CM Club: Working as a childminder & changing to Nanny professsion?

[TheIronLady]

Hi all, title of original post a bit misleading so have re-posted. Of course realise that you are all observing your mindees while they are napping so don't expect a reply yet

Are there any Childminders on here who have become a Nanny?
Trying to find alternative employment options as am giving up childminding very soon due to needing home back and paperwork.

Have considered going back to office work but can't really imagine feeling content at sitting at a desk all day but still investigating. As I am the main bread winner so to speak, need to earn the same or in excess really of what I'm earning now, just not sure if I could earn as much working as a Nanny.

If you have become a Nanny, were prospective employers (nanny) more or less receptive to you, do you think. If you didn't have an NNEB or NVQ qualification, are you paid less?

What are Nanny rates in North London?

Would be interested in your views... Thanks

Sorry am still using other chat name as don't want to be ID by my current parents yet...

Can't help but bumping for you.

it depends on the parents

some want a qualified nanny - others dont.

i am NNEB and I earn a good salary and earn more than my friends - who are qualifed but not NNEB - think one is namcw and others are nvq and some arent qualified but still earn a good wage, but less then me - if that makes sense

depending on how many children you have as a cm,obv depends on your over all salary - cm are se so you have to pay your tax and ni - but then again you can claim for things/tax detuctable etc

i have never been a cm, and from the things i read on here, glad im not one as you all have a lot of paperwork and hassle with eyes etc

hth

Thanks Puzzlerocks.

Thanks for replying BHMF - I have loved being a childminder but I can see that being a nanny would, I think, be more of a benefit to me. Hopefully could earn as much or in excess of, although I do earn a reasonable salary as have two children every day & my charges are at the higher end of the scale. I would still be working with children, hopefully mostly sole charge, parents would take care of tax and NI and receive paid hols.

Since the EYFS was brought in, I have enjoyed making up little folders for each of my mindees and writing down the obs with photos as evidence but it's not just that, it's evaluating each obs then from that obs, planning for the next steps but as I do not get time usually during the day, mindees do not always nap but if they do, I might utilise time to set out activities for the afternoon, make a coffee and start preparing evening meal for them if I hadn't had time to cook at weekend in advance and so I find that at the end of each day, I am stressing about the time that I will have to spend on writing up my obs and downloading the days pics etc so for me it is everything I think.

I just can't see me working in an office again though.

Copied and pasted as I posted on your other thread the other day and don't know if you've seen it;

I've gone back to nannying after childminding for 10 years.

Money wise it depends on how many children you minded. I never liked to have my full quota so as a nanny I am earning roughly the same as I was before - but don't have the hassles of paperwork and having a house like a nursery! I also now get 5 weeks paid holiday, sick pay and my tax and ni sorted for me (though when you cm there is a lot of stuff that is tax deductable) My heating and food bills are lower, but I now have commuting costs.

I am just outside North London and pay seems to be around £8 - £11 gross, so it may be slightly more in North London. I don't have an NNEB or an NVQ but have over 20 years experience so my pay hasn't been affected by that.

At interviews I was asked what I thought any drawbacks might be - as a nanny you are an employee and need to work with what the parents want a lot more.

Most parents seemed to like the fact that I have 2 older children (20 & 14) and the experience that brings.

Thanks NBee84

OOOpss - now I see that you did