Average length of a nanny's day

[Sufi]

Quick Q: I'm looking to employ a part-time nanny 1 or 2 days per week. I work from home so anticipate that my working day would be considerably shorter than most parents' (as I don't have to commute) - but do nannies who work on a daily basis like this usually expect to work a set number of hours? The nannies I've been in touch with have all quoted me an hourly rate, you see... any advice gratefully received!

A short day for a nanny is 9-10 hours, a long day is 12-13.

You may find that the nannies quote a daily rate when they find out your day is shorter than they expect.

Make sure you check all refs personally and offer a gross, not net, wage.

As a live-out nanny, my previous job, my current job, and my new job, are all around the 10 hour per day mark.

How many hours are you wanting someone... it needs to be worth their while. A daily nanny will have their bills to pay, working just a few hours a day may not be sufficient to pay their rent/mortgage etc.

A daily nanny generally works between 8am - 6pm, though the start can be a little earlier and the end can be anywhere up to 7pm.

As nannynick said, if you are looking for part time hours a nanny ,ay not be the best solution for you unless you are very lucky and manage to find someone who wants the exact hours you are offering.

yep daily nanny hours are normally between 10/11 hrs a day

though i know many nannies who work 12 and are daily

i work 10.5 and wont go for interviews over 11hrs as I know I will get pissed off and tired, and by the time I have driven home,had tea and a bath, its time to go to bed, to get up at 6am

many employers work 9 - 5iah and then can travel an hour ither way - hence making 10hr +days

i am contracted for a 12 hour day but usually work about 11 depending if parents working from home.
Perhaps offer a daily rate and then arrange hours to suit you both.
A childminder/ nursery may be a cheaper option if your not specifically looking for in hme care. You may even get more work done that way too.

My PT (3 days per week) nanny works an 8-hour day - 9.30 to 5.30. DH works from home so it works quite well as he can usually take over the half hour between when I go to work and she comes in, and between her leaving and me coming home at 6. So it's not impossible but maybe I have been a tad lucky!

fludnelb - when you were looking for a nanny, did the agency say you would pay less as nanny does 8hrs day, rather than the normal 10+

do you pay her by the hour or a set daily rate?

Our nanny is paid a set weekly rate as her hours are a bit varied. Usually it's around 50-55 hours a week but occasionally I need to stay late at work and DH can't get home to let her off so she ends up working 56-60 I'd say every two or three weeks. We pay her a slightly higher amount every week to cover these days so we don't have to mess about with tallying exact hours (which she was happy to agree to).

I used to work 12+ hours a day as a live in, now I work 10 hours as a live out, and it's a joy! That extra 2 hours I have now means I can have a life outside work which was hard as a live in, especially during the week. I'm not as tired, too. I would agree an hourly rate with the nanny then multiply it by the number of hours you need her (him), rather than use the "going" rate for a normal work week, if you will only need them 8 or so hours a day.

I have worked 7.30-7.30 for a mother who didn't work. (I was live in)

I have worked 7.45-6.45 for a working mum. (I was live out)

All depends on what you want them to do.

Sorry for delay in replying imananny, only logging onto MN today - we found her through a nanny website so we arranged it ourselves - offered her an hourly rate which she accepted. We pay her by the hour, so sometimes if we need her to do an extra hour here and there we just add that to her pay next time around (all done by a nanny tax agency so I don't have to work it all out myself).