Letting go a nanny

[Heswall]

We employed a youngish girl, not teenage but some how this was her first job in september, anyway the family's circumstances have changed and we don't need her any more.
So in terms of giving her notice, 1 week as per her contract should i just leave it at the position is no longer required or should i go into detail as to the many things she's done wrong too but i've gritted my teeth and put down to her being youngish ?
None were particular dreadful, things like forgetting her phone so coming to work and then taking the baby 2 hours on the bus back to hers to collect it, not the end of the world but annoying and i think she should learn from that sort of thing but equally i want to protect myself.
WWYD ?

Hmm... if you really thought she should "learn", I think you should've raised them while she was working for you, not mention them at the end. If you haven't raised the issues with your nanny and given her the chance to improve, I don't think it's fair to write it down in the notice, or to refer to them in any future references you are asked to give. If you have mentioned them to her, you can also mention them in references, but I would keep the notice simple and not go into those issues.

If you are letting her go because you genuinely don't need her now and her post is therefore redundant then you don't really need to add anything further by way of justification or explanation?

If you had specific issues with her performance you should have raised them at the appropriate time and in an appropriate format. Reeling off your grievances at the last minute will come over as petty and unprofessional. Just let her and your go cleanly and simply and let your grievances go with her.

I have raised them at the time but just wanted to make sure not needing her was enough reason for her to go. I'll keep quiet about "everything" else then.
Thanks

It would be laying it on a bit thick. Why not post in 'employment issues' if you want to be certain?

Not needing her is fine if it's genuine. You're effectively making her redundant.

I would leave the other things unless someone calling for a reference specifically asks something where you would be remiss not to provide that information as long as it was something raised with the nanny. But without knowing what the incidences which irritated you were its difficult to see whether that scenario would arise.