Questions for licensed providers

[Rachael]

*sigh*
Getting back on track.
Any providers working with an agency or their regions home child care program care to chime in? I can't find anyone on any daycare site who will tell me that their agency tells them they can't work past 5.

Not in this Province! LOL Jeez, most parent finish at 5pm earliest and they still have to come and get their child.

Most carer's here finish between 5pm and 5.30pm depending on their location but there are lots who go until 6pm or even later.

EDIT - We have a lot of military personal here and we have a lot of shift workers, mainly nurses as there are several hospitals down town which serve the entire Maritimes. This means lots of parents work revolving shifts of 12 hours or more and as such, the demand for extended hours is high. There are some day care providers here who work until 11pm and others who even go into the early hours of the morning. They might do this for their entire client base i.e. focussing their business on the shift workers needs or they might do it just for one or two clients meaning they open at 7am but some days are still going for certain clients until very late.

In this situation, it's common to have an arrangement with the parent that the child is taken in the car with the provider and her family, to events like sports meetings for the carer's own children, grocery shopping etc. It would be impossible for a carer to offer the same program during the day and into the evening.