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The usual childminder question

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  • 16-06-2015 7:46pm
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    mozattack
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    Hi there,

    Is it too much to expect to find a childminder who will pick up one child after a half-day in creche, drive across town to collect a second child from school and then mind the children until 17.20?

    I would use a creche no problem but if either child is sick you are goosed with work.

    There seems to be no regular list/register anymore so the advice is to put an ad online. Seems too casual and unregulated for me.

    You'd wonder whats the point in both parents working... but anyway.


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    wmpdd3
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    I got someone indirectly through the waterford childcare commitee, well worth a call. Same thing 2 kids, creche and school.

    http://www.cccw.ie

    Email them for a full list of registered minders.


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,384 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    mozattack wrote: »
    Hi there,

    Is it too much to expect to find a childminder who will pick up one child after a half-day in creche, drive across town to collect a second child from school and then mind the children until 17.20?

    I would use a creche no problem but if either child is sick you are goosed with work.

    There seems to be no regular list/register anymore so the advice is to put an ad online. Seems too casual and unregulated for me.

    You'd wonder whats the point in both parents working... but anyway.

    im afraid childcare in ireland is pretty much a disaster, always has been and always will be as we kinna dont want to change it or we re truly not willing to stand up and damned it to change, like a lot of things in this country. i feel for parents in these situations.


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    PucaMama
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    It's not too much and it's not hard to find. Have you tried advertising the job?

    The one problem I had when working in childcare was parents didn't seem to understand they have to pay properly for the service. A qualified childcare assistant isn't the same as a babysitter.


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 29,384 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    PucaMama wrote: »
    The one problem I had when working in childcare was parents didn't seem to understand they have to pay properly for the service. A qualified childcare assistant isn't the same as a babysitter.

    this is a very good point. we have got to stop thinking cheapification is a good thing


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