NANYY
WHAT IS A NANNY?
A nanny is a child care special ist whose workplace is a family’s private home. Ideally, a nanny will have special ized child care skills, a deep under standing of children and a genuine love of caring for children. A nanny offers the family convenient and consistent high quality child care by meeting each child’s physical, emotional, social and intellectual needs.
WHAT KIND OF POSITION IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Finding the right position is essential to assuring job satisfaction. Most families will expect a one year commitment from their nanny. Prior to a job search, to ensure success, nannies should know what type of position they want to secure and for what type of family they wish to work.
Things you’ll need to take into consideration during your job search include:
Whether you want a full-time or part-time position
Whether you’d like to be a live-in or a live-out nanny
Geographical locations where you’d like to work
The number and ages of children that you are comfortable working with
Which, if any, household chores you are willing to do in addition to the ones directly related to the children
Personal preferences you have that may affect whether you accept a particular position.
These personal preferences may include:
Allergies to pets
Personal, political or religious convictions
Lifestyle preferences
Parenting philosophies.
Nannies are also encouraged to carefully consider which nanny care model suits them best when searching for a nanny position. There are three main models of nanny care. These include custodial care, coordinated care and surrogate care.
In the custodial care model, the nanny’s role is limited to meeting the children’s physical and emotional needs during their parents’ absence. In this model, the parents manage the children’s day by providing the nanny with specific guidance. A nanny who provides custodial care will not have input into the child’s scheduling or activi ties and does not have a voice regarding
A nanny is a child care special ist whose workplace is a family’s private home. Ideally, a nanny will have special ized child care skills, a deep under standing of children and a genuine love of caring for children. A nanny offers the family convenient and consistent high quality child care by meeting each child’s physical, emotional, social and intellectual needs.
WHAT KIND OF POSITION IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Finding the right position is essential to assuring job satisfaction. Most families will expect a one year commitment from their nanny. Prior to a job search, to ensure success, nannies should know what type of position they want to secure and for what type of family they wish to work.
Things you’ll need to take into consideration during your job search include:
Whether you want a full-time or part-time position
Whether you’d like to be a live-in or a live-out nanny
Geographical locations where you’d like to work
The number and ages of children that you are comfortable working with
Which, if any, household chores you are willing to do in addition to the ones directly related to the children
Personal preferences you have that may affect whether you accept a particular position.
These personal preferences may include:
Allergies to pets
Personal, political or religious convictions
Lifestyle preferences
Parenting philosophies.
Nannies are also encouraged to carefully consider which nanny care model suits them best when searching for a nanny position. There are three main models of nanny care. These include custodial care, coordinated care and surrogate care.
In the custodial care model, the nanny’s role is limited to meeting the children’s physical and emotional needs during their parents’ absence. In this model, the parents manage the children’s day by providing the nanny with specific guidance. A nanny who provides custodial care will not have input into the child’s scheduling or activi ties and does not have a voice regarding