Nanny with kid - fair pay

It's a question of weighing each candidate up against each other and your expectations. One of my families who I still see weekly specified to the agency no children of Nanny's own but agency pushed for them to see me...I got the job and still do work for them.

You may have a Nanny without children who may be streets ahead of the others...great..employ her quickly before someone else does but it can also work the other way round!

If a nanny does the job you pay her to then children of her own should not come into it...What child in a normal household is brought up by 24/7 one to one care with no household chores/ sharing time with other human beings?...none that I feel have turned out to be rounded individuals!

Mrspoppins you must be lucky as regardless of experience of nanny in question
if they bring own
child, you are not paying for same service as a nanny without their own child.

Op- if you search there are quite a few threads on this issue plus contract terms, interview questions etc

I hope that clause is flexible and not set in stone! So that if a child is very ill Mum can stay at home with him/her. Did you mean the contract asked that she try to make alternative arrangements?

I have been a nanny with my own child (18 years ago now ) and luckily my dd was very healthy so I never needed to take time off, but if she had have been I did have some alternatives in place (her Dad and her Godmother) but if my dd had been ill enough that only Mummy would do then I would have had to take the time off. I can't imagine that if you worked in an office your contract would have a clause saying you have to come in when your children are unwell.

The going rate around here for a nanny with her own child is half the nanny share rate (ie half £12/13) so £6.00/6.50 net. If the nanny is looking after her child too, even with the benefit of he child to play with your child is still not going to get as much attention and you have the added problem of what to do if her child gets sick. One of my friends just added a clause in her contract that the nanny must make alternative arrangements if her child is sick.

I think that is steep!!! I always contributed to the food and it worked out brilliantly. At one point for over 8 years I had my own two and their three! We were a really happy lot!

If you want solely a one to one nanny, then don't look for one with a child of her own.

If you can see that there will be benefits to your child from her child or she is just simply the best nanny you interviewed and you want her, then you musn't penalise the Nanny for that by paying her a considerably less wage...after all.. the amount of work at the end of every day that she will have done will be equal!

If it isn't..and it isn't working out then that is the time to talk it over but hopefully all those possible issues will be ironed out before the signing of contracts.

Given that they have no own childcare costs (which would eat a huge chink of their salary, i'd say 30-40% reduction of what you would normally pay.

Effectively you haven't got a one to one nanny but a nanny share so the salary should be based on that.

Dont forget to take into account who pays for the childs food, activities etc plus if the nanny wants to take her own child to an activity yours will have to tag along.

where in kent are you mrspoppins

im in kent, and yes i am a very experienced nanny as are some of my friends and we earn £450/500+ for 5 days so £100+ a day and thats for 10hrs - if i work 12 i get £120

yes there are some jobs advertised for £350 but they wouldnt get highly experienced nannies for that

MPP it varies from job to job, some employers happy to pay the same, some pay £10/20% less, so if the averge wage was £10nett then you would pay £8

London rates are higher. You could call a Nanny agency in your area and just ask them wnat a ball park figure is.

I have nannied for 16 years, and all of them with my children coming too apart from the last year when they now look after themselves! I have never been paid less as I have more experience and my children have been a bonus for the child I was caring for..great little playmate!

rough cost here in Kent is around £90/day for a 12 hour day take home for highly experienced nanny..lots at 5/days week for 10 hour days at £350 take home...