crazyhazy
02-10-2010, 09:45 PM
Further to my previous post about my new after schooler, I'm having more issues! I decided in the end that despite the hours having changed from before and after school everyday to just after school on 3 days I would give it a go and see what happened.
So last week was her first week with me and she seems very nice which made me feel better, then wed came this week and she didn't show. I called mum who was very vague and said she'd try and find her, long story short it turns out she'd ran away to a friends house and the police brought her home at 11pm! Thur she came and was fine, the upside being she is very nice, chats away to me and gets on with the other mindees.
I gave her a letter yesterday for her mum asking what hours if any were required over the oct holidays (she'd been vague about holiday care at the first meeting). She called today to say yes she would need holiday cover and was thinking she could come to me 12-1 and have lunch then come back 4-5 for dinner :eek: Well first off I explained I don't do dinner at that time we have dinner as a family when everyone else has gone home, so she said ok well just 12-1. I explained as nicely and calmly as I could that really that wasn't ok, it would mean I had to stay home every day for the sake of one hour, the compromise reached was 12-3 but to be honest I'm really not happy. What can I do? My other schoolie is term time only so won't be here so it'll just be my own two and on 2 days a 7m old mindee and on some of the other days a 3.5y, I might even have a day or two off with my girls if it wasn;t for this one.
I'm not sure where I stand though? The contract states 4 weeks notice, but the hours have changed completely since it was signed and she only started on the 22nd sept. It's an scma contract does anyone know if they have a settling period built in (not at home so can't check yet).
Thanks very much for reading if you've got this far x
So last week was her first week with me and she seems very nice which made me feel better, then wed came this week and she didn't show. I called mum who was very vague and said she'd try and find her, long story short it turns out she'd ran away to a friends house and the police brought her home at 11pm! Thur she came and was fine, the upside being she is very nice, chats away to me and gets on with the other mindees.
I gave her a letter yesterday for her mum asking what hours if any were required over the oct holidays (she'd been vague about holiday care at the first meeting). She called today to say yes she would need holiday cover and was thinking she could come to me 12-1 and have lunch then come back 4-5 for dinner :eek: Well first off I explained I don't do dinner at that time we have dinner as a family when everyone else has gone home, so she said ok well just 12-1. I explained as nicely and calmly as I could that really that wasn't ok, it would mean I had to stay home every day for the sake of one hour, the compromise reached was 12-3 but to be honest I'm really not happy. What can I do? My other schoolie is term time only so won't be here so it'll just be my own two and on 2 days a 7m old mindee and on some of the other days a 3.5y, I might even have a day or two off with my girls if it wasn;t for this one.
I'm not sure where I stand though? The contract states 4 weeks notice, but the hours have changed completely since it was signed and she only started on the 22nd sept. It's an scma contract does anyone know if they have a settling period built in (not at home so can't check yet).
Thanks very much for reading if you've got this far x