Hi all, I am hoping somebody can give me an idiots guide to employing an assistant
I have read through alot of the posts and i find i am getting more not less confused
basically I am in the lucky postion of having five families that I work with across the week. Four of those five families are either having a second baby or baby has arrived and mum is on maternity leave. I have been told by all of them they want to keep exisiting child here and add sibling when maternity leave is up.
Its lovely to feel wanted - last year I lost alot of families through redundancy so this has boosted my confidence loads. BUT i have sat down with a 2011 and 2012 year planner and simply cannot fit them all in!!
Some days, if everyone had what they wanted there could be 6 or even 7 under 4s here, mostly under 3s so real things to consider such as walking abilities,naps etc.
Soo I am looking at pros and cons of employing an assistant. How does one start the process, apply to OFSTED first or find someobdy first? Where is best place to look? Do assistants need qualifications or experience?
I am completly confused as to how they get paid. It looks like self employed would be easier but do I need to pay higher than minimum wage to allow for this? I am in south London area, does anyone emply an assistant in this area and can tell me what they pay?
I have done recrutiment before so am not worried about interviewing and training, more the set up and wether there is another way of doing this?
Heeeelp!
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