Where to look for a london nanny. Not gumtree!

[littleballerina]

For a friend who's had lots of trouble with gumtree!

Agency?
Nannyjob?
Simply Childcare?
Netmums?
Local sites like nappyvalley

nappyvalley? sounds vomit inducing!

I'm a London nanny currently looking for work -25, British, graduate, background as Family PA/Nanny for big American family - PM me if you want more info :)

I am a nanny looking for a full time job. I am 28, 7 years experience, first aid and crb check. Excelent references available! Looking for live out!
Pm me if you ere interested!
Thank you

I used an agency which was so appalling that we won damages for service provided. Then we did the job ourselves and used childcare.co.uk which worked out much better.

Go straight to Norland.

sorry, she is a nanny and has had nothing but trouble with clients on gumtree!
they all seem to want much more than a nanny iyswim!

Childcare.co.uk was good for me

Childcare.co.uk is where we found our nanny.

I'd look around London

thanks all. especially you Rob

Nappyvalleynet

Register with an agency specialising on nannys

As a nanny I'm surprised your friend hasn't registered with all the well know agencies in London

Agree gumtree can be hard to find a family who will pay a decent wage tho does happen. My last perm job was through gumtree and lovely employers who paid me and treated well - was there over 5years

Childcare.co.uk is ok - but many nannies including myself don't like the huge increase in fees by the site - so many of us won't upgrade on the off chance there is a family we like

I would prefer to be allowed one free message a day or pay £5 a month - not £20 !!!!

Otherwise nannyjob netmums are the main two

Most nannies steer clear of gumtree and childcare.co.uk as parents on both don't seem to like paying tax or national insurance and only want to pay cash.

Agencies are her best bet.

uk.care.com

we found ours on childcare.co.uk and unlike comments below we pay decent wage via paye and expect nanny duties only. both our nannies found on there were excellent and had plenty of great candidates when interviewing recently.

Most nannies steer clear of gumtree and childcare.co.uk as parents on both don't seem to like paying tax or national insurance and only want to pay cash

Nothing like a HUGE and INCORRECT sweeping statement.

childcare.co.uk is good, if getting a bit expensive.

By networking! I have found my nanny by being friendly and keeping in touch with people

Childcare.co.uk and Findababysitter.co.uk are definitely the best. As a nanny I am using them for the last years and I always pay when looking for a job. In the last 2 years I have found my jobs on childcare.co.uk and the families were lovely. I think it's a serious website. Maybe not everybody is paying to have access to personal details and contact information, and send messages, but I still think it is a serious website with serious people.

Zombie. This is 9yrs old

Little Ones London is a bit more boujee but really worth the price as they vet all their nannies thoroughly and only send candidates that fit into what you're looking for. Me and the hubbie only needed an after school nanny as we both work til 8 and we were given 3 different candidates to interview and choose from! Being so busy we could scroll through endless candidates so Little Ones is great if you have little to no time.

@mamagatha this is a zombie thread. Do you work for little ones?