Childminding emergency and one off care???

[skramble]

Wondered if ther might be a call for this, I have other commitment s just now so cannot do permenant contracts, I wondered if there would be enough call for emergency and one off care. say if mum is going into hospital and dad needs daytime care for those days or if granny is ill and can't ake kids those days or for things like interviews or other types off appointments etc.

Would it be worthwhile going through all the registration and insurance just for that?

i do this - but i also have a perm job 3 days a week

i do get a lot of work through my ads on gumtree, netmums and nj and also i am with my local agencies and i do turn down work

depends on your area - mine has lot of working mums/nannies but also has yummy mummies who dont have work but want a day of me time

ask your local agencies to see how much temp work they get

There is in our patch - including as a sort of "back-up" for the full time childminders!
Oherwise get advertising, IMHO there would certainly be a market for it Contact childrens information service - as i imagine that there would be quite a bit of form-filling for any children who you were to care for, and on the down-side it might just complicate tax credit payments for anyone using your 'service'. Nevertheless, on a personal level, I would be quite enthusiastic to register with someone willing to do ad-hoc care like this.
Hope it works out for you.

Blondes what do find most of your work comes from the yummy mummies or nanny cover etc?

See I don't know what call there would be, I live in small village 10mins from big town. So difficult for people in the village to get kids picked up from school, no after school club. Only 2 childminders in the village, when I was stuck last year neither were intersted or able to do a one of care for me. Not really a village of yummy mummies but perhaps 50% working mums.

I can also pick up from schools in the town as DD goes to visit granny ont he way home from school. I do have days where my kids go to activities after school, so more limited with finish time but could do a drop off at home service which parents might like instead of coming out to the village. Plenty of yummy mummies in the town.

I could also offer more of a nanny type service in their own home if needed if hours suited.

I just fancy looking after babies or toddlers a couple of mornings a week .

What are the basic set up costs for childminding?

tbh most of my ad hoc work is my yummy mummys, but again i have done most of them for a few years on and off,maybe once a month or so, so have built up a few mums through word of mouth

agencies do call me sometimes in evening/early am if they get a desperte mum whose nanny is ill etc

im a nanny so i go to their houses so cant advise about becoming a cm

why not try putting ads up on netmums or gumtree and see what response you get

I have a friend who works with the Scottish childminding Association, so I suppose I really should pick their brains.

Don't know if I want to advertise before I have anything in place to offer.

I would be happy to do CM or nanny type service as I have previously worked as a live in nanny.

What sort of hours do your clients normally use you for, wondering if this is feasable with my own 2 kids having a busy afterschool schedule.

Oh and I have ran a small business of my own previously so happy to do tax and all that.

i choose my own hour for my yummy mummys for what suits me, normally do 10-5 ish

but have been known to do longer if they want school drop offs etc

but my friend who has school, age children does 9.30 - 3.30 for some mums

its what suits you

Thanks, all very interesting.

Don't know how the tax credits people would cope with the changes, they don't seem to like irregular incomes or changes of anysort really , so would need to see how they would look at this too.

skramble - if you are in Scotland, then def pick your friends brains, as many of us here don't have much clue about the various regulations in Scotland. Childcare legislation and things to do with childcare and tax credits/vouchers are different in Scotland.

I was wondering about something like this myself. We have two prisons down the road and lots of people bring their children with them (even if its not a nice place). Maybe there would be a need for the child to be able to go somewhere "normal" whilst their parent/relatives visited the prisoner?
Do you think its worth a try?

always worth a try ripeberry

though wouldnt the children want to see their dads/mums if they are in prison?

I am thinking I don't want to do this long term so I might be better doing more nanny/ babysitter stuff. Suppose I could offer discounts for the times where I have to take my own kids somewhere and there child tags along.