Deciding to hire a reputable Nanny for your beloved children is a daunting task and could be very time consuming if you were to do this on your own. You want to find someone who best matches your requirements and needs, able to work the hours you need them for and ensure they are qualified to care for your children in an emergency situation if it was to arise. Using an agency to assist your journey to find the best Nanny for your family gives you a direct line to the experts. You will be assigned to a specialist consultant who will work exclusively on your search with you, providing expert advice, hearing your feedback and tailoring your search accordingly. Little Ones has been helping families find their perfect Nanny for over 15 years and our consultants know what it takes to be an exceptional Nanny.
The advantages of using a reputable Nanny agency to assist you in your search are as follows:
1.Supply of vetted Nannies
The agency will put your potential Nannies through an in depth vetting procedure that involves an enhanced DBS check, face to face interviews to further discuss their experience and qualifications and verbal references are personally checked to ensure that your family is in the safest hands. If you have language requirements, the Nanny consultant conducting the interview will test the language of the Nanny to ensure it is at the level you are looking for.
2.Time-saving effortless process
By using an agency like Little Ones, we will provide you with a list of Nannies that are best suited to your schedule and needs. We can provide you with interviewing tips and book in interviews at times that are best suited for you. Once you have chosen the Nanny of your choice, we will also guide you through all the paperwork that comes with hiring a new Nanny, for example providing you with sample contracts and a payroll service.
3.Qualified candidates
An agency like Little Ones will give you access to a range of qualified Nannies, starting from a minimum of 3 years experience. Little Ones will only present you with candidates that will be fully paediatric first trained, so you know that your little ones are in safe and capable hands if an emergency should happen.
Little Ones understands that leaving your little ones in the care of someone else is an incredibly difficult thing to do. This is is why if you are looking for the best care for your family, you should turn to the best agency to assist your search.
Hiring the right Nanny can change the lives of your children, but when you are interviewing potential Nannies how do they will have an impact on your children for the positive?
It is easy to stick to the standard "why did you decide to get into Nannying?" "Oh I have always loved children" routine but that doesn't necessarily mean your children will love them.
It is important to ensure that you both know what you're looking for, we suggest that you start the interview introducing your family and ask the Nanny what they look for when choosing a family. This will give you an indication if it overlaps with what you are looking for.
If you are looking for someone to stay with your family from toddler to teenagers then finding out what their long-term plans and goals are from the very start is quite important. Where do they see themselves in 5, 10 and 15 years both professionally and personally? If they're looking to practice marine biology on the Gold Coast, it's probably best you know sooner rather than later.
Everyone knows that children can be difficult at some point in time and will require some form of discipline. What are their views on this and what methods do they use? Are these inline with your home? You know what your child responds to and is in line with how you want to raise your children
Nannies can play an essential part in the development of your children. As a Nanny, what is the one lesson or skill they hope they are able to give to your children? Is it instilling good manners? Ensuring they always do something to the very best of their ability? Do they want to encourage them to take up an instrument? This will give you a good idea as to what they consider to be the essence of them as a Nanny.
These questions, along with going through their CV and work experience with them should give you a better idea of how they will work in the dynamic of your family. If you believe the interview has gone well, we also suggest that you introduce final candidates to your children and see for yourself how they interact.
The market rate of your Nanny will depend on a few things. If you are looking for a full time or part time Nanny, they will be paid hourly. If you are looking for a live in Nanny or Au Pair, they will be paid on a weekly basis. The hourly rate for a full time live out Nanny will depend on the amount of experience they have, qualifications they hold and any languages that they are able to speak. The typical hourly rate for a live out Nanny in London is currently between £11 and £13 net per hour.
As the Nanny’s employer, you will be responsible for paying their National Insurance and Tax contributions as well. Whether you decide to do this yourself or decide to enlist a specialist payroll department is entirely up to you. However, Little Ones has an exemplary payroll department that specialises in assisting families with their domestic staffing payroll. Their expertise in the industry means they will help you navigate HMRC and will be by your side to answer any questions you might have.
Our years of experience within the Nannying industry has meant that our vetting procedure has been honed down to a fine art. When you use a Nanny agency like Little Ones you can rest assured that the private Nanny 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 Nanny 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 Nanny for you.
Private Nanny agencies such as Little Ones take the hassle of resourcing potential Nannies 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 Nannies will have the following:
From the very first call, your expert Nanny 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 Nanny 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 Nannys like Little Ones means you have a direct line to the experts. No matter what stage you are at with your private Nanny search, our consultants are on hand to assist.
Our years of experience within the Nanny industry means we know what it takes to be an exceptional private Nanny, which is why all the private Nannies 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 Nannies. We maintain the highest standards and expect the best from our Nannies 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 Nannies 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 Nanny from you and present you with private Nanny options that perfectly aligns with your Nanny 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.
