Nanny Costs for 3mos twins

[Calgary99]

Hello everyone,
I have been reading the last 10 or so pages trying to get my head around all the things we need to look for in a nanny. However, I haven't found anything related to what costs I should be looking for a 5day/week, 10hr/day live-out nanny to look after 3mos twins in our area (Wandsworth). It seems fairly common to not alter the wage much/if at all for two kids but should this be different for two babies? Aplogies if this has already been covered in another thread - would really appreciate the link if there is one.

Thanks so much!!!

Oh yes, would the salary be different if we asked for Ofsted registered so we could take advantage of the govt program?

Costs are not dependent in my view on the number of children involved. Nannies are paid per-family, so you having twins makes no difference to salary.

What does affect salary is location, especially London vs Outside of London.

No difference in salary for asking for someone Ofsted registered either in my view. The registration is becoming more popular, so more nannies have it already. If you need someone to have it already, then do state so in adverts.

London salaries seem to be around the £11 to £15 gross per hour mark. Perhaps try to see what other jobs are in your local area by searching nanny job sites like NannyJob.co.uk and looking at what nannies are wanting on sites like Childcare.co.uk

Note: Some nannies seem to think they get paid a Net wage. Strange, as everyone is really paid Gross. So to help work out the likely cost to you as employer, use a Net to Gross calculator. Write the contract as Gross pay, then it won't matter too much if the nannies tax code varies (will just mean you deduct more/less income tax and NI from the nannies wage).

Nick has pretty much covered it tho what I would say is if you want/need ofsted you should pay all the costs apart from nanny insurance - which all professional nannies should have

Sounds a lovely job with nice hours :)

Have you advertised on nannyjob or netmums yet or are you planning to go through an agency?

Thanks very much for the information and links - they are very helpful.

I do plan to advertise through NannyJob and will also look at netmums. A couple of postings mentioned to not post too far in advance - suggesting that most nannys don't look more than 3-4mos into the future so I thought I would wait until about May/June for the position that should start sometime in September.

Thanks again!

3mths Looking time Sounds perfect - am Assuming you are pregnant -I have gone for interviews when mummy is pregnant but I won't accept a job till baby or in your case babies are born

I wouldn't want to tempt fate plus mums I know when pregnant were adminant they were going back to work yet once gave birth just couldn't leave their baby with a nanny and decided not to go back to work

So maybe put the groundwork in when pregnant in searching for a nanny but don't offer jobs till babies are born

Bear in mind though that having twins will limit your potential 'pool' of nannies because (a) you will want to make sure your nannies are quite experienced because it will be a tough role, and (b) nannies may view the job as less appealing because there will be two babies to look after.

Therefore although the salary won't change, you may need to look harder and perhaps make a list of anything you are prepared to compromise on (eg what happens if you find a nanny with twins experience who wants to have 6 weeks of holiday a year, or if you find a nanny who has nursing quals and is brilliant with babies but whose English isn't perfect).... given that you will be selecting at a time when you yourself will be very stressed and busy it might be worth noting down all the ideal attributes and working out what is/isn't non-negotiable. That way you will make the job much easier for yourself and your agents when you get started.

This is something I would very definatly be interested in!! I have 3.5yrs exp including baby and twins exp, am able to be Ofsted Reg, qualfied to level 2. And my current position is due to finish in Sept (was a 12mth Maternity Leave job) so could be perfect! I work in Wandsworth at the moment as well so know plenty of local groups, classes and other nannies :D

If you're interested in talking further, email me on [email protected]

Hi, just adding my 2pennies worth... I was previously a nanny for twin babies (in my last position) in Wimbledon. My weekly salary was £450npw (£599gpw i think), which I think is roughly what you would be looking at, for 5 days a week (dependent on experience). I had about 6 years experience at the time. My employers offered me a financial incentive for becoming registered with ofsted, as position was advertised at between £400-£450npw (I was offered £425npw rising to £450npw when registered). I've not heard of this before or since but it was a great incentive for me!

Hello,
Im a Nanny working with twins in wimbledon till september when they go to school. I cared from them since they were 1 and agreed a wage due to my experience,hours and duties etc. I agree with nannynick and stillsquiffy. I feel that you would benefit from a experienced nanny with experience of caring for twins or in a nannyshare in the past as can be more challanging than one baby but an amazing experience to for a the right nanny.

i dont feel its to early to advertise for september as Nannys who work for families where the children will be going to school in september will be looking around now.

It sounds like a lovely job, i would be very intrested in. i have over 7 years childcare experience ranging from newborns from 2 weeks, twins and up to the age of 6 years old.

If you would like to speak more, please contact me, thank you and happy nanny searching!

Some good advice here already. Although I have found that nannies with OFSTED registration do expect to be paid more (often cancelling out any benefit if the vouchers to me).

I think you have a couple of options: either prepare to pay more for someone who has twin experience or sell "twin experience" as a perk of the job to attract someone willing to work for a lower wage. It just depends on whether you really require twin experience or you want/need to keep the price down. If I were in your shoes, I would probably go with the former approach, but I would require some form of sole-charge full-day baby experience.

The nanny market is very competitive for nannies these days. And the negotiating power is largely yours, as is evident by the offers you have already had on one chat thread before even actually advertising the job.

As you probably know, the cost of employing a nanny is considerably more than just her salary.

Thank you so much everyone for you input! I've a couple of work trips to do over the next two weeks but afterwards will be taking StillSquiffy's and Blonde's advice of making a list of key attributes and starting the groundwork. Thanks too WimbledonNanny - I had not considered the school year as a factor - I'll definitely let you and Nannybeth know when we've got the listing posted.

Thanks again!