Temp nannys

[Millarkie]

Has anyone employed a Temp nanny or a nanny on a very short term contract?
We have employed a nanny in the past, but now we'll only need one for the summer holidays. Should I budget for the usual gross salary +emp NI at the normal rate? Can you employ professional temp nannys and pay an agency direct rather than become their employer for such a short time?
Any advice welcome.

Temp nannies are employees in the same way as permanent nannies, so you will need to do the usual tax arrangements. Some agencies supply temp nannies, where the nanny is an employee of the agency - as a parent you then pay a much higher hourly rate. However I think that can only happen when it is very short term, such as 1 or 2 days... thus emergency nanny.

Could be worth contacting EmergencyChildcare.co.uk and asking how long you could have an emergency nanny for with the nanny remaining an employee of the agency.

Thanks nannynick - I've paid up for this years nannypaye anyway (and I've got that cd thing that you always recommend but have taken the easy option so far ) - just wondered what to budget for and if there was a super-easy option.
I'm hoping to find someone for 6 weeks of the summer hols (leaving us just 2 weeks to have a holiday in) so don't want to pay emergency prices
My lovely MIL has just offered to provide childcare cover for most of the other school hols and so cinderella can go to the ball (or rather the children can go to the school of our choosing).

Ok, next question - I've seen a couple of nannys advertising on gumtree already for summer jobs - is this the right time of year to try to find someone or should I leave it til after Easter?

Doing figures can be a little tricky, as you don't know at this stage the nannies earnings so far in the tax year. So base it all on gross pay and do things roughly using 13% for employers NICs - Employers nics will change at the next budget, so once that figure is known can then recalculate based on the new figure.

For example, if £8 gross per hour, 50 hours per week, for 6 weeks, that would be £2400 total pay. 13% is £312, thus would expect Employers NI to be around £300-£325, as long as things do not hugely change in the next budget.

As a nanny who works term-time only, I constantly advertise for school holiday work. So no harm in contacting people at this stage, can be good to get most things sorted out nice and early... as long as no requirements are likely to change.

Nick what are you doing up this early, on nights????

I'm up at 06:30 every weekday! Now dashing to work, for 07:45 start.

Hi

I am a nanny who does emergency/temp work. I quite enjoy working like this, although it doesnt look so good on your CV when you have so many different jobs!!!

I would always ask my employer to pay my tax - it just isnt worth the risk

You could start advertising now, but i think i would leave it till after Easter as its hard to think that far ahead!

Thanks All.

And - nannynick - don't suppose you'd like a holiday job in sunny Essex (can offer live-in) - my ds would be over the moon to have a male nanny (for some reason he thinks that they are better with computers, no matter how much I tell him (and show him by constant mumsnetting) that women are just as good

Allaroundmyhat - thanks - just to be clear - I'm def intending to pay nanny's tax/NI etc but wondered if I could do it via an agency (ie I pay the agency the whole amount and they divide it into salary and tax).

Millarke, try looking on greataupair.com. There are probably lots of uni students who would like to come to England for the summer.

Eleusis - I am registered on greataupairs - but am really looking for a nanny/nursery nurse as ds has very mild special needs and requires someone who has a lot of patience. Will continue to use greataupairs, but will prob put an ad on gumtree once we have confirmation of his school place. Thanks.