I am considering a part time nanny for September/October time - where do I start to look?

[2point4kids]

I am job hunting at the moment. IF I get a job in London then I will need a nanny as the hours will be long including the commute.
I will need a nanny for 2 days a week 7am to about 7pm. Children will be almost 3 years and 6 months old.

As I am unsure yet as to whether I will go for this or a job more locally (will then use a nursery) I dont really want to be signing up to agencies and spending out money at the moment.

I WOULD like to be able to get an idea though of how many nannies are available around my area (Ipswich) and approximately how much it will cost me, so that I can get myself organised..

Are there any good places/websites I can go for advice/research?

Thanks!

Websites to start looking at:
www.nannyjob.co.uk - Use the Job Search facility to see what other jobs are being offered to nannies in your area. Some ads may give indication of salary.
ipswich.gumtree.com/ - may be worth looking at, some advertisers will give salary indication, and you may find some local nannies looking for work.

I would expect that a nanny will cost you around £100-£150 gross per day. The more experienced nannies will be wanting the higher salaries. You would need to add Employers NI on top of this, and operate PAYE (thus deducting Tax and NI from your employee). There will also be other day-to-day costs, browse threads on here for more details - things like outings, travel, food, heating, light.

You will find that this section of Mumsnet is filled with a lot of information for employers of nannies, so probably best to stick to Mumsnet for that kind of info.

Example of a nanny advertising themselves - no salary indication, but could be e-mailing them and asking what they would be expecting to paid, Gross.

Nanny Agencies in my experience never help for part time positions.

I'd try your local college and approach girls just completing Childcare courses. Speak to the head of the course.

It's worked for me in the past.

Good luck

Lovely, thank you!
I have sent 2 emails to people that look interesting asking about salary.

One Nanny has replied and said she charges £6 per hour but is very flexible..
That sounds really cheap to me! Is it cheap?

sounds a little low, but you are not in London or south east. Expect they want that take-home, so may be nearer 7 to 7.50 gross.

2.4kids - yes that does sound very low BUT she also might be very young/not qualified etc

£6 per hour net is more like £9 per hour gross IMO. So it won't feel THAT cheap. I would consider it low, but if she's interested in the job, it may well be worth interviewing her. Do remember that if you want to pay using childcare vouchers, she will need to be registered with Ofsted.