Hiring a live-in nanny isn’t the easiest task in the world because you need to be extremely careful who you choose to come and share your home. Bear in mind that a live-in nanny will be like having an extra member of the family or having your auntie come to stay long term.
When hiring a live-in nanny, take time to do some preparation so that you know what you want them to do by way of household jobs and what you want to ask them at interview. Do write yourself some prompts as you probably won’t remember half of what you want to ask, if you don’t. Here are a few ideas for you to check against what you’ll need from your nanny.
Employment terms and conditions:
Hours of normal work
Babysitting hours
Days off
Rates of pay
Use of car
Use of household credit card
Qualifications:
Relating to child care
Driving licence
General:
Male/Female
Smoker/non-smoker
Single/in a relationship
Jobs relating to your children:
Bathing
Dressing
Feeding
Caring for clothes
Cooking
Taking to school/football practice, etc.
Other household chores:
Washing and ironing
Supermarket shopping
General errands – dry cleaning, shoe mending, etc.
When making your check list for hiring a live-in nanny, don’t forget to make sure that the amount of work you want them to do equates to the number of hours you’re prepared to pay them for. You can’t tell you’re potential nanny that they’ll work a 25 hour week if you give them enough chores and errands for a 40 hour week.
Think about accommodation as well when you’re hiring a live-in nanny. They will obviously need their own bedroom and it would be nice for them to have an armchair and a television of their own so that they don’t always have to share your living room. Do you have enough bathrooms for all of you? If you already have four children living in the house and only one bathroom, should you really be thinking of hiring a live-in nanny?
Do use an online agency when hiring a live-in nanny. An agency such as nannies4hire will provide you with lots of potential nannies to choose from and will carry out all the necessary background checks for you.
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