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is ths too much to ask

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 10/04/2015 10:33

our youngest is starting school in sept so we are replacing our full time nanny with a part time one (her choice), just drawing up the job description this looks like an awful lot in 3 hours what do you think
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Part-time Nanny Required

4 days a week 3:30-6:30 term time, 4 days a week 8:15- 6:30 holidays.
Looking after a 4 year old girl and 8 year old boy after school and holidays.
Duties: Planning meals, Cooking meals (you are welcome to also cook for yourself), tidying/cleaning up after them and yourself, encouraging them to tidy up after themselves, washing their clothes, changing beds, washing bedding, driving to after school activities (1 a week each), supervising homework, and playing with the kids, supervising play dates.
Bathing and getting youngest ready for bed
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FlorenceMattell · 10/04/2015 11:07

Art OP doesn't actually say washing needs to be dried. So assuming two sets of bedding. Strip beds - 10 minutes. Put in washing machine, 10 minutes, remake with 2nd set of bedding 15 minutes. So 35 minutes. Two children so twice in 5 days. But agree only possible on non activity, no play date days.

FlorenceMattell · 10/04/2015 11:02

Sorry OP cross posts too. You are absolutely correct not cheeky nannies do child related chores.

Artandco · 10/04/2015 11:01

I think children's washing etc isn't usually done by a part time nanny. There simply isn't enough time. Most machines take 2 hrs min just to wash and she needs to actually strip/ organise/ remake/ dry in 3 hrs plus look after kids is tight. A full time nanny had 12 hrs to fit in each step.

It will be hard to find someone who can do full time hours in holidays but only part time in school time.

I would get someone 2-6.30 daily all year, they can spend 2-3 prepping food and children's rooms. Then in holidays put kids in holiday clubs 9-2, and nanny collect at 2

FlorenceMattell · 10/04/2015 11:00

Yes children's laundry, tidy and cleaning bedrooms, cleaning toys, sewing in name labels, cleaning muddy wellies, cleaning up after cooking are standard nanny roles.
It's just after school limits time. Good idea all posters suggesting 2.30 start. Maybe you could even just do that three days per week. 3 hours over a weekplenty of time for washing. I would then:
Day 1 Strip beds , wash bedding, plus tidy damp dust and vacuum bedrooms.
Day 2 iron days 1 washing, new wash on.
Day 3 iron days 2 washing new wash for mum to iron.

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 10/04/2015 10:55

looking after the kids bedrooms and clothes does fully fit into the stuff of a full time nanny.
(i researched this fully before i got one so i knew what i could ask her to do without being cheeky).

I can meal plan for them, but wouldn't want them eating re-heated food 4/7ths of the week.
(this has taken a long time to type sorry about any possible cross posts)

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FlorenceMattell · 10/04/2015 10:51

Hi
I'm a nanny and the families I work for always comment on how much I fit in.
I think possibly too much for an after school role.
Five days , two days activities so limits washing time. I would allocate day 3 and 4 to strip, remake, wash one child's bed each
I wouldn't include any other washing, unless you mean just putting machine on? Not time to dry and iron.
Your children are still quite young and need supervision, play dates activities, homework will eat into 2 1/2 hours. Assuming school finishes at 3.30 pm by the time they get in and coats off will be near to 4 pm.
Maybe holiday you can ask nanny to spring clean bedrooms /toys.
Btw after school nannies are very difficult to find as midst nannies need a full time wage/salary. So you need the job to be inviting or you may struggle.
But as you have had nannies before that always helps I think.

Ebb · 10/04/2015 10:49

Slow cross post with Tiggerlillies. Grin

Ebb · 10/04/2015 10:48

Washing the children's bedding and clothes are standard nursery duties. It does sound quite a bit to fit in in three hours. Can you afford for the nanny to start at 2.30 to get some of the nursery duties done so she has time to spend with the children when they're home from school?

youngestisapyscho · 10/04/2015 10:47

Wash clothes, change beds and wash bedding... don't really think that's the job for an after school nanny?!

TiggerLillies · 10/04/2015 10:46

How does it look in context of the week? If the had afterschool activities on 3 of those days and homework on the 4th, it might be hard to fit in. Could you manage it?
Would it be worth paying her to come from 2.30 to do the extra things and so make sure time spent afterschool is focused on the kids...

TywysogesGymraeg · 10/04/2015 10:39

Do nannies usually wash clothes and bedding and change beds? I would have thought that those were jobs for cleaners, not nannies.

The rest sounds about right to me - the work would be less in termtime, as there'd be less cooking. I wouldn't put "meal planning" as an activity though - I'd suggest you plan what you want your children to eat and provide the ingredients. Nanny can cook it. Better would be for you to cook it and for the Nanny to heat it up.