Please or to access all these features

Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

where do you look for good babysitters?

4 replies

AdeleNazeem · 13/03/2014 23:02

my daughter's a teenager now, off doing her own thing ... so it's been some time since I've needed a sitter!
But, I'm back at uni now and in need of extra cash, and I'm great with kids, a qualified teacher and a parent myself, so thought a couple of evenings babysitting a week would be great, (I'm often sitting for friends but wouldn't like to go charging them!)

so where do people find good babysitters? I thought about cards in local shops, libraries... but where else? Any recommended websites, publications, agencies? I'm in north London.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
apotomak · 14/03/2014 12:43

I work through sitters.co.uk. It's totally flexible and works for me. It's a bit of a faff to register as you need to attend an interview but once that's done you're up and running.

eastmidswarwicknightnanny · 14/03/2014 18:29

Maybe start out with sitters and safehands network and build up as good reputation and then also advertise privately

NomDeClavier · 14/03/2014 19:12

Register on various sites and see what comes up.

AdeleNazeem · 19/03/2014 19:20

thanks all :)

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page