Nanny-Housekeeper

[sephineee]

I am trying to find a live out nanny housekeeper for 2 days a week.

I want someone to clean the house, do all the ironing, put kids washing round/do kids beds and some batch cooking. They will have am to do this and pm to do nursery pick for dc3 and then 2-3 hours with dc3 before I come back with dc1 and 2. School run in the am needed too.

Cant find anyone who is willing to do all the cleaning, can drive and wants to do childcare.

Do I need to rethink?! Any suggestions on where this role is flawed?

7 hours in total is your problem, really its one day work, not two.

Do you mind me asking where you have advertised please OP? Looking for someone similar in London.

I have advertised on care.com and childcare.co.uk. Today I have contacted several agencies - Eden and Harris recruitment are the ones I remember the names of!

Is 7 hours enough for just cleaning and ironing? It's less time than I would employ cleaners for to do the same!

I think that anything that involves two roles is difficult to recruit for. Our last lady was a mature student but was happy to do cleaning, school run, groceries, anything - whole family adored her. Am literally heartbroken without her but after three years she was moving home. We'll never find someone so lovely I fear.

I think you might be right captain, not an easy one to find. She sounds amazing by the way!

I have one (London) but I had to put up my hourly rate and number of hours. In the end she does 25 hours a week, two full days and a half day. She's wonderful, great with the children, great around the house but it took me ages to find her and in end was through personal recommendation

I am going to keep my current cleaners and ironers and have hired another nanny known to all the kids for one day week. Then one day a week in term time dc3 will go to nursery and in the holidays dh and I will juggle annual leave.

Think in the future I will look for a 4 day a week nanny/housekeeper (more when all in school I think) and with it being a more full time job should have more luck.

Thanks everyone!

Pleased you got it sorted!

Glad you got it sorted and changed what you were looking for

Nanny /hk is hard

Good professional nannies like myself don't want to clean

A good cleaner may not want to look after children let alone young ones

I do think you wanted a lot doing in the 3ish hours a day in the morning

Plus what happens when holidays and children at home