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Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

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CM CLUB - childminding OUTSIDE of the home....insurance question........

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looneytune · 13/02/2009 16:30

Just had an enquiry from someone who wants a childminder for the afternoon/evening to look after a 2 yr old firstly in their home whilst they get married, and then at the wedding reception after.

If I wanted to do this, am I legally allowed to? I'm not sure about insurance etc. so thought I'd ask you all on here.

TIA

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BoffinMum · 13/02/2009 16:38

Sounds like babysitting to me. No law against babysitting (yet!) Nor any legal requirement to be insured - this only kicks in if you are negligent anyway. Are you planning to be negligent?? I am assuming not ...

JenniPenni · 13/02/2009 16:57

This is babysitting, childminding and babysitting are not the same things. Nannying is something different too!

No insurance necessary for babysitting.

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looneytune · 13/02/2009 17:27

Cool, thought so but wanted to be sure as someone once said something that I wasn't sure about. Now I just need to decide whether or not I want to do it as it's not in my town. Thanks for the confirmation about this

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nannynick · 13/02/2009 17:36

You childminder insurance to my knowledge does not cover you for being a nanny... it's separate insurance. The wedding reception would be Commercial Premises, so any insurance cover you may have for Childminding or Nannying may not cover that - or it might, as it would not be that different to a nanny going on a trip with the child and parents.

Can't see why you can't do it - just do it under the knowledge that you aren't insured.
I usually refuse this type of thing, due to lack of insurance cover - it's my excuse for not doing weddings!

HSMM · 13/02/2009 17:47

Just make sure they know you are doing it as a babysitter, not a childminder.

eleanorsmum · 13/02/2009 18:38

looney - which town is it? if you don't want to or can't this sounds like something I'd love to do!

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looneytune · 14/02/2009 10:35

Thanks everyone. I've decided I don't want to do it, I really can't be bothered as never have enough time at weekends as it is. EllieM - it's in Slough, do you want to email me about it and I can give you more details??

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nannynick · 14/02/2009 10:56

Think that's the right decision... weekends = family time whenever possible.

Another thing to consider for these occasions is that once at the wedding reception, are you caring for the one child, or all the children present? I found the latter to be much more the case, as all the other parents realised that there was someone keeping an eye on a child, thus they could keep an eye on theirs as well.

BoffinMum · 14/02/2009 13:49

We had a nanny run a little creche at our wedding reception for all the kids, and it worked very well - kids dipped in and out of it and it wasn't too stressful for the nanny, I think. It meant they could come and watch a video or do a drawing when the party got too much for them, and have a little breather. Kids had all left by 10 and nanny came in to have a bit of a bop and some more food. She features in our wedding video!!

Elliea123 · 14/02/2009 15:09

Do you have more details about this job? dates, times, rates etc? I too may be interested, my e-mail address is [email protected].

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