Price for 2 kids looking after

[lovenotwar149]

Hi ,
So I collect a 3 yr old from pre such one/two days a wk. I charge £12 an hour. I have 2 questions actually.
1.) It's an hour of my time including my travel time too. I charge a full hour as I include my travel time too. Sound reasonable?
2.) If I start to collect their other child too (11 months) is it reasonable to ask for a higher hourly rate if I take this on?

In what capacity are you doing this job?

Are you collecting at the same place and time?

Are you literally just collecting and then dropping them somewhere or are you actually looking after them for a period of time too

Childminder fees are usually per-child though some will offer a discount for the 2nd sibling. You aren't obliged to. Look at it this way - as a child minder you are licenced to take a certain number of children and the regulations don't let you take more if some of them are siblings. So if siblings were "free" you'd lose a lot of income. However, childminder fees are a lot lower than £12ph where I live - a lot of the mums using childminders don't earn much more than minimum wage amd thr hourly fee for a childminder is seta fair chunk below minimum wage to be affordable (the childminder earns more than min wage because of having several kids)

If you are a nanny (caring for the children of one family in their own home) then the fee is usually much higher but you care for as many chldren as the family have for the same fee.

Which are you?

When nannying / babysitting I have a 3 hour minimum charge.

1. No, I would charge more.
2. No, cost is per family, not per child.

are you a childminder and dos this affect how many other children you have? If you’re not then I wouldn’t charge more for an extra child, you are already there collecting one child so there’s no additional travel time.

Ok thanks for replies.Most helpful.
FYI if I say yes to collecting their second child, it will be from the same place at the same time. Obviously 'harder work' in some sense b/c I will have 2 children to look after instead of one, and a buggy to handle too for the younger child when going on & off the bus etc

Are you a childminder or a nanny?

If you are registered the parents get financial help a childminder paying tax and insurance on top of training etc generally charges £5 an hour (country wide average) The parent can generally save at least 20% of this and up to 85%.
So your fee will depend on what basis your doing it