Anyone have an after school nanny ?

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I'm thinking about looking for one for DD as her school has no after school club. I like the idea of her being able to come home to her own house and have tea etc. Any ideas about how I could go about looking ?

Am surprised no one answered this, so am bumping for you.

Thank you !

A friend of mine has one - she advertised on childcare.co.uk and the lady works 3 days 7-9am then does 1 or 2 cleaning jobs before working 3-6pm as a nanny again. In the holidays she condensed her cleaning jobs into 1 day and works as a nanny 2 full days.

Word of mouth at school
Ad in local shop/newsagents / church/community newsletter
Local netmums childcare board
Job listing sites like gumtree.com, nannyjob.co.uk, childcare.co.uk

Cost wise, is it viable - care for one child is very costly. Are there other options like childminder?

Calculate the costs, advertise job at a realistic salary, see if any suitable applicants.

Thanks both . Yes it's viable in comparison to current full time nursery costs. I'm going to look at a childminder as well though.

when we had someone some years ago we got them through Tinies. It worked well - we had a nanny with her own pre-schooler so she was happy not to work full time, but was available full time when we needed her in holidays, inset days etc. We paid a higher than average hourly rate in exchange for this flexibility, but because she brought her own child the start rate was lower than average so overall it was no more expensive. she came in after lunch to do nursery duties, prep tea etc and then did the school run and looked after them until we got home. it worked well for us.

Firstly let me say it's a lovely idea, school can be quite exhausting for small children and the flexibility & comfort of a nanny in your own home is great. This is a less "desirable" nanny job, so you need to offer a slightly higher than average wage, or look for a NWOC (nanny with own child), or can you find other duties for the nanny like cleaning/PA/dog waking/evening babysitting to raise the hours? or is there a uni or college nearby where you can find a childcare or social care student who could fit the job round study?
What about the holidays or if your child is sick though? I assume you have flexible work or back-up if you are comparing with after school clubs/nursery.

We have one who does 3 afternoons a week. We advertised through Gumtree (obviously took v good references), paying a bit above average £12ph gross. Deliberately picked someone who already has a part time job who wanted extra hours (in fact a nursery school teacher - perfect!) Perhaps we were very lucky, but 2 terms in it is working really well. My biggest worry is that her proper employer will offer her extra hours next school year and we will lose her!

My 2 are quite small, but for future years I would consider a master student for example. Basically, I wanted someone who is already occupied 20 hours a week and just wants to pick up some extra hours.

A student can work well for this - there are plenty of student after school nannies at DD's school. They are reliable and conscientious about homework/turning off TV and getting DC to practice instruments, read etc IMO.

Where are you OP? This sounds like the set up I have but the children are due to start a new school in September and I won't be required after that.

I am in Sunderland

Thanks for all the rest of the advice too everyone. Her current nursery does a fantastic holiday club and both of our roles are flexible around her being poorly etc.
Some great tips in there - as soon as we find out our school I will start to look

I use My Big Buddy in London. Really brilliant set up and instead of child minder, buddies. Male buddies! Take my boys to the park for a kick about as well as helping then with their homework and get their tea etc.

That's really cool !