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Building a lasting nanny career
Start clearly, review your work, plan development and handle renewals or transitions with care.
Start with the stage or question that fits: settling in, reviewing work, developing skills, finding professional support, or planning a renewal or transition. Staying in one job is not the only measure of a lasting career.
Choose the situation that fits
These are existing NAJ guides. Open the one you need, or work through the collection in order.
Start with a clear working arrangement
Use the existing first-day readiness worksheet.
Guide: First day as a nanny: a checklist from arrival to handover
Review what you learn in the first month
Compare the agreed role with the routine you encounter across repeated working days.
Guide: Your first 30 days in a new nanny job
Prepare for a useful review
Gather a few examples, questions and achievable goals.
Guide: How to prepare for a nanny performance review
Choose a practical development goal
Compare learning options and use the existing one-goal planning worksheet.
Guide: How to build a nanny professional development plan
Find focused support from a mentor
Agree the purpose, boundaries and next steps of the mentoring relationship.
Guide: Working with a nanny mentor: agree a useful professional relationship
Build useful professional connections
Meet peers and follow up while protecting private household information.
Guide: Nanny networking: build professional connections without sharing family information
Discuss pay when the role changes
Connect the request to the actual difference in the work.
Guide: How to ask for a nanny pay review when your role changes
Review the next version of the role
Compare the proposed dates, duties and terms before deciding.
Guide: Renewing a nanny work agreement: compare the actual versions
Plan a clear departure
Use the existing letter example and separate handover worksheet.
Guide: How to write a nanny resignation letter and plan the handover
Keep your evidence ready for the next step
Prepare a private reference list with permission and accurate details.
Guide: Nanny references: list template and sample letter
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Original NAJ planning prompts and adaptable wording. Keep personal, child and family details out of these boxes. Your edits are not saved by this page; copy them before leaving.
Keep development, changes to duties and compensation decisions explicit. A learning discussion is not an agreement to take on extra work.
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