butterfly
25-06-2008, 07:40 PM
Help somene please help!! I'm only just starting out but am really worried about the money aspect of things! I've given up a well paid teaching job to be with my kids and 'm woried i've done the wrong thing.
So far i have one child on a thu whose mum keeps changing her hours from anything from 3-8. i've got a prospective mindee coming on friday but she only wants 4 hours. i need to earn £200 a week so have to work for at least 8 hours a day. my nearest childminder is charging £3.75/hr (75p less than me) but she charges £1 for each meal and extra for trips on top.
I want to charge a min daily fee of £40 equivilant to 9 hours minding because i don't want to end up working for only 4 hours pay per day but am unsure if anyone will pay it. i'm now stuck as to whether to stick t my guns and charge £4.50 per hour or drop it more in line with the other childminder. I haven't had many enquiries although i'm still not on the cildmindinglink website.
what should i do? i don't think i can offer inclusive meals and trips for much less than £4.50 per hour but that's not much use if i can't get any mindees! i'm also a qualified teacher and hoped that people would pay for my expertise! i'm so worried and stressed because i want to do right by my family! please help!
So far i have one child on a thu whose mum keeps changing her hours from anything from 3-8. i've got a prospective mindee coming on friday but she only wants 4 hours. i need to earn £200 a week so have to work for at least 8 hours a day. my nearest childminder is charging £3.75/hr (75p less than me) but she charges £1 for each meal and extra for trips on top.
I want to charge a min daily fee of £40 equivilant to 9 hours minding because i don't want to end up working for only 4 hours pay per day but am unsure if anyone will pay it. i'm now stuck as to whether to stick t my guns and charge £4.50 per hour or drop it more in line with the other childminder. I haven't had many enquiries although i'm still not on the cildmindinglink website.
what should i do? i don't think i can offer inclusive meals and trips for much less than £4.50 per hour but that's not much use if i can't get any mindees! i'm also a qualified teacher and hoped that people would pay for my expertise! i'm so worried and stressed because i want to do right by my family! please help!