Established 39 years all customers need to voice telephone us Monday to Friday on 0208 650 3232 9 am - 3 pm to register.
By 1987 I had bought a Croydon shop to base my office there until in 2005 I transferred to Beckenham High Street.
Hello, my name is Debbie,
Today based in Bromley South London I am the UK's longest-reigning Daily Nanny and Evening Babysitter Agency owner and giving correct Nanny duty and salary advice I have interviewed over 1000 Childcarers and spoken to thousands of their Employers. 1985 as a Childcare-trained NNEB Nursery Nurse and, after a wonderful 8-year Nanny career in London (Chelsea, and Hampstead), Europe, and Canada I was vetted, government-licensed, and annually inspected (abolished 1990s) to run this caring and bespoke Recruitment Agency.
Finding the right Daily Nanny or Evening Babysitter cannot be rushed:
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​As this is one of the biggest decisions a Parent can make to pass a precious Baby or Child (ren) and housekey across to a stranger.
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As a Nanny job, unlike working in a nursery, is closely entwined with family life which is easily disrupted if you choose the wrong Childcarer.
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We need 4 weeks to display an advert and gauge Childcarer's response, usually within 2 - 4 weeks Family Interviews are in place.
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We don't accept immediate starts as unrealistic and stressful for us to achieve.
We offer Parents more peace of mind about who they choose because:
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We only introduce Childcare-Qualified and Childcare-work-experienced Childcarers.
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We Face-to-Face Interview and Reference check all our Childcarers.
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We check the Gross and Net) per hour rate they ask is fair which often saves Nanny Employers £..thousands from being overcharged by non-experienced Nannies which then covers extra Employer costs. It is fairest to pay the highest rates to those with decades of Nanny experience and Non Experienced Nanny less as they will be learning the Nanny role.
Recruiting or Employment as a Nanny:
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Parents pay more to employ a Nanny to give in their home one-to-one care to their Child because they do not want given group Day Nursery or Registered Childminder care plus want to choose and agree allowing for Nanny outing suggestions where a Nanny takes their Child. ​
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If a Nanny cares for more than one Child this can be a convenient and cost-effective choice as an older sibling (s) get taken to School, collected, and cared for in school holidays, and if sick plus Nannies expect to do Child-related housekeeping duties only that includes the Children`s ironing and as the need arises clean and vacuum the Childs (ren) bedroom (s) and play areas. Childcare- Qualified people are offended and humiliated if asked to clean their Employer`s whole house, cook Parent meals, or iron Parent clothes and soon give notice.
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For a permanent Nanny register 8 - 12 weeks before the ideal start date as most have 4 weeks' Employer notice to give
Most Nannies choose Childcare as their 1st choice career and seek:
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A minimum one-year contract.
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Work with a Baby or under-school-age Child.
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4 - 5 days work Monday to Friday.
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38 - 50 hours per week.
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8 - 10 hours work per day.
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Between 7.30 am to 6.30 pm.
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Many work a 2 or 3 set day for two families.​
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Nannies earn when working 6 - 12 hours per day per hour Gross (phg):
Experienced Nanny - £16 – £20 phg.
Non-Experienced Nanny - £14 – £16 phg - Day Nursery workers average pay is £12 - 14 phg.
Before and /or After School hours and less than 5 hours per day the rate is higher at £18 - £25 phg with the average rate of £22 phg being paid because few Nannies will do as most dislike split and miss all-day caring for young Children so we only accept up to 2 day week contracts.​​
Evening Babysitters after 6.30 pm earn from:
Most of our Babysitters agree with LMMs' view that the rate they charge has to be affordable for a Parent to budget with other costs on top i.e. restaurant, theatre. Most Parents on average twice per month pay for a Babysitter.
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Monday to Thursday: £12 - £14 ph.
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Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: £14 - £16 ph.​
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With a minimum 3-hour booking and thereafter paid by the 1/4 hour
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Parents are welcome to seek a set evening per week and/ or add on adhock evenings.
Our fee and how our service works:
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Parents complete in 5-minutes a form that we read to check information is similar to the telephone discussion.
