Nanny rota Divorced parent

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Anyone here divorced mums, thought of hiring a nanny for only 2 weeks as your ex has custody for the other 2 ? if you do how much would you think would be a fair gross rate for full- time hours for those 2 weeks looking after toddlers.

What nanny is going to accept such a rota?

Potentially lots of them. I spent years working for an agency where I could pick my own hours week by week. I generally worked in intent bursts with lots of time off rather than working a steady x amount of hours a week.

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'Rota nannies' aren't uncommon, usually they work 24/7 week-on/week-off with another nanny though to get 24 hour coverage.

Rotas usually attract a much higher salary though, the lowest I've seen was a junior nanny at £45k but most are in the region of £60k-£80k.

I'm not sure chopping and changing nanny's as suggested would be a good idea for your lo especially as they are already dealing with changes at home.
Is dad going to need care because introducing yet another new person wouldn't be great...could you discuss using a shared carer under 2 contracts? I've done this as a childminder and obviously parents don't need to see each other each responsible for paying their own weeks and changeover is done on a Friday from mine.
2 weeks is a long time for a child does it have to be a full 2 weeks or could you do more frequently like a week each?

I think you would have to offer pretty close to a full time salary as a nanny would find it hard to find another part time job to fill the other two weeks. Or, can you employ them full time and the nanny works between both houses and both parents contribute to costs.

I spoke with someone who has a grandma helping but they think is a good idea to split the care, and yes I guess it could be one week one and one week of and sometimes 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. my guess is the family will not want 24/7 some families are ok with 10/12 hours a day and then 2 baby sittings and extra saturday - that would be equivalent to a part time job 6 hours a day roughly plus babysitting and a full sat how much do you think this should the pay for considering ? would say 15/17 net and live in 14/15 net?

I think your estimate is not allowing for the flexibility you want. How much notice would the nanny have for their planning of their time? Honestly I would imagine paying at least 3/4 of full time role to cover the flexible element so 40- 60K.

Nanny salaries should always be discussed and agreed in gross terms, not net, the same as in any other job.

I think it would be hard for the nanny to find 2w work every other week

So a full time salary with her or him maybe working for dad as well but seperate contracts

OP, are you the potential nanny or the divorced mum?

Potential nanny and want to know what parents think , I had once an offer but I would block my time as I would have to be available for travelling.

Don't do it. Go for a proper rota job where you do 24/7 and earn £££.

If you don’t need a full time wage and wanted a lot of free time to travel or work on something else it could work. But if you want a normal job with full time pay it definitely wouldn’t work.

It's very difficult to understand exactly what you're asking. But assuming the actual hours are in line with normal nanny hours - so something between 30-50 hours per week, I'd imagine the pay would need to be at the top end of whatever your local going rate is for nannies on a per hour basis. it would go up if the nanny had to be available to swap at short notice etc.

So if you want someone to do 100 hours per month, in 2 long weeks, with dates and times agreed weeks ahead, then a standard per hour rate.

If you want 100 hours per month but she needs to be available for the entire month, you'd have to pay for the entire month and/or increase the per hour rate.

Apart from how hard it might be for you to earn around it which you could get around by charging more I think your going to find a very unsettled child who potential had several carers....both parents, any other family, new partners, two or more childcare professionals.....that well and truly puts the child in a vulnerable position in terms of security and self esteem I don't think the parents are thinking about what's best for the child in all this they need one consistent childcare solution

I was suppose to be working abroad in my country but the family let me down, so I am looking for a flexible solution that would let me travel often, but like someone says is here the family needs to be stable.. with having always the 2 care givers also I would prefer a 12hours a day shift rather than 24/7