Contracted Hours
Thinking more and more of doing this but have some questions.
A. Do you allow parents to contract for the whole day? I have a few parents that need it but wondering how to say do you really need it? B. Do you allow them to come on parents day's off (since they are paying for it). C. If they get off earlier do you have them come at that time to pick up? D. In the contracted hours do you allow for drive time? E. How do you figure your rates as? I charge a three day, four day, five day rate. I then figured out my monthly rate they pay me for having those children here how ever many days (has to be consistent through the week). So if I shorten the time they are here it seems, I would need to refigure my rates. I"m sure I will have more questions but this is what I'm thinking of for now. My husband thinks it won't work as they know I'm open so why not have their child here. They are paying for they day so why not be here. |
Originally Posted by Country Kids: They choose the latest pick up time they need. If it's M,T, W and F at 3:00 but Thur it's 4:00. They contract until 4:00 then for the whole week My fees are weekly not daily. Originally Posted by Country Kids: Originally Posted by Country Kids: Originally Posted by Country Kids: Originally Posted by Country Kids: |
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I have 3 contracted rates. I am open 10 hours a day and parents can choose up to 4 hours at $X up to 8 hours at $X or up to 10 hours for $X per day. They can choose however many days they want within the 3 days I work. I charge a premium for 10 hour days. The hours have to be within my opening time of 7-5pm. I do not factor in drive time really because I am still taking care of their kid whether they are driving or not but it depends. If someone needs an 8 hour day and 30 minutes for a commute I may just give them my 8 hour rate if I have other kids here anyway. There have been families I do that for and others I don’t do it for.
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BC do you let parents contract for the entire day? Say 7:00-5:30? I have some children here from open to close even though they can be picked up much earlier. Do you do a certain amount of hours they can be in care?
I'm thinking even with contracted hours I will still have this issue and really very few children need 10.5 hours of childcare. I have some families who have one parent that get off earlier than the other one but the children still are here till closing. |
Originally Posted by Country Kids: Mostly because it will cost them ALOT more than if they picked up earlier. Eliminates the resentment on my end and takes from their wallets on their end. Loss of time with their child isn't something I can compensate for or force them to do. |
Originally Posted by Country Kids: My comments are above in Purple. |
My answers are under your question.
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Originally Posted by Ariana: Originally Posted by LysesKids: I'd love to offer daily options but when I have 12-14 kids (10+ families) it's time consuming to track, bill, record and manage all of that. One of the benefits to moving to contracted hours based on the latest pick time needed weekly for me was to minimize the time I spent doing paperwork. :) |
Originally Posted by Country Kids: |
I do the same as Blackcat because of Blackcats advice on here. The only difference is my rates go up every 15/30 minutes after 3:30. The way I determine part time/full time is also different. Determining if it’s part time or full time depends on what I have available first and then depends on days/hours. Drop off can be anywhere between 7:30-9:30 am but is the same rate if you drop off at 7:30 or 9:30 and a 3:00 pick up isn’t cheaper than a 3:30 pick up.
I wanted off at 3:30 and didn’t want pick up at 3:00 when children were just getting up from nap so that’s the time I chose for my base rate. 7:30-3:30 or 9:30-3:30 is $125. $125 is what the average provider charges in my area for a full day, open-close schedule. That rate goes up every 15/30 minutes thereafter. When I closed at 5:30 the rate went up the most between 4 and 5:30. This made it so everyone was picking up by 4 and now that’s been my closing time for years and I can’t imagine going back to 5:30. My part time rate isn’t concrete. It depends on if the schedule works around another schedule, how many hours/days, what times are pick up and drop off (how disruptive it is) and the age of the child (I don’t do part time rates for under 18 months). Parents who are given a part time rate because their schedule works around another schedule are made aware that their rate could change if the other schedule changes. |
Here is a blog about it and a sample rate scale within the blog.
https://www.daycare.com/nannyde/how-...care-rates.htm I developed the contracted rate by departure time (for day shift kids) and arrival time (for evening kids) based on a max number of hours per day with a full or part time rate schedule. It's become popular with home providers who tailor it to their business needs. Mine is based on 15 minute increments. Here is the rate page on my website with the evening shift upside down scale: http://www.nanshouse.com/fees.htm |
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Originally Posted by LysesKids: Due to the fact that I only do part time I can be much more flexible with schedules. One thing I will never do again is drop in because they take up a full time spot for half the pay. |
OK.....I am taking the plunge this year. I like the fees can be based on pick up time with five dollar increments for every 15 minutes. I will have almost or all teachers kids. If they have a meeting after work and they will pick up later then their pick up time… I will charge five dollars an hour for that. It will have to be pre-arranged. If they don’t arrange it ahead of time then the dollar a minute late fee will apply. I am so over having teachers kids here for 10 hours a day! So they have a choice… They can choose the 10 hours a day and pay more or they can choose an earlier time making a lighter afternoon for me or maybe even off early!
Does this sound like a good plan? |
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