employing a nanny / childminder?
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Does anyone employ a full-time nanny / child minder?
A couple of years ago we were sending two kids to private nursery, although this was brilliant for them, it was hellishly expensive and they're now both at school. My other half was on maternity leave up till a few weeks ago so the school run wasn't an issue, however she's now looking at going back to work.
By chance, one of the staff from their previous nursery has left and we've been talking about employing her as a full time childminder / nanny / whatever.
This would be ideal as my other half would like to return to work but wasn't able to due to having to work school hours. Having a full time child minder would resolve this.
It's a girl we know, our kids already know her so it'd be an easy transition, but what we aren't sure about is the legal / business aspect.
Would she need to register as self employed etc, do we need insurance for it, should we draw up a contract etc etc etc
I'm sure there are a thousand little things we haven't considered...
A couple of years ago we were sending two kids to private nursery, although this was brilliant for them, it was hellishly expensive and they're now both at school. My other half was on maternity leave up till a few weeks ago so the school run wasn't an issue, however she's now looking at going back to work.
By chance, one of the staff from their previous nursery has left and we've been talking about employing her as a full time childminder / nanny / whatever.
This would be ideal as my other half would like to return to work but wasn't able to due to having to work school hours. Having a full time child minder would resolve this.
It's a girl we know, our kids already know her so it'd be an easy transition, but what we aren't sure about is the legal / business aspect.
Would she need to register as self employed etc, do we need insurance for it, should we draw up a contract etc etc etc
I'm sure there are a thousand little things we haven't considered...
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i guess she would have to be a registered childminder. she can register as self employed and pay her own tax and national insurance thats quite easy to do
If they went to her, she will have to be a registered child minder. Not sure about if she comes to your house.
two questions as another poster said, why is she giving up a job without having another one to go? And what would she do while they are at school?
She had a pay dispute with the nursery she used to work at, which I can totally understand as we had a dispute with the manager too about fees
Whilst they are at school she would be looking after our youngest boy, then picking the other two up at 3:15.
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a541397/legal-responsibilities-of-employing-a-nanny
Only £100? Crikey I'll get one right away, my daughters nursery is £42/ day
But of course au pairs are untrained & unregistered
Don't background check, crb, etc
You will need to pay her tax and NI, provide payslips, etc There is some good advise here,
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/working/emp-in-home.htm
http://www.nannytax.co.uk/key-points-when-employing-a-nanny
http://donnamaher.com/protectyourchildren.html
You could use an agency who would do most of this for you, for a fee of course.
the plan is for her to start at 8am(ish) to look after the youngest and to do the school run (it's only a 10 min walk to school), she'll get a couple of hours break during the day while he sleeps, then to get the other two from school and hold the fort till i get home from work at 4:30ish
basically this is the only way we could see that my other half could work and have it worth the fuss, sending all three to private nursery / after-school club would be very expensive (although employing someone full time isn't cheap, its a good £120 a week less)
as we see it as the only way for both of us to work i'm very vary of trying to make it worth it for the girl we're employing, but don't wanna go overboard lol
If she is coming to your house then basically it is quite straight forward and if you already know and trust her and agree terms and conditions before you start, hopefully is should work out quite easily.
Nope, you don't HAVE to be registered but it would be sensible to make sure they are.