I can get paid more as a nanny then I do working at.....

[avenanap]

I have just realised that I can get paid more as a nanny then I did working at a law firm. Does anyone want a nanny with their own child age 8, paediatric nursing experience, child development qualifiations, full CRB check, experience of working with gifted children, a degree and a masters degree? Just a thought but would you hire me?

I doubt very much whether I could afford you!!!!!!!!!

What's the going rate? £400 a week live in? I used to earn £12,000 as a legal assistant. I didn't think that through did I? £20 K would suit me fine.

I think you might struggle to find a live-in position for £400 a week - live out maybe, but if you have a child of your own then less.

I wouldn't want to live in, why do you get paid less if you have your own children. He would be at school for most of the day so the child would get one to one attention.

rahrahrachel - youre not in hampshire are you?

No, not in Hampshire.

Avenanap - if you have your own child with you for any of the time you are nannying (or want to do a school pick up/drop off in work hours) then your employer would expect to pay you less. If you could organise childcare for your own child then pay wouldn't be affected of course. It is much more difficult for a nanny who wants to bring her own child to find work though.

not wiltshire either?

Not in any Shire snappy

i think youre classed as more of a child minder if you take your own child ....unfair i know, the lady i nannied for was pleased my son was a similar age to her daughter they were v small tho and it was just like having twins i used to have one in the buggy and 1 in a sling to shop and go out and about and a big carriage pram for them for walks they snuggled up together.

phew, i thought you might be someone i vaguely know for a minute

Aveanap, I don't know anyone who pays £400 a week for a live-in nanny, a lot of live-out nannies are on less money than that. It's easy to look at one's chosen career and think - hmmm, if I did X, I could earn far more but first you have to get a job in X and then you have to actually want to do that job! I could earn far more doing the same kind of role I do in another industry but love the area I work in and don't want to move. With regards to bringing your own child, I personally would expect to pay less (my dc are 9 and 6) because I presume your child would eat tea with them - provided by me, fight over use of the computer with the oldest one (which is fine!), require input from you on his homework, use the usual vast quantities of water which boys seem to require every time they venture near a sink etc. Does that make sense?

Well if you are more qualified in childcare than in law then it isn't that surprising that you would get paid more in a career that you are more qualified in, or that it is common for people to be treated as qualified through experience. I'd assume that your masters wasn't in law? Tbh £12k for a legal assistant sounds low, but I'm more used to London salaries. And if this is your first nanny job with a child in tow then you'd be looking at about £7-9 per hour gross here in South London.

I would assume that pead nursing would also pay more than £12k.

Are you in London - my last live-out nanny with own child (toddler who came to our house each day) earnt over £20k. gross. But I knew plenty of families paying less (normally about £200 a week) for live out nannies without children (and often not paying their tax, NI etc).
I'm not looking for a nanny right now so wouldn't hire you!

I was paid £450 live out and that was good money a couple of years ago. I too have professional qualifications but I didn't need oto bring my own dc with me.

It is a responsible job and I think the salary only just refelcts that.

It's also much longer days than you're likely to currently be working. The hourly rate is probably around the same if not less.

Hmm. Was just a thought. Thankyou.

My child minder gets 4.50 an hour and has 2 kids in school. She has a few kids and can get paid up to £18 an hour when she has 4.

mamasara
don't forget your childminder has expenses to that i her gross wage not net
sarah

Of course but she still makes more than me on a monthly basis

I earn £400 a week net but also put in between 60 - 70 hours a week so it's not that much when you break it down. (nannyj scurries back to her free 2 bedroom flat in south west london)

crikey nannyj- long hours, but two bed flat! lucky mare, although my own one room flat is a bloody luxery after last job!

oh and im on £300 net plus £20 food for 60 hours. and to OP, imagine your DC pukes all down your back. now imagine it was someone elses DC! s'bloody hard work!