DOES ANY CM TAKE EMERGENCY MINDEE'S?

[KiddieCare]

i have had to parents call me wanting emergency care for next day without meeting me, has anyone had this experience??
have had first parents child 4times now in week, and 2nd parent child is coming tomorrow, i think this will be last time i do emergency cover to be honest, i feel weirdabout looking after lil ones ive not had abit of time to get to no, and also their parents, does any1 ever had this problem?

I do emergency care quite a lot

For count/hospital, sometimes for SS

At least when they are with me they are safe

I also quite like the unexpected money

wow I could do with a child minder very occassionally.

I have had to use emergancy CM care in the past and it worked out fine.Now good friends with the 2 CMs i had to use!

i must jus be me, maybe if i do it again i shud encourage parents to come and meet me b4 hand.

Encourage by all means, but sometimes an emergency is just that and better that you (registered with OFSTED, insured etc) are looking after them than someone else...

Ive done it a few times for court/ hospital appointments. Dont do it anymore as Im full with regular mindees, I didnt mind doing it but it was more stressful having a child id never met and who had never met me.
We talked on the phone quite a lot before they came and the parents would come a bit earlier so we could sort stuf out.
I done it cos the more people that know Im a childminder and might recommend me the better and they have genuinely had to go to court. Ive also had a child a couple of times because the mum had to go to hospital and didnt want anyone she knew knowing about it.

I was registered with the council for emergency childcare, but I started getting so many calls that I had to turn down, I stopped. I think like Katy said, from the parents pov, they need you in an emergency and probably haven't got time to decide who to choose! They know you are safe and registered and probably that's all that concerns them in their hour of need.

I have been asked to do emergency care in the past but was unsure re. how much paperwork needed to be done. Do you still need all forms and policies signed ?. Contract, Medical book, child record form, policies etc as the costs build up if you are only minding for a few hours as a one off.

NCMA do a short term contract which is much shorted - but you still need the child record form

Thanks KatyMac I have used the short term contracts before but when I only charge £3 per hour using both forms when I'm possibly only doing 5 hours or less as a one off is quite expensive on the paperwork side (not including the cost of snacks etc included in the £3). I did wonder whether this is what everyone else does, does anyone else find emergency care is not cost effective. Even though obviously it's nice to help parents out in a bind.

(whispers) I never used contracts for one off emerbency care, just used to write my own and print them off the computer with relevant details. Id keep a copy and give them a copy I didnt supply food or nappies either.

Me neither, I type up contract amendments when hours change so just do something similar for one off care and get it signed but I do make sure I have signed child record forms and permission for car and whatever else relevant for that day