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Then pay a £75 Registration Service Fee whether seek a Daily Nanny for a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 or 5 day week or an Evening Babysitter. This is un-refundable but if for any reason not one CV Report is received a Parent can return to us within 6 months and register for FREE and these Service Terms are in place again.
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​​Next office day we prepare an anonymous Job Vacancy Advert and display on LMM Facebook (to view jobs send a friend request to Debbie Masters Misses) and adhoc in varied local to your home community social media forums.
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Childcarers interested in your vacancy telephone us to apply and we briefly explain the role and check their suitability for and to save time as Parents tell us their maximum Gross per hour rate budget we check their rate expectation.
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If we believe they may suit we telephone a Parent to introduce who if ask to interview pay a Final £25 Fee for their CV Report that states: ​​​​​
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Reference checks we did - Yes / No / Applied against each Childcare job.
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Childcarers telephone number - for a Parent to directly contact within 24 hours to arrange within 4 days their 1st 40-minute interview and give their home address.​
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Varied Childcare-connected experiences.
Childcarers - we accept on our Facebook we also anonymously advertise you for FREE for Parents to view what you ideally seek and the days and hours you can do. Parents contact us to learn more about your experience and the Gross per hour rate you seek.
We practice equal opportunity, keep conversations confidential and treat Childcarers and Parents with respect and follow UK (GDPR) General Data Protection Regulations
We have spoken to thousands of Parents to know:
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Most cannot budget to pay for a 4 or 5 day week Nanny OR for 8 - 10-hour days above £17 per hour Gross - average rate paid.
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If a Parent works from home non - experienced Nannies who have only worked in a Nursery or school are ideal as used to seeing other adults. It is fairest the highest rates are paid to those who have worked years as a Nanny.
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Parents want to feel reassured a Childcarer caring for their Child (ren) takes this job responsibility seriously and should expect Childcarers to pay for their own:
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Paediatric First Aid Certificate - every 3 years and required for Ofsted Registration. Contact the British Red Cross - view www.redcrossfirstaidtraining.co.uk -The First Aid Team - view www.thefirstaidteam.co.uk - St John Ambulance - view www.sja.org.uk.
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DBS - Disclosure and Barring Service (police check) - enhanced check at £13 annually, view www.customerservices@dbs.gov.uk">www.customerservices@dbs.gov.uk). The DBS has information about them held on the Police National Computer, Department of Health, local Police Force, and Department of Education and Employment. Records can include convictions including those spent, cautions, reprimands, and warnings.
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Daily Nanny and Evening Babysitter Work Insurance - view www.mortonmichel.com and www.nannyinsure.co.uk,cost approx. £70 per year.
Understandably Parents want to avoid paying a genuine Nanny Agency like us £hundreds or £thousands in fees so to help I introduced my low-cost fee structure as neither is it wise to risk using online websites like Facebook or childcare.co.uk (£360 pa cost). Childcarers don't feel safe finding work online either and they are just a 21st Century Sweet Shop Noticeboard.
Sadly, Parents and Childcarers have told us of serious and minor issues affecting Children`s safety, health and happiness that happened via online-only businesses such as Facebook, community social media forums, or childcare.co.uk/bubble because people are NOT spoken to, interviewed, or reference checked. They may offer appealing quick and even same-day Childcare and be free or cheap to use BUT if use your Child and home is put at risk as unchecked devious and dishonest people with varied motives who don’t want to be vetted can advertise themselves and easyly create a fake CV of past and current Childcare work to ask for the highest rates.
Read Nanny Industry articles I have written for Childcare Magazines and local newspapers:
We were Beckenham High St office-based for 17 years until after the pandemic and before for 20 years in a Croydon shop I had bought.1998 I was the first UK Nanny Agency to do varied training/ talks such as working as a Nanny, meningitis and British Red Cross First Aid Nanny only Courses. Plus annually for our Nannies and Children they cared for in Beckenham Civic Hall I did Christmas Cake Afternoons with me (Debbie) as Nanny Christmas and a Summer Teddy Bear Picnic in Kelsey Park Beckenham.​ 2024 for me is about helping Parents with a low-cost Nanny Service so they do not feel their only option is the internet. Child protection before charigng Parents high fee is at the heart of my business.
