Part time nanny/ mothers help?

[honie]

I am currently assessing all aspects of my life in a desperate attempt to organise my life and gain a little sanity!!

I work full time and use childcare for 1 hour at the start of the day and 3 hours at the end. I intend to get an AP when building work on our house is complete, but I'm interested in researching the alternatives first!!

Am I likely to find a part time Nanny, who could help get the kids ready and do the school run, then collect them, do homework/reading dinner and tidy bedroom/organise uniform etc? I understand that it's an unusual arrangement, especially as a live out position.

Is this something a 'mothers help' would do, perhaps with light housework? I really want childcare thats more tailored to my DC, and could definately use a hand round this place!!

What sort of cost implications do these carry, (South east, not London)

Sorry for a million and one questions!!

I pay a bit over the odds for somebody who has a morning job in a shop and then comes to me from 2-6pm.
It's about £12 an hour gross.

AuPair, Live-In Mother's Help, Live-In Nanny are all the same thing. Au-Pairs no longer exist, as it was a visa category. Therefore AP's in my mind are really a Live-In Mother's Help ... that is, they help the mother around the home, typically meaning laundry / cleaning related tasks with occasional childcare.
Live-In Nanny is I would say more focused on the childcare aspect - a live-in nanny may have childcare training for example. They could still do some domestic tasks, particularly for the children.

Yes, in some area's you can find a part-time Live-Out nanny. Nannies who have their own children may be looking for this kind of work. You may find that you can get someone to do the childcare related tasks, plus also do some non-childcare work during part of the day.

Live-Out staff will always cost you at least National Minimum Wage, as that is a legal requirement. The amount a nanny would want will depend on their level of childcare experience. I would expect that you are looking around £7-£10 gross per hour.
As an employer you need to add employers NI on top of this, and complete Simplified PAYE or Full PAYE. To give an idea of how much NICs is, if you were paying £200 per week Gross, then Employers NI under the Simplified PAYE scheme is about £12.22 (in current tax year 08/09 - NIC Table A, Weekly). So cost to you is £212.22.

As your mother's help / nanny is part-time, make sure you agree a GROSS wage, as they may have another job, which can affect the amount of Employees Tax and Employees NI which gets deducted.