Best way to handle redundancy for nanny-housekeeper

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I can no longer afford to employ my nanny-housekeeper and as the children are older I don’t really need her although she does make my life easier and she feels like part of the family.
I think she will be entitled to 12 weeks redundancy as well as a months notice. I also understand that I should consult and consider alternative roles. The only realistic one is to reduce her hours by half so she is just doing the housekeeping element of the role.
Frankly I think she would be better off taking the redundancy payout because she will probably find another job quickly (and I could help her with this).

Should I give her the option of taking the redundancy or reducing her hours? If she reduces her hours is she partially redundant ie. Should I pay her some of the redundancy money?

could I make her redundant from her employed nanny-housekeeper role and then hire her as a self-employed cleaner? (I would find it hard to find the redundancy money and continue to pay her as a self employed cleaner.)

if I made her redundant could I pay the redundancy money in instalments (as I don’t have a large lump sum of money to give her)?

I can't advise on the legalities, but if you're using a payroll provider such as Nannytax they often offer HR advice as part of the package. It's also worth checking out there Nannytax website (or others) - I think they've got some guidance material on various employment topics on there.

I certainly don’t think you can (or should) pay her in instalments

Yes, you need to offer her the housekeeper part of the role only, if she takes this then you don't need to offer redundancy. Bear in mind though, if you make her redundant within a year of doing reduced hours, the payment is based on her previous full-time week.

One thing you could do is ask her to just do the housekeeping during the day, leaving her free after school - when she could probably find lots of well paid work as an after school nanny.

Yes, you can ask to pay in installments, but she doesn't have to accept.