Our p/t nanny has been with us almost 12 months. We sat down with her at the 3 month mark for a "how's it going" chat. Upped her hours (as we really didn't want to lose her to a f/t post) and gave her a 50p/hr payrise. She Works 2d for us and one for another family plus some ad hoc stuff at nursery as well as being a student. She's wonderful, kids adore her and so do we. She's in the process of completing her Level 3 and will get ofsted registration very soon (just done CYPOP5).
I'm thinking of having a formal review with her at the 1 year mark but wondered how formal people normally make this. I work in an industry where appraisal is very formalised including requirements for hours of reflective CPDs logs and an appraisal includes a 28 page self assessment questionnaires and a 2-3 hour meeting. I'm definitely not proposing this but wonder if a 30min "how's it going" chat is acceptable (and we'll probably say once she's ofsteded and we can use childcare vouchers that she can have another small payrise). Having not ever really done a nanny appraisal (I do tons of staff appraisals through work) I'm unsure how to pitch it. Do any/many employers use a self assessment questionnaire thing beforehand or just a freestyle chat.
Any tips??