Originally Posted by
mr man
thanks marleymoo
im going to leave it to experience and try keep on top of it.
i wont end contracts on it as they are a loverly family, but its made me more stronger in the mind to remain professional. iykwim.
and think before i speak.
hon, put it down to experience yes, but don't live with it, that's 3 days a week and 6 hours which you can't earn money for.
I would sit parents down and say you hadn't realised how much income loss this would mean to you. You agreed cos you wanted to be flexible but this will leave a huge hole in your monthly income and you can't afford to live like that. Explain that if you do this care you will be lose 18 hours of income per week. Tell them you can't replace their child with another because they still need the space on Thurs/Fri and in the holidays and because they need the space before/after nursery.
Then give them the choice of full fee or retainer fee for those hours (they need to keep these hours open for holiday care don't they?) or you regret that you will be unable to fulfil their new contract request. Did you sign a new contract yet based on these hours or did they just tell you what they wanted?
Also explain (do your fees policies explain this) that you DO charge by the hour and that if they want say 0730 to 0830 that's fine or 0815 - 0915 but you are not knocking off quarter hours for anyone. I actually have a higher charge for before after school so if they want just this drop off I'd be charging it at at least £1/hour more.
Good luck hon.
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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