Babysitter for 72 hours

[MumOfOneAllAlone]

Hello everyone

I'm hopefully going in for some surgery soon - hopefully in the summer - and will need a babysitter for my autistic 5 year old daughter.

It's hard to get a quote without a set date, and I don't want to lead any babysitters on when I don't know for certain.

Could anyone who has any experience in this area suggest how much I'd be expected to pay?

My child would do 5 hours at school and typically sleeps through the night - the babysitter would need to do drop off and pick up

Tia xx

Sorry for the late reply all

Ok I still havent had the courage to ask one of her teachers 🥺. I will do this on Monday!

My SD was a social worker, @Danikm151 , and would scare us all, including our poor mum, with horror stories (not a nice man) so I'm truly petrified of social services

I tried to put out a job on childcare.co.uk but they want me to pay a fee to get responses. Not gonna bother

@NewmummyJ , that's what I was expecting cost wise, I'm also in London

You seem like a nice person, I'm expecting I'd have to pay much more per hour and overnight xx

Yes childcare site will charge you but do it for a month so can send messages and then cancel

Think it's about £25per month

I'd ask your healthcare worker or social worker about possible respite for 72hours. They can be very, very good and experienced in autism care.

I think you need to speak to social services you don't seem to have the money to pay someone to have your child for that long so it's not realistic, is there no one you know personally that you could pay to have her? A friend?

https://www.mytemporarynanny.co.uk/pricing-1

this website suggests that they charge £200 per 24 hours

@MumOfOneAllAlone understandable.
a lot has changed over the years though. As this would be planned you’d be able to meet the respite carers - social services is there to support those who need assistance.

if you don’t have friends and family you could ask then it’s worth just enquiring if you can’t find a nanny to assist/can’t afford