Live in part time nanny - anyone with experience of this

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Wondering if anyone with experience of this can advise. have no idea how it all works.

Looking at the option possibly for the future for an under 1 year old.

Solo mother of one and will need some help I think later this year so I can successfully work from home but also be able to make work meetings etc.

Would only need part time help as I’m used to managing it all myself so it’s just to have some breather to help everything run more efficiently for us. And also I feel the extra element of another in the home for my LO would also be beneficial for her.

au pairs are for older children in a household from what I’m reading online, plus would hope to source someone who’s got relevant certificates, baby experience, a good CV related to the role etc
But also hoping later on if went down the multi lingual part time live in nanny route it might help my LO learn another language a bit. I speak ‘some’ Spanish and so was thinking English / Spanish speaker.

One thing reading online is some people mention that if they’re not self employed, and their on payroll by you then if they become pregnant your liable for maternity cover etc.

But just looking at how it all works for now for the future if do go down this route.
For example;
Where’s best to source someone (through an agency, an independently advertising person).
How others have experienced this type of situation.
Has it ever gone wrong for you? (Been a mismatch of characters / worried about horror stories of it going wrong).
what are the dynamics like?
what you’ve paid for this type of role (a few hours a day part time nanny)
anything else anyone has input on would be great

Thankyou so much

Two things: for part time childcare, unless you’re a surgeon who works at all hours, it would be so, so much easier and more affordable to use a nursery or childminder. You also have the added advantage of back up care (with a nursery especially) if there is illness, so that you don’t have to take a week off work because your nanny has a vomiting bug, followed by another week off because now your child has it. They also have so much more in the way of facilities that you do in your own home.

Secondly, have you ever tried working at home with a child there being cared for by someone else? It’s not easy. It’s so much easier when there is proper separation of home and work life, and your child isn’t confused why you are ignoring them and they have to play with someone else. You also get a proper break when you aren’t half parenting while trying to work.

And yes, no maternity pay, no redundancy, no work place pension to pay into, so much less paperwork to deal with.

I’m a solo mother with no immediate support. Our circle is small and want her to get the best out of the situation. She’ll hopefully be trialing afternoons at nursery in a few months. But it’s more to benefit her at home. And myself. To alleviate the mental and physical drain for me, for both of us to have another body in the house so to speak to help make it a home. She thrives on having others around and it is just us 24/7 unless my mother visits. But she may not be around for long as has stage 4 cancer. But just seeing my LO and how she really comes out of herself when others are around it’s worth the financial sacrifice. It would make her a happier more rounded character and make life easier all round.