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Paid childcare

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

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After school nanny?? Help

9 replies

JETS · 03/05/2010 16:04

Would like to set up mums help/after school help to pick up twins age 10 from school & bring back to home - stay with them (& then 14 year old brother) until 17.30/18.00 ish - cant seem to find a nanny and don't know where to start to look/how much should pay for this?

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hannahsaunt · 03/05/2010 16:16

We had someone for 3 hours a day, 3 days a week through an agency. In 2007 this cost £9 per hour which was a big drain on finances. I changed my hours ...

Lindy · 03/05/2010 16:19

What about a sixth former or student? My friend's daughter did a job like this and it suited everyone well. Try asking around locally - friends of friends etc.

frakkinnuts · 03/05/2010 17:18

Local student from university is a good plan or maybe a job share between 2 students to accomodate lecture schedules?

A nanny isn't what you need really and they will work out very expensive, even if you can find someone who wants such old charges, but you may find someone with their own child. It will cost you in excess of £100 a week, plus tax and NI and employers NI.

Do you have space for a live au pair? That would be ideal - 3 hours childcare-ish and maybe a couple of hours cleaning to boot? Much more cost effective than a nanny and more reliable than a student.

cymrumam · 03/05/2010 18:10

I would try advertising with the jobcentre I have always found our nanny this way or through word of mouth

kitkat1967 · 04/05/2010 11:18

Hi,

I would also suggest a sixth former or student. We currently have an 18 year girl in her final year at school to pick up my 6 year old and it works very well. As we don't have a contract she just works shen we need her (more like babysitting really) so some weeks 2 days and others 4 days if I am away.

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JETS · 16/05/2010 12:15

Thanks for the good ideas - will try the colleges definately. Would love to have space to try the au pair thing - but c'est la vie!

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neversaydie · 16/05/2010 18:20

We hired a young woman who also worked as a TA. She was available after school and full-time in the school holidays (which we also needed - ds was at a nursery within a school) and superb with our then 3-year-old. It was some of the best, and least stress-ful, child care we had. We paid slightly more per hour than she was paid as a TA, agreed a gross salary and I dealt with NI and tax myself.

Ilovefridays1 · 01/06/2010 16:30

Try looking on gumtree.com you could advertise and someone would see you or you may see someone suitable. This is how I found my current family. Worked really well. X

maddylou · 01/06/2010 16:33

try advertising locally -students are finishing university courses soon and that would get you through to September

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