Childcare overnight

[Bla80]

Hi I've been asked to mind a child for parents wedding I've to pick child up (45min drive) bring him to my house then drop him back the next day another( 45 min drive) how much should I charge baby is 5 months old any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

I'd charge your weekend/unsociable hours rate from when you leave your house until bedtime, £50 overnight, then charge from morning until you return home the next day.

I would charge more than £50 overnight, particularly for a five month old who is unlikely to sleep through.

(Not a childminder)

You used to have to get ofsted permission to have overnights but I think that went. But check your insurance and I'd have an overnights policy, where the child would sleep, fire evacuation from upstairs etc.

I would be charging my anti-social hourly rate (assuming its weekend) from when I left my house until 7pm then a fixed overnight charge (I charge £75 for under 5's £50 for overs) then hourly rate from 7am until including the drive back to my house after I'd dropped off. Maybe see if they'd rather put you up in a nearby hotel and take a good book and enjoy room service!

I don’t think you need inform Ofsted of overnight care as such, but you ought to inform them in the sense that it’s a change to your opening hours.

Your next inspector should know about it (it will show on your attendance record) and will expect to see appropriate resources, insurance, risk assessment, etc.

Think about how this affects your working hours and don’t assume they’ll necessarily just sleep through. Some inspectors take a dim view of childminders working vast number# of hours with children across the week as a whole, or continuous periods if working days either side of overnight care.

In response to the previous comment, you don't need permission from Ofsted to provide overnight care but Ofsted do need to be notified when a childminder (assuming you're a registered childminder in England) intends to provide overnight care, section 3.77 of the EYFS.

@JaneO1297

Thanks for the clarification.