Help me with job offer
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Anonymous
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Hi!
So I would like help with our job offer- before we publish it. We are a 5yo with ASD. He is low verbal- but does communicate with words/signs Ect. No behavior issues to speak of, just a sweet kiddo. Job is 4 hours a week, two days afterschool. Pick up at 3:30 and transport 5 blocks back to our house. We are thinking of offering $30 an hour. The extra factors are 1. In all honestly we will be home by 4:30- but pay for 2 hours. I just want to make sure someone can be around until 5:30 in the event that I have a staff meeting plus commute. No housekeeping- no chores. Just hanging out with our son. I know that finding an afterschool sitter is very difficult- much less one for a kiddo with a disability. But I figure we have to start somewhere |
Anonymous
| This is going to be very, very difficult to staff. Most people don’t want to do less than 3 hours per day, even at $30/hour. Add in that it’s only 2 days per week and also with a child with special needs... Can you swing guaranteeing three hours per day, and letting them go as soon as you are home? How about doing 3-4 days per week, that way this becomes more of the norm for your son, instead of being the disruption to the routine? Maybe the solution would be to do a daily rate, with a guarantee of no more than 4 hours, and pay something like $100 per day? Good luck OP! |
Anonymous
| Good luck, OP. That will be a tough position to fill and to retain. |
Anonymous
| All you need is one person who can make this fit with their lifestyle. I think the pay is competitive so why not post the job and see what you find? I know of a lot of nanny's in shares and things that want a little extra money. |
Anonymous
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One of the problems here will also be that you'll be home before the sitter is done. And no one wants that : your child won't understand you're home but you're not available for him, the sitter will feel she's observed ...
I would pay that extra hour and just run some errands or hide in my office until 5.30pm. |
Anonymous
| Get a high school kid who's sweet but kind of a loser. They'll be perfect for this and you can pay less than $30 to them. |
Anonymous
Do you employ high schoolers? IME they’re far less responsible and reliable than I was at the same age. |
Anonymous
| Ask around at his school if there are any aides who would like to supplement their income with an afterschool job. |
Anonymous
| you can check the job board at American University. there are students (college students, so hopefully older/more responsible) who have availability only on some days of the week due to classes and so on, and they may like a job that pays well but that does not take a lot of time. I found a sitter years ago like that when I needed pick up after school. |
Anonymous
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If you can I would reach out to a parent at your kids school and see if anyone is interested.
We only need someone 2 days a week too and the days rotate but I have another Mom who does it and we pay her. Her son is the same age as my DD |
Anonymous
IME, they are all involved in a million activities, and tutoring, and school events ... They want a job that works around them, not the other way around. You may find some kid who actually needs a job and will be reliable, but it's hard. |
Anonymous
Op here- to be clear when I get home the caregiver leaves. However we still pay for the entire shift. We need availability until 5:30, but not always those hours. We have a nearby friend who has been helping out the past two weeks. She’s a former AP and has a break in her schedule. She’s only needed to stay until 5:30 twice. The other days she is out the door by 4:45. However the pay remains consistent. |