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Guides for nanny applications, offers, working arrangements and responsible AI use.

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Applying through an agency

Prepare your application, interviews and next career step.

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Explainer

Explain an unavailable former reference and propose honestly labelled evidence without confusing employment records with an endorsement.

Review offers, pay, benefits and written terms.

1 guide

Explainer

Ask for complete terms and a specific review window when a family wants an immediate signature on a nanny agreement.

Plan the work, share updates and manage day-to-day arrangements.

5 guides

Explainer

Resolve duties added after acceptance and before the first shift, including competing tasks, practical support and a written start plan.

Practical guide

Plan child supervision, transport and handovers when accompanying a parent to an appointment, and separate any adult-support request.

Practical guide

Define the visiting children, parent contacts, care space and handovers before a household party becomes an extra childcare assignment.

Practical guide

Reconcile conflicting assessments by agreeing the goal, relevant evidence and decision authority in one shared work plan.

Explainer

Assess a return to a former nanny family with a fresh brief, a comparison card and specific terms for working together again.

Understand rotations, handovers, travel and relocation.

2 guides

Practical guide

Arrange prompt backup and a safe, confirmed handover when the next ROTA nanny has not arrived, while keeping changed work terms explicit.

Practical guide

Reconcile the instructions, contacts and decisions that changed during your time off before beginning the next ROTA rotation.