Daycare assistant

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During interview and paid trial I weed out potential assistants that will not be a good match, same as daycare families. I also have clear employee policies and rules that make our relationship work smoother, similar to contracts for dc families. If I were in your shoes, I would either fired her if I can foresee no improvement or if I see that she has potential and is willing to learn I will train her to work by herself when needed. Also you could reduce her hours, but offer her to pay her more per hour or look for some one willing to work on call. If you want them to give you priority when you are offering only a few hours you will have to pay a bit more, you just have to make sure you are not loosing money, maybe closing for the day would be wiser than paying an on call assistant that will eat up your paycheck.