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Post by jen on Jul 22, 2007 20:53:49 GMT
I have got a lady coming to see me tomorrow about care for her 2 girls.
One girl in 3 and the other 6.
She wants care every morning for hour and half and drop-off at school and nursery school.
I have worked out what to charge in this instance.
But she may need the youngest one picked up from nursery school depending on her work hours. I explained i only have 2 vacancies for under 5's (I have a 20mths old) and she would be taking up one of those places. Do i charge her a retainer fee for the days she doesn't use?
Also in school hols she would need me to have them both but again it depends on hours.
I'm so confused on all of these fees and what to charge.
What would everyone else do?
Jen
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Post by angela234 on Jul 23, 2007 16:43:08 GMT
If she wants you to pick up from nursery then i would charge full rate for all the time. is it half or full day care she wants?
if she wants pick up on same days each week i would just charge for those days and the other days charge for just before school.
If she just wants you available just when she can't make it then she either pays you either half or full pay or takes a chance that you can do it
Holidays if she wants to keep a place in the hols then she must pay something to hold spaces depending if it half or full day
It's a hard one
Angela
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Post by lou on Jul 23, 2007 18:43:50 GMT
this is a bit of a difficult one..
if she wants the full days in the holidays, she will really need to pay something for them all year round i would think because otherwise you will have to keep an under 5 space for her that she will only use in the holidays.
unless i have understood it wrong?
this is one of the reasons i charge a daily rate instead of hourly. i tell people how much it is for a day and they must tell me how many days and thats what they sign the contract for.
maybe im a bit hard?
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Post by Pauline on Jul 24, 2007 6:47:41 GMT
No you are not hard Lou, I too charge a daily rate and a half day rate. I find it works much easier than an hourly rate. If someone just wants a few hours during a morning/afternoon then they would have to pay the half day rate, otherwise they are taking up a place that you could earn more for.
Jen - If she just wants care in the mornings - I would charge the before school rate for the 6 year old in term time, then the half day rate during the holidays. The 3 year old I would charge the half day rate all the time. You say she 'thinks' she might need your for collection sometimes. If you don't start charging for that straight away you might find yourself doing collection anyway but not getting properly paid for it.
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Post by angeldelight on Jul 24, 2007 7:38:00 GMT
Not sure what I would do but I think Paulines advice is good
We all do things different though and you must do what you want to do it is your business at the end of the day and you do not want to be out of pocket - like I usually find myself ha
Personally though because you are unsure I would take Paulines advice
Good luck let us know how it goes
Angel xx
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Post by jen on Jul 24, 2007 8:48:48 GMT
Thank you for all of your advice
the lady came round yesterday. Shell from on here actually pointed her in my direction.
Me and Shell met up last week and she is lovely. She has been helping me with things and has been great. I have definately found a great childminding friend there
Anyway the lady signed contracts for both of her girls for an hour each morning for breakfast and i will taking them both to school and nurery school.
If the mum needs me to pick up from nursery it may only be accasionally so i put on the contract that if i had a vacancy i will collect her daughter from nursery. she was happy with this and said she understood i was running a business and that if i had a child wanting full time care she doesn't mind and will get round it.
I have got both girls one morning a week through the summer hols so we can get to know eachother which will be nice.
on another note i have a mum coming round today looking for care for a 2, 5 and 9 year old. So will see what happens with thst one
Jen x
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Post by angela234 on Jul 24, 2007 17:21:36 GMT
Well done 3 children in one family great! Hope it goes well
Angela
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Post by Pauline on Jul 25, 2007 7:02:42 GMT
That's great news Jen, glad it's working out for you. Lovely to hear that you and Shell have got together, it's great to have a friend close by to call on.
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Post by lorraine2767 on Jul 25, 2007 13:25:28 GMT
That's great let us know how it goes. xxx
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