Ontario Caregivers - daycare announcement due today

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When we go through an agency the parents are bound by the rules of the agency too. When we work independently the parents and I work out a plan together. The parent retains more control over what they want for their child. It allows me to be more flexible in working with a family such as hours, fees, changes to the schedule. The fee is generally lower since there is no middle man taking a cut.

Then go on to show what you have that means you don't need it from the agency such as your own equipment, toys, forms, experience, trainings, workshops you have taken, the support system you have in place such as CCPRN.

I also talk about how the home visits are more disruptive than productive (I speak as having been with an agency in the past but prefer to work independently so I can better meet the needs of the parents) in the sense of because they are unannounced we would be in the middle of baking or reading a story or playing a game and then the doorbell disrupts it all and the pleasure of the activity is lost. The event is then spoiled for the child and that is not fair.

I talk about my years of experience and how when a caregiver is first starting out that for sure it helps them to have someone to show them what to do. (Makes the parent feel that they would be getting less by going with the agency - and truthfully in many cases they are as those that get tired of giving up money for nothing in return become private.)

Anything you can say that makes it that their child will lose out or the parent will lose out or lose control generally sways them to at least consider.

Being unlicensed is something we should be proud of and as far as disclosure a nice paragraph in my all about me section of my contract or somewhere in the parts the parent signs will satisfy the requirement - parent read, knows, understands and signs off on it right.

This is in my contract now which in a way already satisfies the new requirement although this section is for info and does not get an actual signature on the page so will also put it somewhere on the other forms:

2) I have experience working for a licensed dayhome agency both in Alberta and Ontario and am aware of the Ministry guidelines for family daycare. However, I found many of the “rules” confining. I realize that no two families are the same and therefore have unique needs regarding the type of childcare required. Working on my own allows me greater flexibility in forming a partnership of care with each family.