After School Care - three days a week

[Fidgetsmum]

Hi

Help!

We've got two kids (7 and 10) and I'm about to start a job three days a week. The kids are at two separate schools and rather than put them in after school clubs etc, I'd really like them to be able to come home and do homework/music/relax etc as they have enough clubs already in the rest of the week

When the kids were younger we were in a brilliant nanny share for 6 years in total but that was 4 days a week. That nanny can't do after school though as she's in a new share.

I've had an au pair before and we considered it but for the hours we actually need, it's too much.

Is it possible to find someone to do this? It's the actual picking up which seems to be the sticking point.

Advice gratefully received!

[Renata Hamvas]

As the older one is 10, would they be able to come home from school alone? This may make it easier to find someone who does one pick-up and then brings them back home and supervises both doing homework. Perhaps a sixth former could do this as secondary schools tend to start and finish earlier than primaries.

Renata