Calling Mishmash or anyone else familiar with the nanny market in Ireland (particularly Dublin)

[eleusis]

As you may have read on another thread my x-nanny (left in June) has gone onto another job in another country and she is miserable. She loves her new city, but her new family are super control freaks and always telling her how to do things. Anyway, she wants to leave and is thinking about getting a working holiday visa into ireland to work there for a year.

Soooo....

Where would she look for a job?
What kind of money would she expect to earn?
I think she would prefer Dublin, but she might be willing to look elsewhere.
Any tips you can give me for her would be much appreciated. THANKS!

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Hi Eleusis
Poor A - let me have a look on one of an Irish forum here and report back to you - there are often adverts

Thank you!

Eleusis - had a look there but it is all aupairs they advertise.

Does she want to go through an Agency?

I don't think she minds whether it's through an agency or not. Do you know of any?

Of course this job was through an agency and both the parents and the agency told XN (x-nanny) that it was sole charge. And it is so not sole charge! But, as far as I know, she's open to agencies.

I have to say I haven't heard of anyone in Ireland having a nanny the same way you would have one in the UK - so don't know if there is much of a market there. Childminders, etc seem to be paid a lot less there so it might not be financially viable for your nanny anyway....

www.nannysolutions.com/

Is this a realistic take on the market? Or is it usual agency shenanigans with inflated prices?

Her other option is to go back to Canada and I think they are paid even less there.

KTeePee's point is a very good one. I know nothing about the childcare industry in Ireland, but I do know something about it here in France (and a bit about some other Southern European countries), and pay, conditions, qualifications and status are hugely much lower here in France for nannies than in the UK. So basically your ex-nanny needs to be aware that by going to another country she might not have as nice a time as in the UK. In fact, I suspect that nannies in England have better pay and status than in any other European country.

But, she can't come back to the UK. So she has to look at her other options. But, I'm sure she'd consider other countries if she can get a visa.

Eleusis - yes, I'm aware that she cannot return to the UK. But does she really want to be a nanny in a country where being a nanny is a much lower status job? Is her current unhappiness linked to the fact that being a nanny isn't as well respected wherever she is now?

I have known quite a few English and American families import British nannies to Paris (because they despaired of the quality of nanny you find here) to find themselves dealing with girls who were miserable because of the pay/status/conditions of childcare work here.

I don't think she's expecting to make the upper end of the London market. I think she is reasonable (or she never would have worked for me), and also I think a big part of it is that she gets to travel and see a new place. She needs enough to live on and a little bit left over to save as she wants to spend a year in Australia.

Anyway, there's no harm in her looking. I did suggest to her that France was probably not a good option, based on comments you have previously typed.

Another attraction to Ireland is of course that she speaks the language (sort of). I'll have to tell her to say Tursday.

Could she not start looking for a nany job straight away in Australia? Shouldn't cost much more to go there than come to Europe. Don't know what the pay is like but there seemed to be a demand for nanies prepared to work with families living on big cattle stations when I was in Oz many years ago....

She is not far from Europe now. And already plans to come to the UK to visit after she leaves the current job.

Also, I don't think she plans to nanny in Australia. I think the plan is to back pack around Australia (I could be wrong though I'm not really sure exactly what the plan is).