Nanny Placement

Are you looking to hire your first nanny?

Have you had a less than satisfactory experience with a nanny you hired?

Do you want to learn how to improve your chances for success? Then read on.

Nannies must have your child or children and their welfare as their unqualified primary concern. Seriously consider eliminating any (or most) tasks not related to your children and their care from your nanny’s job responsibilities. Asking your nanny to perform non-childcare related tasks will take your employee away from what should be their primary focus – the care and nurturing of your children. Tasks directly related to childcare can be within the realm of a nanny’s job description, however – depending upon the circumstances of your family.

These may include:

• Children’s laundry
• Prepare children’s meals
• Clean dishes/wipe down kitchen after children’s meals
• Load/unload the dishwasher
• Keep children’s bedrooms and play areas straightened up Children’s laundry
• Prepare children’s meals
• Clean dishes/wipe down kitchen after children’s meals
• Load/unload the dishwasher
• Keep children’s bedrooms and play areas straightened up

To avoid derailment and encourage a positive, long term employment relationship between you and your employee, start by looking over your job description and begin by eliminating that which even you couldn’t accomplish. Next acknowledge that the individual you are looking for should be primarily interested in giving your children the majority of what she had to offer, not your laundry or your carpet. A nanny who cares for one infant who takes morning and afternoon naps should be able to complete basic laundry for the infant and keep the house in the condition that she found it. As the number of children increase and/or the children get older and more mobile, you may be seeing more finger paintings and less “chores which were accomplished”. If you will not be able to accept “fewer chores accomplished”, then in all fairness to your employee, you need to make it clear what your priority is when a choice needs to be made. The better nannies will usually choose to complete the finger painting, rather than worry about whether every last toy is carefully stored in its proper place. If your priority is the latter, be sure all prospective employees know that before you make a job offer.

Many families find the best solution to the “care for children” vs. “clean the house” dilemma is a weekly or biweekly cleaning service to handle the heavy cleaning (full vacuuming, dusting, bath and powder rooms, mopping floors, etc). Nanny and family (including the children as they get older) can maintain day to day order; the cleaning service will be in on schedule to handle the rest.

You may actually find your Mary Poppins, but it is more likely that the someone you think is Mary Poppins, may be missing the “child” piece of the equation – doing everything that “shows” and less that may truly matter in the long run.

Our nannies are available for live in, live out. part time or full time. All nannies are screened and wil provide checkable references. We know how important it is to have someone decent and reliable in your home. Nanny rates will vary according to the nannies years of experience. We understand our clients needs do vary we do our best to be flexble to suit your needs, It is important to talk about what your needs are while interviewing. We look forward to hearing from you,

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