Need for extended hours?

[Penny1959]

As part of a post on FB I have been asking for cm's to say if there is a need for extended hours in their area. I have now decided to collate the information to use in the deregulation campaign as another threat to our business and another suggestion that is not in best interests of children .

From my personal experience there is not much demand - but maybe there is in your area?

So please either post here or PM me - Do you offer extended hours and what times? Have you EVER provided extended hours? Have you ever turned down an enquiry because it was for extended hours? I need your general area as in county but will not include your name or pass on your details. Thank You.


Penny

[loocyloo]

when i lived in hampshire i was asked to care for a 8 yr old from 6.30 every morning as mum was a nurse and worked the early shift,so she could pick up from school.

dad managed to shift his hours at work, and in fact i started at 7.30 instead.

i also used to have a (different) schoolie till 8pm one night a week.

i haven't been asked for extended hours here in north yorkshire, but come january will be starting at 7.30 with a babe. If i were to have a parent working in york or one of the big towns around here, i think i would probably be looking at a 7.00/7.30 start with a 6.00/6.30 finish due to traffic.

just remembered i was asked a while back to do 6 - 9pm for 2 littlies, but in fact mum found someone to go to her house, as littlies needed to go to bed!

[Bridey]

I start at 0715 and finish at 1800. In nearly 13 years I have only once been asked for extended hours and that was a 5am start ... which I turned down.

I'm in Hampshire.

[sharonmanc]

I have not been asked for extended hours since starting in March, I am in Oldham

[rickysmiths]

It depends what you mean by extended hours Penny.

I have always worked from 7am to 6 or 6.30pm and sometimes to 8.30pm for the odd nurse on a late. I consider the core above to be the norm. I know some childminders charge extra for before 8am because they consider this is out of hours I would never work if I took this type of view.

I have had one inquiry for up to 10pm a coupe of months ago for a bus driver who worked shifts but they found someone nearer to them thank goodness that is a bit late.

& am to 6.30pm is the norm here I would say.

[Pixie dust]

I am in norfolk and up until May I had 2 children whose mum worked as a nurse at the local hospital so they were here until 9.30pm some nights and my current family mum works in the local supermarket and can start with me at 6.30am and sometimes are here until 8.15pm(dad sometimes works away)

[Penny1959]

It depends what you mean by extended hours Penny.

I have always worked from 7am to 6 or 6.30pm and sometimes to 8.30pm for the odd nurse on a late. I consider the core above to be the norm. I know some childminders charge extra for before 8am because they consider this is out of hours I would never work if I took this type of view.

I have had one inquiry for up to 10pm a coupe of months ago for a bus driver who worked shifts but they found someone nearer to them thank goodness that is a bit late.

& am to 6.30pm is the norm here I would say.

That is a good point Rickysmiths - what is extended hours?

I personally would say before 7am and after 6pm - but some would say before 7:30 and after 6.30

So as a ball park I would say before 7am and after 6.30 - a good starting point is the hours local nurseries are open and before and after school clubs.

Reading various posts here and FB people do have a varying idea of extended hours but Cameron is talking of up to 8pm.

If everyone posts their own ideas of extended times I sort out the recording of the data.

Penny

[Roseolivia]

I work Mon-Fri 8am-6pm. I have only worked after 6pm once for a student nurse who had a late night college/shift 2 days a week. I have never been asked since and i have never been asked for weekend work.
I wouldn't work after my normal hours now as I have Rose and Alfie to contend with and after 6pm is my time.

[winstonian]

The nurseries here (Derby) close at 6pm. I have 2 little boys until 6.30pm 4 nights a weeks. Before they were relying on various family and friends and found the boys were unsettled and mum and dad were finding it hard.
Our co-ordinator has just had an enquiry for Saturday and Sunday but I dint think anyone will be able to do it. We all have our own families.
There is a local enquiry on childcare .co.uk that wants until 8.30pm for a 2year old

[mama2three]

My children are here between 7 and 6.15 so not ' extended hours' as such - but these hours are outside what both local nursery and other local minders are open.
I think the Jugglers post matches my sentiments exactly! I cant think of anything worse for the poor children than to be in this environment for up to 13 hours a day! The govt should be promoting childminders as at least they are in a home environment ! But realistically how many of us would be willing to work these extended hours - as I said Im the only one here willing to work before 8 or past 6!!
And even at time and a half if we had 1 child we would be working these late few hours for less than the minimum wage but with maximum disruption to our families.

[Penny1959]

Thank you everyone for your responses - some interesting aspects that I had not thought of such as those occupations that do need extended hours- but still on the whole it appears so far that not much demand and certainly not enough to warrent opening schools that late.

But maybe with more responses the results will change

Penny

[Pipsqueak]

As part of a post on FB I have been asking for cm's to say if there is a need for extended hours in their area. I have now decided to collate the information to use in the deregulation campaign as another threat to our business and another suggestion that is not in best interests of children .

From my personal experience there is not much demand - but maybe there is in your area?

So please either post here or PM me - Do you offer extended hours and what times? Have you EVER provided extended hours? Have you ever turned down an enquiry because it was for extended hours? I need your general area as in county but will not include your name or pass on your details. Thank You.


Penny

What I HAVE noticed is an increase for childcare requests at the weekend
- personally I don't/won't work weekends - I already work long hard hours in the week.

I currently start work at 7am and finish at 6pm (occasionally 6.30 - 6.30)

I used to mind a child till 9.30pm at night and I am willing to work longer hours for the right client.

I haven't noticed an increased request for extended hours during the week only weekends.

[jackie 7]

I am open 7.45 to 6.00 but I have been asked to start at 6.45 during the olympics, just 2 days a week as mother has been told to come in early. She won't be paid more and as she kept the child with me when the fater was out of work i will do it, I know i should charge more but mother won't get more money so I want to help her out. I would work later if needed but not every night.

[mum24]

Sorry, I have only just seen this.
Hope I am not too late with this reply.
Yes I work extended hours regularly, two of my clients are G.P.s and are regularly on call, so though they know the dates in advance, they cannot actually give me a definite time when they will collect.
Also I have from time to time worked at the weekend, though I don't normally, to cover for one of my clients who occasionally is called out to cover at work on a Saturday.
I had one other who about once a month had to travel up to Yorkshire by train (I am near London) and because of the unreliability of train connections etc she could sometimes be very late - once afer 9pm,
I usually work 7.30 to 6.30 every day.