Rate for neighbour/friend looking after baby

[arcadia96]

What would be a reasonable hourly rate to pay my neighbour to look after my 6 m.o. baby? We live in the South East. She does some nannying locally (and studies) but is not a registered childminder. She has one child of her own but the care would be one-to-one with her and the baby in my home. Just a couple of hours some mornings to help me out. She wasn't sure what to charge but suggested £7/£8 per hour - is that a lot, I think it's more than a childminder?

Definitely more than a childminder, depending where you are a childminder would charge you between £3.50 - £6.00 per hour.

Most childminders have 3 children under 5 tho, so not one to one care.

But what would you do about paying tax and such.

Nanny Nick knows all the ins and outs of it all, I am sure he will be along soon.

£8 per hour is standard rate here (Herts) fir that sort of arrangement.

That's more than a childminder (I'm an ex Surrey childminder and my rate was £5 per hour) but less than I have been quoted for a nanny (£8 - £10 per hour net)

She would only be allowed to care for your baby for a couple of hours if she is not registered. She is expensive for someone who doesn't have the correct training/qualifications and is not regulated so I would prefer to take my baby to a registered CMer for peace of mind and to justify the fee.

TBMOM - as it is in the ops own home there is no legal requirement for her to register. If she takes the child back to her own home then she would need to be.

£7/£8 gross per hour sounds fine. It's more than a childminder but you are getting 1:1 care.

nbee- I know that, I didn't see the bit where she would be in the op's home. I'm a CMer myself.

She has one child of her own but the care would be one-to-one with her and the baby in my home

as she will be bringing her child with her and very doubful she will be paying tax i would pay £6ph

I charge £7 per hour in London - her suggestion sounds fine to me.

She won't be bringing her child with her.
I think I'll ask if she pays tax - if so £8, if not £7 if she agrees.

If she's an employee then you don't 'ask' if she pays tax. You sort it out.

It's very difficult to be self-employed and administer your own tax as a childcarer in someone else's home.

If it less than say 10 hours a week and on an ad-hoc basis then this it is quite possible to argue that she does have a self employed status (and therefore tax is not your problem) - but I would definitely have a contract that stated this (and also stated that the hours would be decided by the nanny in reaction to your offer of work, rather than dictated by you - this is one of the tests of self-employed vs employed).

In my neck of the woods(West Kent), CM's charge around £4-£5per hour and Nanny's get £10-£12 per hour.

HTH