Nanny advice please

[Harverina]

Hello
We have always used childminders for my two children, however, we are looking in to the possibility of using a nanny instead.

We have heard of someone locally who used to be a nanny - she gave it up and is working part time in another job.

She has advised that she would consider nannying again as we are only looking for 16 hours per week.

We are in Scotland.

How does it work? How do we do a pvg check on her? How do we pay her tax/ni? Can she be self emloyed? If she isn't a registered nanny then is she technically a babysitter? Help!!

From reading some threads on here it seems that employing a nanny is Far more difficult and more expensive than using a childminder. This is putting me off, however, for various reasons I would prefer a nanny (child's health needs would make this easier)

Any advice would be welcome especially in relation to Scotland.

They could pretend to be looking for work (which is not that untrue), register with an agency to get pgv check.

A nanny may or may not cost more than a childminder, depends on number of children.

Payroll is quite easy and you can use nanny payroll companies to do the admin, they charge around £150 a year for monthly payroll.

Agree a gross salary. You then have cost of gross salary plus employers NI (that may not be that much due to low number of hours thus likely quite low salary). Then other costs are things like activities, travel for outings, food/drink/lighting/heat as care is based at your home. Pension contribution starts in a couple of years time, starting at 1% of salary.

There are pros and cons, you need to consider your childcare needs and compare to what else is available.

Thanks for the advice.

I am a registered childminder. Would it be an option to hire her as my staff member and do it that way I wonder?

It seems so much hassle doesn't it.

But we would love a nanny as dd has severe allergies.

Haverina - I would probably work out cheaper - too employing her through your business as she would then be a business cost, so you could deduct her wages before paying tax (if that makes sense).

Sorry I do not know Scottish childcare regs sufficiently to know. Would they need to register as a co-childminder? You would need to look at how it impacted on your childminding reg and ratio.

Even as a nanny in a home where childminding takes place it cause issues, so check with regulator. SCMA may be able to advise re having an assistant vs a co-childminder.