How much would a nanny expect to be payed for 2 days work?

[muppetgirl]

Hi

We are in need of a bit of help and think a nanny would be our best option. I am speaking to a lovely lady who is NNEB qualified and has 10+ years experience. As we haven't had a nanny before we are very much lead be her and what she suggets so

1. How much would we expect to pay for 9-5, 2 days a week?

1. Do nanny's have allowences for activities they may go too? If not how does taking children to sessions with a cost work?

1. She has an 11 week old so she would have 2 children 11 weeks and 14 months 9-3 and our 4 year old as well from 3-5. But from Sept she would have our new baby also. So (would be ages)

3 month old, nearly 2 year old and 11 month old from 9-3 and then our 5 year old. Is this legal? (ratios?) Would she able to cope?

I sound very naive and are about nanny matters please be kind

anyone?

Whereabouts are you based? I would say roughly £8-10 (after tax) an hour in London but it varies across the country. Nannies dont have ratios so she can care for all those children as long as you both feel she is capable. She should have a kitty - you should cover the costs of any activities she takes your children to, ideally work out with her what you think she will need for the actitivities you would like her to take the children to/she'd like to take them to and then add a little bit more for things like milk, bread, etc that she may need to pick up!

Thank you we're in the South West and really have no idea!

Just to correct MissGT - if she has insurance she will have some form of ration. Get your nanny to check her insurance for what hers is. I certainly have a max number of children I can care for but I'm fairly sure 5 is well within it, and ages aren't specified as with OFSTED regs.

As far as coping goes, ask her questions about how she feels about routines, how organised she is, what she expects you to provide for her baby and what you will provide (cots for nap, double buggy or poss even a triple?), how she will fit them all in a car if you need her to drive etc.

Cost remember that it's effectively a nanny share, but she does have an NNEB with 10 years of experience. My gut feeling is £7-9 net? You may want to search some other "nanny with own child" threads. It does raise a number of questions such as those to do with the kitty - will she pay for her child's activities or will that come out of the kitty? As for general guidance on that there's a nanny kitty thread going too.

Remember that with 3 under 2 the number of activities she can do is going to be quite limited.

It may be a good idea to get in touch with a local agency to see what the going rae is - not to get a nanny through them, just to get the figures