Having a Housekeeper will ensure that your home is kept to a high standard while you are able to focus on other aspects of your life. A Housekeeper is there to ensure that all the daily chores of running a home are maintained. This can include laundry, cleaning surfaces and organising pantries. It can also include more specialised tasks such as caring for antiques and polishing marble if this is necessary to your home. Having a Housekeeper means that you have a helping hand around the home. We understand that today’s world comes with more demands of you than ever before and a Housekeeper is there to help ease this pressure.
Hiring an experienced Housekeeping agency, like Little Ones takes the stress and hassle of trying to resource an experienced Housekeeper yourself. We will help find you an experienced Housekeeper who best matches your needs and requirements as well as having similar ethos as to how to run a home. Having someone who has a similar attitude to you, allows for a happier and more successful placement, leading to having your Housekeeper stay with you for many years.
We will provide you with a list of experienced Housekeepers that are best matched to your needs. We can give you interviewing tips and book interviews at times that work for you. Once you have chosen the Housekeeper you like the best, we can guide you through the paperwork and provide sample contracts. We can also set you up with our payroll service.
Little Ones has been placing Housekeepers in homes throughout London and the UK for 15 years, we will give you access to a range of qualified Housekeepers, starting from a minimum of 3 years experience.
There are advantages and disadvantages to hiring direct. On one hand, it can be seen as more advantageous to employ your own Housekeeper as it would provide continuity, increased familiarity with your Housekeeper and you can almost count on finding a Housekeeper that has the relationship you are looking for. This may sound all well and good until you understand the strict legislation rules that apply to you as an employer, for example, considering the living wage, the issue with a maximum of 48 hours a week your Housekeeper may insist he or she can legally only be obliged to do. Also if your relationship with your Housekeeper breaks down and you want to terminate their contract, you will need to prove that dismissal is fair. You would also need to ensure you candidates have a DBS check, and personally check their verbal references to ensure they have the experience they say they have, which can be very time-consuming. Finding a Housekeeper in London can be a daunting task and Little Ones is here to assist at every step of the journey.
A Housekeeper is there to ensure that your home is kept to a standard that you require. By taking over the responsibilities of the day to day chores, you are left to focus on what is important to you. A Housekeeper will focus on only the duties that relate to keeping your home clean, tidy and organised and will not take on any childcare related duties as this would then become a Housekeeper Nanny.
Housekeepers are available on a live-in or a live-out basis, however, if you are looking at hiring a live-in Housekeeper you will need to have a spare room available for them. Many families that hire a live-in Housekeeper will either have a spare room with a shared or private bathroom at the very least. By offering more extensive accommodation for them, you will attract Housekeepers that have a higher level of experience and expertise within the Housekeeping industry.
Housekeepers are also available to come and help on a part-time basis if you feel that having someone full-time is not quite necessary for your needs. A part-time Housekeeper can come either every day for a few hours or alternatively they can come a few times per week for a longer period. A minimum of 15 hours per week is normally required for a part-time Housekeeper through Little Ones. This is because many of the candidates that we work with, with their level of experience and expertise are looking for positions of these hours or more.
A Housekeeper can help you with the following duties:
If you are looking for someone who will be able to assist with preparing meal plans and regularly high-quality meals for you and your family, then a Housekeeper Cook is the best option for you. A Housekeeper Cook will come to you with years of professional cooking experience either in a domestic setting or as a professional chef. A Housekeeper Cook will be able to assist with any dinner parties you hld and providing higher quality meals for your family.
Little Ones offers flexible family Housekeeper service in locations throughout the UK, including in and around London as well as some other counties within the UK. With our vast range of service locations, we can find you a professional Housekeeper that lives close to you to ensure they should never be late and can be there within a short period of time if needed. Your safety and security are behind the driving forces of what we do, we have an extensive vetting procedure to ensure your Housekeeper is a positive and seamless addition to your home.
Our years of experience within the Housekeeping industry has meant that our vetting procedure has been honed down to a fine art. When you use a Housekeeping agency like Little Ones you can rest assured that the private Housekeeper you are being presented with has had a thorough background check, verbal references have been verified by our consultants and their experience compliments your requirements perfectly.
Our consultants believe that you should feel supported the very moment you contact us, and will not stop once you have found your private Housekeeper that perfectly compliments your needs. Our consultants are always on hand to assist at any point during your search and even after you have found the Housekeeper for you.
Private Housekeeping agencies such as Little Ones take the hassle of resourcing potential Housekeepers from you and will only present you with the best of the best that we meet. We bring them into the office for a face to face interview where their experience and qualifications are discussed at length and we are able to obtain verbal references which we then personally check ourselves.
All of our private Housekeepers will have the following:
From the very first call, your expert Housekeeping consultant will guide you through what your options are, what would suit your requirements most closely and put your mind to rest with any concerns you might have regarding your private Housekeeper search. Our consultants are also on hand to help and answer any questions you might have along the way, using an agency that specialises in private Housekeepers like Guardian Carers means you have a direct line to the experts. No matter what stage you are at with your private Housekeeper search, our consultants are on hand to assist.
Our years of experience within the Housekeeping industry means we know what it takes to be an exceptional private Housekeeper, which is why all the private Housekeepers we work with are the best of the best that are available. We pride ourselves on providing a premium level of service and care for our clients because we expect the same from our Housekeeper. We maintain the highest standards and expect the best from our Housekeeper because we know you expect the best for yourself.
Here at Little Ones, we pride ourselves on being able to delicately align a premium, luxury service for an aspect of your life that is so personal.
Using an agency that specialises in private Housekeepers for your home like Little Ones means you can be sure you will receive support from every side, we will take the stress of finding a private Housekeeper from you and present you with private Housekeeping options that perfectly aligns with your Housekeeping needs and your schedule.
We work with your family to find solutions, whatever your needs. To make perfect and seamless placements is Little Ones ethos.
