Help on nanny pay

[makeupmummy]

I have a job which requires me to work a few days a month.They are different days and can be at short notice. Sounds good,but is nightmare for childcare. Have tried a few ad hoc arrangements with which I am not really happy. Not keen on a f/time nursery place which will cost bomb and ds won't go regularly. He is 2 and dd is 8.Would like to employ a nanny who would be available all the time, but work only a few days; maybe one or two a week. What sort of pay would a nanny be expecting for this? I live in rural Scotland. Advice much appreciated!

I think if you needed someone to be available all the time you would need to pay them for all the time unfortunately.

I would suggest maybe getting to know 2 or 3 nannies who do ad-hoc temp work so that you can book them as needed.

Alteratively could you have an au-pair or mothers help live in?

if you need the nanny to be free all the time then you need to pay them all the time, ie 5 days

how much notice do you get?

you may find a nanny who is also a mum who wants to bring their own child may be more flexible and will happily work as and when but the average nanny wont as cant affordnot towork

you would be better off having some numbers of part time/temp nannies and calling them when you know your dates to see who is free but obv they may be booked up

i temp/ad hoc 2 days a week as only work 3 days in my perm job,but im already booked up tho september

try placing an ad on nannyjob/netmums and gumtree to see what response you get

i dont know rates for scotland but would have thought maybe £8/9gross but that is a pure guess

Yes, think you are right; what is the going rate (roughly!)? Have thought about live in help, but house is frantic enough with dc,ss and large dog: couldn't face it!

Basically, you need a temp - or more likely, you need to find 2-3 good temps so you've got a fighting chance of always having cover. Talk to local agencies and see if they have temp nannies on the books who might want the odd day here and there. (I know my old boss had a regular temp nanny whenever her main nanny was on holiday or sick, but the temp didn't want a perm role as she was also a writer and wanted to keep as much time as possible free for that.)

Failing that, mothers help or start calling the local child minders list and see if any will be flexible.

Thanks all. I have looked on the nannyjob site and realise my nanny would be paid about the same as me! So not v cost effective. There are no nanny agencies here. Is just too difficult. And so stressful always having to sort it out each time, am fed up

P.S I know really there is no magic solution, just feeling sorry self,sorry

I would go with East Midland's au pair suggestion. She/he could also help out with the "frantic enough" house. For about £60-£70 a week you could have about 25 hours of work. You could have flexibility. You might have to do a fair amount of on the job training, but sounds like you have the timeto do that. She/he could help out with household chores when not required for childcare. I think you will get the most work for the smalles £££ in this arrangement.

Oh, have looked on thst site; maybe au pair could be answer. Maybe there is hope..

agree with strix, if you have the room (and as your house sounds frantic ) an ap may be the way forward, tho obv hire one who has had exp of the 2yrs olds

tho i did think that ap (if they tech exsist now) were not meant to have sole charge of under 3's so may not work

For an EU au pair, I recommend:

www.greataupair.com
www.easyaupair.com

I tried Au Pair World recently, and they were miserable and rude an dI decided not to give them a panny on account of their discraceful lack of common courtesy.

Oh, regarding Blondes point about au pairs and under 3s, I agree in general. But, as this job would be a few days once a month and not every day five days a week I think this would be okay. And au pairs today come in a wide variety of experience levels.

I have just hired one who is actually a teacher waiting for her first teaching placement to begin. I feel she is certainly qualified to look after and educate small children.