Best place to find a nanny in rural Wales and some other Q's re nannies/aupairs

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We live in a small village in rural mid Wales and are thinking about some form of childcare over the next few months. (Probably for about 3 months)

I have 2 boys and am due with my 3rd in November.

Ideally I want someone that lives out and works for us part time but would be available to come and look after the children at the drop of a hat when I go into labour.

I'd like them to do some housework (clean bathroom, hoover, general keep things tidy, load dishwasher, ironing - or some of these things), maybe help with school runs, feed children and play. Maybe work an odd evening here and there so that we could go out.

I'm fairly flexible as to the hours (although some sort of regular hours would be best in terms of routine for the children)

Am I looking for the impossible? Does anyone know if there are any agencies that cover this part of Wales or is my only option putting an advert in local shops?

If anyone has any suggestions or can point me in the direction of any agencies I would be very grateful

TBH I think you will struggle to find anyone unless you hire from a temping agency which will be expensive.... I think your best shot would be to split the housekeeping out and hire someone in for that (agency cleaners probably the best bet if only for a temporary period) and then the pure nanny/mothers help stuff you will need to advertise for. Other than newsagents/local paper you might want to try gumtree and nannyjob.co.uk

You would find it much much easier if you had room in your house for an au-pair...

I agree with Squiffy. Being in rural Wales I think you will be very hard pressed to find someone to do all this at the drop of a hat if you aren't offering a live-in position.

If live-in is an option than you just need an au pair from any eu country who fancies a stay in Wales for a few months.

A nanny will not want to do the cleaning you mention. So you willl either need to separate that out of the jobdescription and hire a cleaning agency or you need an au pair.

Thanks both.

I'm not really keen on live in option firstly as I just don't think I could handle someone else living in my house, secondly because we are renovating the house and it is a bit of a mess really so I'm not sure I'd expect anyone else to live in it.

I'll look into a cleaner and a nanny/mother's help then.

thanks again

H

where in rural mid wales are we talking? i know a lady that runs a small company who provide step-in care in ceredigion, powys and sometimes even further afield!

Hello

I'm in Ceredigion. Near Aberystwyth.

Does her company cover that area?

she's my next door neighbour and we live in sunny aber!! i'll ask her later whether she has any vacancies/staff avaliable!

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