Is it impossible to get after school nannies

[cranbury]

I would need school pick up 20mins walk or bus ride or 10 min drive away at 3.30pm, bring home to give snack and I will arrive home at 5pm at the latest. The school may introduce after school care to 6pm soon but I'm not sure I want the kids to be at school until that time but to chill out at home. They are 5 and 7.

I know a childminder would make sense but I want to one as a child and I absolutely hated it all I wanted was to be at home.

Au pair would probably be the cheapest option but don't want to share the house.

Would there be nannies that were willing to do these hours or is it wishful thinking.

We employed a young woman who also worked as a TA (although not at the same school). The additional advantage was that she was also free to work full days during school holidays. She was wonderful, and we are still in touch 6 years on. One of our happier child care experiences, and we only stopped the arrangement because we moved away from the area.

If I were you I'd put the word out in the local area (e.g. notice at corner shop / at local library etc / email at local email list if it exists / asking people here & there). I'd also put ads on Gumtree & other places.

I'm sure you'd be able to find someone to do this, it would probably be doing some kind of nannyshare e.g. a nanny working part-time hours for some other family who only need childcare for a few hours in the morning & she would then work for you. Its perfectly possible but you'll just need to be persistent until you find the right person who's interested in doing those hours.

Oh I also meant to say- you should look as well on findababysitter (not sure if it's .com or .co.uk!) You'll find loads of profiles of people willing to work various hours. You then interview a few people whose available hours suit you.

think you will find it difficult to get someone to want to work for 1.5 hours pay!

agree a TA at the childrens school could be a solution, but even for 1.5 hours i dont think you could pay less than £20 if you are lucky (I charge minimum 4 hours)

No its definitely possible. This could be a good job for a student so if you live near any colleges/universities advertise - we have used Gumtree with success (twice)- and say in the ad that it would suit a student. we do offer three hours work twice week though, which is more worth someone`s while.

thanks it would pay for 2 hours - a student would be fine if they were a little older. trying to finalise my hours and waiting to see if school adds after school hours. TA is a good idea, lots of local school that have an earlier finish time.

Do you mean if your DCs were a little older?

Lots of students will have experience with that age or younger through local Rainbow units, holiday playschemes etc or even being qualified in childcare but doing a further degree in early years, education or similar. When I was a student I nannied for, at various points: a 10 month old, a 6 month old and a 3 and 5 year old plus doing maternity work and nannying in my holidays. I don't think the age of your DCs is necessarily a barrier and not all students are irresponsible, permanently drunk, young things!

Unless you meant the student being older!