Originally Posted by
Vickie
Hi, I'm soon to be registered (just going through the process) and to be honest it amazes me that CM's all charge different rates! surely the government should look at this and have a fixed hourly price? When you consider that the local services want us to do all the training courses, and book work and policies and lots and lots of paperwork with each child, surely they should sort this out! In my area it seems to go from £2.50 to £3.50ph, but to be honest I want to charge a little more... I'm not being greedy, but surely if we all charge a little more in the same area, then parents would choose a childminder on what they can offer instead of what they charge!:panic:
Have we ever thought about holding a petition to get equal rights of pay? we don't even get minimum wage?? Come on government, help us out, you do all the thorough checks on us and send Ofsted inspectors to grill us for hours, surely we are worth a little more....:clapping: