Probey9
22-02-2010, 10:10 PM
I had a telephone call last week from someone who was looking for part time child care. They came to see me on Friday and two hours later phoned and said they would like their son to start on Monday with me.
I invited the parents to come back to complete and sign the paperwork, they were not keen so I offered to come to them, they were still not keen. As I wanted the paperwork in place before they started I offered to drop the paperwork off so they could complete it over the weekend. I completed as much as I could and left the forms with them and said see you Monday.
Monday 8am came and went, I did the school run came back and gave them a quick ring. Had I got the week right? No answer, so I sent an email just asking if I had got it wrong etc and waited for a reply. I am so mad with myself for being soft and handing over all the paperwork without completing and signing and to top it all I put my registration number on there to.
So after waiting all day and talking to other childminders in the area getting myself even more worried. We started talking about people we have heard about where parents are claiming help for childminding costs even when they are no longer in their care. It seems that anyone claiming help with childcare has only got to give the childminders details including the registration number and they can have their money. No checks are done to confirm if that child is actually being cared for by that childminder.
Anyway going back to my other problem, so I then get a reply, in broken English, basically saying, sorry I was ill so my son stayed at home today with me, please be patient so I can recover, not sure if and when I can return to work as I have siatica!
Not sure how to answer this, my main concern is that I gave out paperwork with my registration number on. Yes I know I have been really silly and I will never get caught like this again but any help will be gratefully received.
I invited the parents to come back to complete and sign the paperwork, they were not keen so I offered to come to them, they were still not keen. As I wanted the paperwork in place before they started I offered to drop the paperwork off so they could complete it over the weekend. I completed as much as I could and left the forms with them and said see you Monday.
Monday 8am came and went, I did the school run came back and gave them a quick ring. Had I got the week right? No answer, so I sent an email just asking if I had got it wrong etc and waited for a reply. I am so mad with myself for being soft and handing over all the paperwork without completing and signing and to top it all I put my registration number on there to.
So after waiting all day and talking to other childminders in the area getting myself even more worried. We started talking about people we have heard about where parents are claiming help for childminding costs even when they are no longer in their care. It seems that anyone claiming help with childcare has only got to give the childminders details including the registration number and they can have their money. No checks are done to confirm if that child is actually being cared for by that childminder.
Anyway going back to my other problem, so I then get a reply, in broken English, basically saying, sorry I was ill so my son stayed at home today with me, please be patient so I can recover, not sure if and when I can return to work as I have siatica!
Not sure how to answer this, my main concern is that I gave out paperwork with my registration number on. Yes I know I have been really silly and I will never get caught like this again but any help will be gratefully received.