payment for ad hoc 'mother's help'

[iamdingdong]

My DTs start reception in sept and I have been lucky enough to negotiate a 0.8 contract over 5 days, but will still need soemone to pick them up for me once or twice a week. Our former nanny who we are still in touch with (she left to have a baby) would be ideal and is happy to do it, so that's great, but how much to pay? It will be a case of picking them up, bringing them home, giving them a snack then one of us is usually in by 4.30 so a couple of hours max for her to do and she can of course bring her son who will be about 20 months by sept

Anyone got any thoughts? £10 an hour? £20 flat rater?

How much was she on before? Can you not work it out that way and perhaps add a little if it was a while ago.

An hourly rate for a CM and a nanny/mother's help is going to be totally different though.

Flat rate of £20 sounds fair to me.

Yes I think £20 is probably about the minimum you can pay depending where you are.

thanks for your thoughts everyone, she was on a take home pay of about £12000 before, as a f-t live out nanny, we are in the north east so not as pricey as other places generally. £20 for a couple of hours is a fair bit more than a cm would charge also more than her rate was before, £15 flat rate would mean we might use her more, but I want to make it worth her while doing it...I'll check out local rates for similar roles thanks again for input