Two Week Notice?

[dave4him]

Any ideas for a good two week notice. Should I give it orally or write it down? I am going to terminate the little boy I watch part time to make room for the newborn I hope to be getting sometime this summer. That and I am tired of being underpaid and treated so lousy by his aunt. It would relieve stress on me either way. How should I approach this?

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

You need to provide a paper copy as it is more professional, but I would also briefly explain what the paper you are handing them is. To CYA, I would have the family sign a copy to keep in their folder.



Dear DCP,

This letter is your two-week notice of termination of child care services for your child, [child's name]. Your child's last day of care will be [Date].
The balance owed is [$] and is due by [date].

Sincerely,
Dave ____

[countrymom]

I think 2 weeks notice is plenty. I know some give 4 weeks, but that would be way to suffering to me. I know someone has written a term letter somewhere here. But I would just let her know that he outgrew your program.

[sharlan]

Two week notice, IN WRITING ONLY. NO verbal, no text, no email. Hand the person the letter and have them sign it in front of you.

You will find a lot of threads where the provider did it via email or text and things went really wrong. Not that it prevents things from going bad, but IMHO it's more honest and upfront.

[mema]

You need to provide a paper copy as it is more professional, but I would also briefly explain what the paper you are handing them is. To CYA, I would have the family sign a copy to keep in their folder.



Dear DCP,

This letter is your two-week notice of termination of child care services for your child, [child's name]. Your child's last day of care will be [Date].
The balance owed is [$] and is due by [date].

Sincerely,
Dave ____

Short and to the point. Definitely in writing and signed.

[dave4him]

Going to go ahead and give it to her tomorrow. Not sure I will bother having it written down. My SIL (the mommy of the niece I watch) let it slip to the parents this weekend that I was going to give them a notice. I am completely irritated with her at this point as she had no business doing that. She was just concerned for him not getting love and affection from anywhere else. Still she probably did me a favor giving them a heads up. Still we will see how this all goes down tomorrow! Will be glad when its over! Cause the little boys Aunt is not the greatest daycare parent to deal with.

[Crystal]

Going to go ahead and give it to her tomorrow. Not sure I will bother having it written down. My SIL (the mommy of the niece I watch) let it slip to the parents this weekend that I was going to give them a notice. I am completely irritated with her at this point as she had no business doing that. She was just concerned for him not getting love and affection from anywhere else. Still she probably did me a favor giving them a heads up. Still we will see how this all goes down tomorrow! Will be glad when its over! Cause the little boys Aunt is not the greatest daycare parent to deal with.

It should definitely be in writing.

The parent has every right to be upset. You never should have shared this info with your sis in law......another client.......not cool.

[mamac]

You need to provide a paper copy as it is more professional, but I would also briefly explain what the paper you are handing them is. To CYA, I would have the family sign a copy to keep in their folder.


Dear DCP,

This letter is your two-week notice of termination of child care services for your child, [child's name]. Your child's last day of care will be [Date].
The balance owed is [$] and is due by [date].

Sincerely,
Dave ____

How do you go about asking the parent to sign when you know they are going to be upset? If they are the type to have done something bad enough to get termed, I can't see them wanting to do anything but leave, let alone having to sign their term papers. :confused:

(sorry for the hijack)

[dave4him]

I didnt tell my sil. I told my mil.... oy

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

How do you go about asking the parent to sign when you know they are going to be upset? If they are the type to have done something bad enough to get termed, I can't see them wanting to do anything but leave, let alone having to sign their term papers. :confused:

(sorry for the hijack)

I have their items in one hand, and the paper in the other. I say, "Please sign here. " and after they do I hand them the items.

[JoseyJo]

I have their items in one hand, and the paper in the other. I say, "Please sign here. " and after they do I hand them the items.

Yep! Just say "Please sign here" and hand it to them w/ a pen expecting them to sign

[MarinaVanessa]

I didnt tell my sil. I told my mil.... oy

Just for future thought, either way you told someone something private about a client of yours then that person told someone else who told your client. It's not a good idea to talk about your clients to anyone at all. I have to agree with Crystal here and say that if I was a client and my child care provider talked to someone else about how I was going to be terminated I'd be upset as well. It's embarrassing to find out through another source that I'm being terminated and my provider hasn't even talked to me yet. It would leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I don't fully talk about DC matters with anyone other than my husband but that is only because he understands how important confidentiality is. Sometimes when I need advice or another perspective I will go to him and give details but he would never tell anyone about it. I do on occasion talk about clients to other providers to get insight and their feedback but I don't give them names or enough information so that they could identify my client.

[RosieMommy]

How do you go about asking the parent to sign when you know they are going to be upset? If they are the type to have done something bad enough to get termed, I can't see them wanting to do anything but leave, let alone having to sign their term papers. :confused:

(sorry for the hijack)

Also if they ultimately refuse to sign, you could sign the bottom yourself and write a statement something to the effect of "DCP was given notice on DATE but refused to sign."

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Also if they ultimately refuse to sign, you could sign the bottom yourself and write a statement something to the effect of "DCP was given notice on DATE but refused to sign."

Exactly!

[dave4him]

Im going to go ahead and keep him on for now. I do not have any extra income outside of him and my niece and my weekend job. So for now ill just keep him on