thinking of starting childminding
Hi I have never posted on here but I am after a little advice, I have been playing with the idea of becoming a childminder for sometime, i have recently gone back to work but it is financially not working in our favor and I am leaving at the end of July. so I am now looking more seriously into something i can do from home to save on my childcare but still earn a living.
I have three children two are at school. I am qualified to level three childcare and have experience working in settings and obviously from my own children. I have gone through how i could make it work but i am stumped by one thing my boys go to a school that is a 15/20 minute drive from my house so any children I am looking after would need to come with me on the pick up along with my youngest son who is 16 months to collect my older two but i am really unsure how to do this as if i have to many children i will not get everyone in the car to do the school run. Mornings are fine as my husband can take them but it is just me in the afternoon as he is obviously at work. So with my three children that only leaves room in my car for 1 other child which doesn't leave me many childminding options. The only idea i have come up with would be to look at getting a 7 seater car but that is something financially im not sure i would want to invest in until i knew it is something i could really make work.
Any advice on how you work things within your business or what you think/ideas will be greatly received.
thank you