Tutor/nanny for summer months in London - is there a need for this?

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This is a bit random but just wanted to see if there is a market for this and if so, where could I advertise/sign up?
I'm a teacher with a masters and a special interest in SEN and bilingualism. I have specific experience with ND pupils. I also have a CELTA. I'm a Muslim and speak Arabic but I'm from a British background. I'm off July and August and was thinking of being a tutor/nanny in London, possibly for a family from a Gulf background (simply because I'm Muslim and speak Arabic and this might be a selling point?) who have a child with disabilities and would like an enrichment type nanny/tutor service. I'd only want to work 3 or 4 full days per week.
Does this type of service exist, and if so, what sort of hourly rate is charged?

Thanks!

You could look at registering with sennies https://sennies.co.uk/

A lot of parents also use childcare.co.uk to find holiday/SEN childcare

I think this is a great idea. Random marketing thought - I work with luxury hotels a lot and they are all heaving over the summer with your target market. You could design a 1 page PDF to send to concierge at all the 5 star hotels in London and ask them to keep your details in case they are asked for a recommendation?

Thank you both for the replies, will consider both. @FusionChefGeoff I'm not in the world of luxury hotels, are there any in particular you could name that are popular with this demograph please?

All the ones on Park Lane / Mayfair / Kensington particularly but off the top of my head the luxury london hotels I can remember are:

Grosvenor House
Park Lane Four Seasons
Intercontinental Park Lane
Hilton Park Lane

Dorchester
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
The Landmark
Royal Lancaster Hotel
Savoy
The Ritz
The Lanesborough
The Langham
Raffles
Corinthia

Good luck!

Peninsula
Pan Pacific

Hotels and holiday homes!

First, there is a big market for Muslim Arabic-speaking nannies, especially in the summer, in the area frequented by Khleeji, as it is now harder to get a domestic worker visa for their existing nanny, and they do run away (thanks to the relaxed asylum system). I personally know families from the GCC and other oil-rich countries, like Brunei, who come here only for the summer. They have holiday homes in the following areas:
Bayswater (lots of family, buzzing at 10pm in the summer!), Paddington, Knightsbridge (less family with young kids), Mayfair and Park Lane (even less family with young kids).
One of my nannies is a Russian-speaking Muslim, in high demand as she serves both the Arab and Russian-speaking communities. She gets so much that she only works half a year max.
When we were recruiting, many nannies who were willing to travel abroad would work in the GCC.

One thing to note, if you are working for one of these families, you need to be prepared to work hard, do long hours, while they are here. You will get paid. Be available all the time. There is a positive trade-off for it: squeeze in 80- 90 hours a week and only work a few months a year. I would not recommend it if you are looking to work only 3- 4 days a week.

That's very helpful thanks. Unfortunately I have my own DC so 90 hour weeks are not an option. I was hoping to come in from more a tutor and/or SEN assistant type thing, working maybe only 4 or 5 hours max per day. Would there be a market for that? If so, is there some sort of agency/recruiter I could go through?

Unfortunately, most of them would prefer to hire one person rather than hire multiple people and run a rota. It is a short-term placement. A bit silly from their POV, needing to hire multiple people for the summer only. Trust is another quality that they value highly. If they like you for one year, you need not worry about summer jobs in the future.

They want one person who can do it all, with a "can do" attitude, rather than a very defined role like "SEN tutor only, no laundry, only look after one kid", "cooking only but no cleaning". It is their lifestyle. They are used to having domestic staff at home. The role is most likely a nanny housekeeper. Understanding the dynamics is also important. They are from a different culture. They only want the nanny to speak when they are spoken to. Otherwise, they don't want to hear from you. No phone use. Your job is to make it easy for them.

They do pay very well, so it's a great option if you are willing to put in the hours for the summer, adjust your mindset and take the next few months off to spend time with your DC. Good luck!

Childcare.co.uk used to be the best place for these jobs. Just register and see.

it is hard to get an au pair these days so families might want a summer nanny instead

Oh I understand the culture well. I don't want a maid/housekeeper role though, I want to keep it to teacher role. They are not going to be paying the maid like they are the teacher, and I doubt there are many maids who are qualified teachers.

The pay a good wage if you fit their need. But often don't negotiate their expectations.