Nanny Duties | Nannies LMM 2024

Parents pay more to employ a Nanny for their Baby or under-school age Child because they:

Do not want in a Day Nursery or Registered Childminder given group care setting.
Want their Child given sole charge of one-to-one care and attention in their own home.
Want to choose and agree on which local outings their Child goes.

What does a Nanny do:

Plans varied creative, fun, and age-appropriate activities to include practicing ABC - 123, spelling, reading, and writing.
Will take Children to a park, playgroup, library, music group, or swimming.
Will prepare and cook Children`s meals (only).
By Parent request bathe a Baby or Child.
When Parents arrive home ensure Children are calm and enjoying a sit-down quiet time perhaps colouring or story reading.
Most Parents by the 4 - 6 week probationary end agree can 1 - 2 hours meet another Nanny at a suitable Child-friendly place.

Other Child related housekeeping duties a Nanny should do:

Wash and put away only items used in their work hours.
Clean as need arises baby equipment, toys, highchair, bottle sterilizer and, pushchair mud.
Vacuum as need arises in play and kitchen areas.
End-of-day toy and playroom (s) tidy up.

Top Tips to keep a Nanny your Children are happy:

Keep to the Child - related duties we state. An Employer wanting a whole house clean is wiser to 1 hour shorten the Nanny's work day and use that money to pay for a person who chose cleaning as a job and not Childcare.
Parents may work part or all week from home which is lovely for the Children but some Nannies find stressful as Children's routines are easily unsettled by a Parent unexpectedly popping in to chat with them. This is natural and fine but years experienced Nannies tend to avoid this work scenario as worry be treated as a mother's help so this works best if you agree:

To, text Nanny most days 30 minutes before so they can finish a lunch or activity routine to prepare for 15 - 30 minute handover.
During this time Nannies feel awkward and prefer to go to another room and do their Child-related housekeeping or ironing duties.
An approximate morning and/or afternoon window hour to aim to see the Children.

Parents should expect the Nanny to pay for their own:

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.
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.
Daily Nanny and Evening Babysitter Work Insurance - view www.mortonmichel.com and www.nannyinsure.co.uk,cost approx. £70 per year.

Ofsted Voluntary Register Allowance - (view www.gov.uk/.../nannies-registration or phone for advice 0300 123 1231) was created:

Not to benefit Nannies to ask for a higher Gross per-hour rate.
As a small allowance of approx £50 per week to help working Parents with the high cost of employing a Nanny.
We advise the Employer to pay the annual £103 annual fee and help the Nanny register through an online form. It takes a few weeks to register and a Nanny cannot apply unless they have an up-to-date Paediatric First Aid Certificate, Annual DBS, and Nanny Insurance.
Nannies can choose not to Ofsted Register but may forfeit a job offer.
Employers may be eligible for other Childcare tax/cost free schemes or have a work Childcare Salary Sacrifice Scheme.

The DBS and Ofsted organisations unlike Little Masters and Misses do not meet, interview or reference check Childcarers therefore their registration is NOT a reference to a person's, honesty, good character, or of their good care of Children.