During the matching process, both families should agree some important principles for the share. Doing this upfront makes the share much more durable and happier for everyone.

The bits in bold are for you to edit, and the bits in italics are our suggestions, which you can delete. 

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Principles of our Nanny Share

  • The basics:  We’ll share our nanny for [x] days per week, from [time] to [time]. The Nanny will look after our children, [Names], from [location details]. [Add details of drop-offs and pickups if any.]
  • Equipment:  We will need an extra [Cot? Highchair? Buggy? Carseat?] and this will be provided by [which family]. [Our suggestion: equipment which will stay at one family's house is provided by that family. Equipment that travels, like a double buggy, is split 50/50 unless one family wants to own it]. [If any driving required, specify who is responsible for providing the car and insurance.]
  • Expenses: We will pay expenses relating to our own children, expecting that these will be roughly [X] per week. 
  • Communication: To make sure our communication is good, we will keep in touch [how] and aim to check in at least [how often]. [Our suggestion: check in at least fortnightly for the first 3-6 months of the share.]
  • Sickness:  If one of the children gets sick, [add policy.] [Our suggestion: add 'they will still get looked after, even if contagious. If parents really don’t want their ‘well child’ spending time with a ‘sick child’, it’s their responsibility to look after their own ‘well child’ for the day. If the nanny gets sick, if possible one of the parents will cover. If that’s not possible, we’ll use a service like Sitters.co.uk to get cover.]
  • Holiday:  The nanny gets [add details of holiday.] Our suggestion: for full time nannies, 20 days of annual leave plus 8 public holidays.  She’ll be taking holiday on [add any dates already agreed]. In addition to that, we agree that [details of how you will agree holidays.] [Our suggestion: for full time shares, nanny nominates 10 annual leave days, and each family nominates 5 annual leave days. For shares where less than 50% of the hours per week will be shared, the family using the nanny the most agrees the nanny’s holiday days with her. The family using the nanny the least can propose holiday dates for the nanny but is not guaranteed them. The nanny always gives at least 4 (preferably 8) weeks’ notice of holidays to both families.]
  • Changes:  If we want to change our hours, we agree that [details]. Our suggestion: 
    • Increases can be immediate if the nanny and other family both agree
    • Decreases can be made after giving the following notice: Under 10 hours/week:  1 week’s notice, More than 10 hours/week: 8 weeks’ notice.
  • Ending the share: We will give [X] weeks notice within the first [Y] weeks of the share and [Z] weeks notice thereafter. [Our suggestion: 4 weeks notice in the first 3 months and 8 weeks notice after the first 3 months.] However, we would like this share to last for at least [time period e.g. 1 year]

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You might be wondering...

Once you’ve decided to hire one of our nannies, we’ll carry out an enhanced DBS check and invite them to attend our online Paediatric First Aid training course at no extra cost.

Our nannies’ cost will depend on their childcare experience, the number of hours of care you need and where you’re based. Our service fee is included in your hourly rate.

You’ll pay a one-off set up fee when you start working with your first nanny.

You’ll pay four weeks’ pay upfront when you hire a nanny (which you’ll get this back when the match ends.)

We’ll show you nannies that live close to you first so their travel time is reasonable for a shorter shift and their reliability can be assured. If you are looking for longer hours nannies are willing to travel further for more hours, so you should have plenty of choice of nannies with the experience you’re looking for.
Yes! When you decide to hire a nanny, it will be the same nanny working with your family on your agreed days and times.

Some can, but the lots can’t. If your nanny can drive it will be marked on their profile.

All of our nannies speak fluent English. For most, it’s their first language, but many speak other languages as well. Our nannies come from a range of backgrounds, so just let us know on the registration form if you have any language requirements and we’ll do our best to send you nannies who speak that language. If it’s a bonus rather than a deal breaker, the number of potential nannies we can show you really increases.

We have a range of nannies if all experiences. Many of our nannies looking for after school shifts only have experience with older children but many others are willing to work longer hours and have experience with babies and younger children. 

Top Tier nannies have been carefully vetted for their experience, so many will have specialist baby & toddler experience.

Look out for a run down of their experience on each profile.

All our nannies must pass our bespoke online training and Paediatric First Aid course before they start working. This has been developed by our in-house training team (made up of a former teacher and former nanny).
As you will be the legal employer of your nanny, the contract exists between you and them. Koru Kids will write the contract for you so you don’t need to worry. When we set up your contract, we will ask you to complete our set-up form which will ask for some preferences. We’ll then send out a draft version of your contract for you to review.
Our standard nanny contracts have a 2 week probation period with 24 hours notice. We can also set up short-term contracts if you don’t need a nanny on an on-going basis.
 
After the probation period, the notice period is 2 weeks.
You can also choose to have an initial trial shift before offering the role to a nanny. If you do need to bring the contract to an end, you simply need to provide your nanny with the agreed notice period. We’ll be there to support you with all the next steps to ensure your contract is finalised.
For regular contracts the minimum number of hours a week is 3.
 
For a short-term contract the minimum hours for the whole contract is 20 hours.
 
If you need a nanny for less than 9 hours each week, an additional £1 surcharge will apply. This is to ensure we can provide the same level of service throughout the period of your contract.

Yes! We are currently expanding to other parts of the UK such as Bristol, Edinburgh and Cambridge. When you register with us we’ll instantly tell you if we have nannies available in your area.

You may be able to pay using childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare, provided your nanny is Ofsted registered. Please note, the vast majority of nannies will not be registered with Ofsted due to the part-time nature of the role. The cost and time to register usually outweighs the savings parents could make by using childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare.

Nannies will look after your children in your home vs. a childminder who works in their home. 

Nannies typically work for one family or two if it’s a nanny share. A childminder will look after children from multiple families.

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