. You need to place a higher value on your time.

£20 - is a big responsibility

Going rate is much more than that £12 an hour at least

7:30 to 8:45 = 1 hour 15 minutes.
Plus 20 minute walk to school =1 hour 35 minutes.
Add 20 extra minutes for walking back/ to station, bus etc = 1 hour 55 minutes, so basically 2 hours.
As a nanny with 12 years experience, I'd say £20 is fair.
Treat others as you'd like to be treated.

Anyone telling you to price according to what breakfast clubs charge is dreaming. She would need to get her children dressed and out the door herself, then bring them to the club, for that price. Same with childminders. She wants you to come to her house, and only stay with her child (both the club and the childminder options obviously have several children, which also affects cost)

I'd say for the time she wants, £12-15 would be about right.

£10.00 per hour
0730-0930 to allow for the nanny to walk back to house to collect car.
So £20.00
Wouldn’t be worth doing as a job if they didn’t receive decent renunciation.

Mine is just a guess by the way. But I'm adding it in the hope that you'll maybe listen to us and not whomever is telling you to charge £5!! CF!!

Don't you have a friend or neighbour who can do it? I doubt they'd take any amount; friends and neighbours help each other!

That's £15 in my village

@Heatheroo

Don't you have a friend or neighbour who can do it? I doubt they'd take any amount; friends and neighbours help each other!

And not offer them money for it? You'd seriously expect a friend or neighbour to provide childcare like this, at shite hour like this, for free, not offer them a bean? There you go, Sequin*, your 'friend' appears to have found your thread.

Doubt they'd take that amount? They're just sitting around waiting to get up at 7, get ready, to travel to someone else's house and then walk in all weathers with someone else's kid for free, for as long as necessary.

Geezo, what a pisstake.

id charge you 15