Nanny? For 2 days a week trm time only? Any chance you think??

[dycey]

on mat leave at the mo and due back in June to my pt job. Last time my mum looked after ds so I made plenty of cash and it was a brilliant arrangement for me. That's not an option this time.

Do you think anyone would want a 2 day a week job looking after a baby and a toddler for afternoons only (he'll be in nursery in the morning). We live in west London.

And what kind of cost would a nanny be? Would prefer a nanny to a childminder honestly.

If it turns out I make almost no money then I will be glad as it gives me the excuse to do something else and justifies wrecking my career!

Thank you for your input. Am totally lost as to where to start thinking and working this all out.

I would love a job like this at the moment, tbh. So if I would then surely more people would do too if they were only looking for a little job!

Thnaks for your reply! That's encouraging. Any idea of cost?

Hi Dycey,

I think there's someone out there for every job so you should definitely try! It could be a good filler role for a nanny working 3 days per week somewhere else.

As it sounds like you'll be offering quite short hours I'd recommend to attract applicants you up the hourly rate a little, perhaps to £10-12 per hour after tax.

Good luck! Rachel@KiwiOz

Agree with KiwiOz, for short hours and only a couple of days, and term time only (note: you will need to pay some of the holiday time to comply with statutory holiday entitlement), the hourly rate will be quite high, possibly in the region of £12-£15 gross an hour.

Someone will need to juggle this job with whatever else they are doing in their life, be that working another job/jobs, doing voluntary work, or whatever they do in their spare time.

Consider what you can afford to pay, then advertise the job and see if you get any applicants. You may find that you get applicants at a lower rate especially if you will consider people with little to no experience, no formal qualifications, someone with their own child who they want to bring to work with them.

Consider your long term career goal. Childcare does cost a lot so can make working seem non-viable. However if in your line of work taking a break from that work will set you back a long way (or exclude you completely from that work in the future) then you need to consider if that is sensible to do, if say in 10 years time your career could have progressed a lot if you stick at it. Not sure I'm making sense but I suspect this sort of decision is something that many parents face.