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Duties and boundaries

Clarify the role, review changing expectations and prepare a practical conversation about the work.

Use this collection when the job description and the working day no longer seem to match. Start with the closest situation, then prepare one specific question.

Choose the situation that fits

These are existing NAJ guides. Open the one you need, or work through the collection in order.

  1. Build an agreed duties checklist

    Put the care tasks, household work, time and priorities in one usable record.

    Guide: Nanny duties checklist: what to agree before starting

  2. Read beyond the job title

    Separate childcare, household coordination and the time available.

    Guide: Nanny or family assistant: how to read a combined role

  3. Check a combined care and cleaning role

    Put both sets of tasks onto the same working day.

    Guide: Nanny or nanny-housekeeper: clarify the combined brief

  4. Compare the written scope

    Check the duties against the offer and the current agreement.

    Guide: Nanny work agreements: what to review before accepting

  5. Resolve a change before your first shift

    Distinguish clarification of the accepted brief from a proposed change.

    Guide: The family wants to change my duties after I accept the nanny job

  6. Plan for a new baby

    Review responsibility and coverage across the different phases.

    Guide: When a family has a new baby: review the nanny work plan

  7. Review an overloaded week

    Bring concrete examples and two workable changes to discuss.

    Guide: Nanny burnout concerns: make a concrete workload review

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Prepare your next conversation

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.

Use short, factual notes to connect the original brief, the proposed change and a workable next step. The linked guides contain more detailed task, timing and new-baby worksheets.

Adapt the placeholders to the facts. This opens a discussion; it does not accept a change or determine contractual rights.

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