GemmaGood
06-08-2009, 01:47 PM
Hi all.
I was caring for a 5 month old, who would not settle, and parents expected me to give him one to one care and hold him all of the time, when this was addressed, and I informed parents that I am not able to give my sole attention to just one child, when I have a 2 year old son, and other mindee's at the setting, they ended their contract with immediate effect. They then decided that they were not going to pay the 4 weeks notice, so I contacted the Ncma and have gained advice from them. The father then decided he was going to come round to my home and start shouting the odds and threatened to take me to court. Anyway the police were involved as I thought his behaviour was not appropriate and that he didn't know if I had other children here. They then put a complaint in against me, which Ofsted have looked at, visited me and they were happy with everything I did, and sympathised, and thankfully the complaint was dropped.:clapping: However I am now dealing with the solicitors to gain the monies owed from the parent and they have sent a letter today saying that they have 14 days to pay the money or the will be issued with a court hearing.......... has anyone experienced this and what should I be expecting if they dont pay within the 14 days???
Any help and advise would be much appreciated.. and apologises for the long post xx
I was caring for a 5 month old, who would not settle, and parents expected me to give him one to one care and hold him all of the time, when this was addressed, and I informed parents that I am not able to give my sole attention to just one child, when I have a 2 year old son, and other mindee's at the setting, they ended their contract with immediate effect. They then decided that they were not going to pay the 4 weeks notice, so I contacted the Ncma and have gained advice from them. The father then decided he was going to come round to my home and start shouting the odds and threatened to take me to court. Anyway the police were involved as I thought his behaviour was not appropriate and that he didn't know if I had other children here. They then put a complaint in against me, which Ofsted have looked at, visited me and they were happy with everything I did, and sympathised, and thankfully the complaint was dropped.:clapping: However I am now dealing with the solicitors to gain the monies owed from the parent and they have sent a letter today saying that they have 14 days to pay the money or the will be issued with a court hearing.......... has anyone experienced this and what should I be expecting if they dont pay within the 14 days???
Any help and advise would be much appreciated.. and apologises for the long post xx