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?

It really comes down to the quality of childcare you need - if you want someone of good quality and good standing, who will interact with your children and maybe teach them their spellings or something else useful on the way to school, I would suggest paying around £50 per day. Ideally, you'd be looking for an ofsted-cleared ex-teacher or someone with a degree.

£20 or below is only likely to get you the local benefits cheat who is looking for extra cash for cigarettes which she doesn't need to declare to the authorities.

It would be a good idea to read the whole thread...

@mathanxiety it would also be a good idea not to be rude or a total bitch but you apparently dont see it that way.

So @SequinsAndGlitter what are you going to charge

Or tell mum she’s paying far too little

DENGREEN for an hour long job it is a factor though.
Normally you commute, earn 7.5 hours wages then commute home.
For 1 hour job it may be worth it for £10 if it’s on doorstep not worth it if overall you are going to be out of house 2.5 hours due to commute.
Same with my new dog walker she’s taking over an existing business but only taking over dogs fairly local as it’s not worth her driving hour each way to walk dog for £12 - so 3 hours of her time when a local dog earns her £12 for an hours work.

@englishroseamongstirishthorns

It really comes down to the quality of childcare you need - if you want someone of good quality and good standing, who will interact with your children and maybe teach them their spellings or something else useful on the way to school, I would suggest paying around £50 per day. Ideally, you'd be looking for an ofsted-cleared ex-teacher or someone with a degree.

£20 or below is only likely to get you the local benefits cheat who is looking for extra cash for cigarettes which she doesn't need to declare to the authorities.

This is the most ridiculous things I've read in a long time.

20.00 minimum

Minimum £15. Possibly £20 to be worth the effort at that unsociable hour.

For me the point is you're going TO her. The parent is avoiding the morning drop-off that would be required if she used a CM or wraparound. That has a clear value - she wouldn't be asking you otherwise!

Other settings can charge less due to scale, but if the parent wants the cheaper option she'll have to load up her car and drop the kid off. Convenience costs money. Don't sell yourself short.

Agree with other posters saying that travel time has to be a factor in these sort of jobs.

It’s why keyholders, Duty Solicitors etc often get paid a call out fee, rather than an hourly wage, since the “on site” time is often next to nothing compared to the faff it is to get there at unsociable hours.

It’s like trying to justify paying someone £2 cause it’s just a 10 minute walk! Who on earth would bother.....

You could maybe offer £10 if you get your child ready and drop them at the childminders on your way to work. But to expect someone to accept £5-10 for what will be at least 2 hours out of their day at an unsociable time is just not really viable.

OP not been back. Her CFer mate has the measure of her.

@SequinsAndGlitter what will you be expected to do other than walking 20 mins to school to drop the child off? This job will be at least 1.5 hours and unsociable hours. I would ask for £20. Don’t go any lower than £15!

Depends on qualifications, additional duties etc.
But £12 at the absolute minimum.

Nmw at the very least! I would pay whatever the national living wage works out at, pro rata.

Has your friend actually asked the school if breakfast club is open? Ours opens at 07.30 - 09.00 & its £2.00.

She decided not to use me as I am not ofsted registered and she felt uncomfortable about that the more thought she gave it. Dont need to be as a nanny but it appears most now are. It doesn't mean you are getting a better quality nanny but some see it as suspicious if you are not registered.

Ofsted registered to walk a child to school. Right.

Ah that's a pain. I wonder if she needs the OFSTED so she can use childcare tax credit or whatever the system is these days.

Did you agree a rate in the end?

If a nanny is Ofsted registered it parents can use tax free childcare fees help. But Nanny can not offer the funded hours even if registered with Ofsted.

I wouldn’t get out of bed for either of those figures. Is it a one off or a daily thing?

I needed a nanny to cover some help with my grandkids.
Gave up in the end as would have been too expensive. I needed them for about 10 hours over a period of a few weeks. Yet the tax and national insurance on top of that would have been crazily expensive so I am now considering leaving grandkids with a childminder for the time frame I need.

Then they have to walk 20 mins home again. So it's an hour and a half job really where she can't do anything else. I would charge you minimum £20

@SequinsAndGlitter

She decided not to use me as I am not ofsted registered and she felt uncomfortable about that the more thought she gave it. Dont need to be as a nanny but it appears most now are. It doesn't mean you are getting a better quality nanny but some see it as suspicious if you are not registered.

Good. She knows damn well she'll never get anyone for a fiver and was trying it on.

No but they still need to get home it’s not a great time no one is going to get out of bed for £5! Have they got kids at the school too?