In Home Child Care costs?
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Topic: In Home Child Care costs?
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Subject: In Home Child Care costs?
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 9:09am
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Hi - does anyone use Porse (or similar) in home childcare for their little one(s)? We are organising for Oli to go and spend one morning a week with a friend and her little one, but I want to pay her the "going rate". Is anyone willing to tell me what they pay? Sorry I know its a bit personal - but need to make sure I am not ripping her off! Thanks
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 9:15am
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Hi we use barnadoes and they charge $5.75 per hour per child and we get a discount on top of that for having two with them, we only do 1 day per week so not sure if it is cheaper if you do more hours.
I don't mind telling you, I'm pretty sure barnadoes have the charges on their website :) I'm not sure what our carer gets paid though, cos she only has my two on the day they go which means she wouldn't even be getting min wage and I'm not sure if that is legal etc. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 9:35am
| I charge $7 per hour through porse. I think thats the going rate for them. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 10:00am
| As a comparison at daycare for Daniel it costs me $5.16 an hour.. thats only for 9hrs a week |
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 10:50am
| We pay $5 an hour ;- ) Ours is quite cheap though! |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 11:28am
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I was paying $4.50 through Easymind I think.
I am going to charge $4.50 to do private care. With a minimum number of hours a week. But Auckland the going rate will be higher. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 12:49pm
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if you worked out our daycare hourly rate it would come between $4.80 and $5 an hour (pretty sucky when you think hourly!!!)
if it is a once off babysitting etc I would normally pay like $50 or so for a day cashy or evening $40 or more cashy! I would def suggest hourly rates to her and maybe say - but they are so low - maybe i could pay you $x? |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 2:50pm
| We pay $5.75 for Barnadoes and $4 per hour for Tom's daycare |
Posted By: Busy1
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 2:50pm
| I do In Home Childcare... obviously (by my name) and I charge $5 per hour per child. |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 3:17pm
| My MIL charges (I think) about $5-5.50 an hour |
Posted By: josephnia
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 3:24pm
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Our carer charges $7.50 (through Porse) but we get a bit of a subsidy. -------------  
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Posted By: Busy1
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 4:43pm
| Wow... Porse is really expensive... NO offense to anyone that uses them. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 5:32pm
| I was going to put DS3 into one for a few hours & the charge between $5-7 plus I would get 20hrs free as he is 3yr so it was really cheap. |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 7:07pm
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With Porse, the rate totally depends on your carer. We pay $6 per hour, but when we were looking for an in-home carer, I came across people charging anywhere from $5 to $8 per hour, and all of them are with porse. We pay extra for food too, but it's so great not having to make lunch etc in the mornings! -------------  
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 8:45pm
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With Porse do you take them to the carers home or do they look after them in your home?
The daycare I am looking at charges a flat rate of $40 per day. I thought it seemed pretty expensive but that is for up to 11 hours. Even though I would only put my baby in for 6 or 7 hours Im not sure if it is any cheaper. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 21 October 2009 at 9:13pm
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Porse you can take them to other peoples homes as in a carers home, but Porse also have Nannies who go into the childs own home if the parents so wish ------------- susie |
Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 10:39am
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I just met with the Porse lady today, they charge anywhere from $6 - $12 for central Auckland per child but I know bernado's are cheaper. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 6:39pm
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gee porse are expensive are these people qualifed ealry childhood people ?????
do they have first aid ceft's gee $12 an hour that's crazy!!!!!  -------------  
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 6:44pm
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We pay $4.50 per hour and get a discount for having 2 kids in care, though obviously we are in Hamilton so probably cheaper than Auckland.
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 9:31am
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I pay $250 a week for porse and the caregivers are amazing, so worth knowing my child has excellent care and yes porse subsidise by $30 a week.
Its not expensive at all |
Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 11:38am
Yeh, the more expensive they are the more experience & qualifications they usually have. In saying that from my understanding is that it's the carer who decides on their pay. They said many $6/hr people have heaps of qualifications & experience too so it's just luck of the draw in some ways. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Milo1 wrote:Posted By: first
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 11:51am
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I am a PORSE educator who is trained and I charge 7.50 an hour. To be honest I see it as cheap. Often I have only my son and another child with me which mean that each child gets alot of individual care.
As a PORSE educator you don't get paid sick leave or holiday pay or anything so I think that as parents its a good deal. For those of you who have cleaners come into your house how much do you pay them an hour?? I would pay a lot more for my childs care. Sorry if that sounds nasty I don't mean it to in any way. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: josephnia
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 12:57pm
Our carer is in the higher pay rate but she is a qualified nanny with years of experience and my son absolutely loves being in her care so the money is totally justified for us. And I find her a great resource for a lot of my parenting questions as well, and I know that we are on the same page when it comes to Blake's care so I have total peace of mind  -------------
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Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 1:05pm
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First: I'm SO with you on your comment. It's such an important job & uses up so much energy that a measly $6/hr doesn't give it enough praise. It's hard enough mustering up enough energy for your own children let alone someone elses. I'm surprised it's legal to charge such a low amount esp. when looking at Hamilton at $4.50.
In saying that to get childcare for 2 under 2yrs old while working is expensive so the cost comes into it for me as I wouldn't be able to get back into work if it was too much higher. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: first
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 5:25pm
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I do realise it is a big chunk for families to pay and I totally understand about going back to work and affording childcare as I didn't go back to work because my income wouldn't have covered my childcare. I am so glad I decided to go with PORSe as I love looking after the extra kids and it works well for my family.
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 6:43pm
first - when I found out how little I would be paying for Natalie's care ($6ph), I was almost horrified that it was so low! However her carer looks after another couple of children also, so in the end she's being paid a more reasonable hourly rate!  My carer isn't qualified 'on paper' but I know she is doing an excellent job, and my daughter loves the time she spends there. And at the end of the day happy baby = happy mummy.
It is such a hard job, and I know I couldn't do what our carer (and you other hard-working Mummies) do. -------------
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 6:45pm
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I agree... but $12 dollars an hour who could afford
480.00 dollars a week for 40 hours childcare. for one child.
but 7.50an hour sounds better 
in home childcare is better for one on one attention and under 2's. -------------
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Posted By: kate138426
Date Posted: 11 February 2014 at 9:13pm
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Hi, can anyone tell me how the payment scheme works with porse? Do i pay them a fee to use one of their carers and then pay the carer? |