Seeking a LONG-TERM nanny/mother's helper

Anonymous
We are seeking a LONG-TERM nanny/mother's helper.

DAYS AND HOURS:
•Monday: 1:00-4:00
•Tuesday: 1:00-4:00
•Friday: 1:00-4:00

# OF CHILDREN: 1
AGE OF CHILD: 2 1/2
LOCATION: Burke Centre
AVAILABLE TO START ON: Flexible
NEED DRIVERS LICENSE/CAR? Must have reliable transportation to and from my home

I need someone to come to my home and watch/play with my son while I work from home. No cooking, cleaning, etc required. Please be kind, reliable. Bonus, if you’re Spanish speaking!

Please email me at: ms.ngo26@gmail.com
Anonymous
Mother's helpers are generally 12-14 year old girls and they are in school for the hours you want.

Nannies usually want full time jobs unless you're paying $50/60 an hour.
Anonymous
If you know of any preschools in your area, we’ve had luck finding pre school teachers who work at part time programs who want extra hours. Generally they are available to start at 1. I think you will need to give more hours than this to make it appealing, though. I’d offer more days or later than 4. Unless they are already working in your neighborhood, it’s a pain to travel for just 3 hours. Alternatively, if you could move your hours up you can likely find a full time nanny in the neighbor who still works for a family where all of the kids are in school. Families/Nannies arw often happy to work somewhere else during the school day. We kept our nanny for years when we really didn’t need her until 3:30-6:30 bc we couldn’t find an alternative.
Anonymous
You’d have much better luck finding someone PT for the morning hours.
Anonymous
You’ll have to pay $40 an hour for this to get someone reliable and long term, just so you know.
Anonymous
If you adjusted the hours to 3-6pm, you could easily get a high school student nearby.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:You’ll have to pay $40 an hour for this to get someone reliable and long term, just so you know.


I was paying $25 prepandemic but I expanded the hours so she had a guaranteed 25 hours a week. She did laundry before the kids got home. That was super lucky that we found her — she was older and wanted to still work a bit for extra spending money but had a pension so didn’t need to fully support herself working and wanted to have time to visit friends and go to the gym in the morning. It’s almost a unicorn finding someone like that.
Anonymous
Op, do you only work from home part time?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You’ll have to pay $40 an hour for this to get someone reliable and long term, just so you know.


I was paying $25 prepandemic but I expanded the hours so she had a guaranteed 25 hours a week. She did laundry before the kids got home. That was super lucky that we found her — she was older and wanted to still work a bit for extra spending money but had a pension so didn’t need to fully support herself working and wanted to have time to visit friends and go to the gym in the morning. It’s almost a unicorn finding someone like that.


Yeah, 25 hours is much different than 9, obviously.
Anonymous
Anyone in NW in need of such arrangement or something is similar?
OP, try advertising it in Spanish in bus stops and in supermarket.
Anonymous
OP here, my son is at school from 8am until 12:30pm and I work until 4:00pm. Although his school offers aftercare, due to the traffic in the evenings it’s best for me to pick him at 12:30pm and have him home with me I just need someone to watch him so that I can get my work done.
Anonymous
Hi OP if you are open to a male I have a great candidate I'd like to send your way. No Spanish though, he is from Dundalk
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Hi OP if you are open to a male I have a great candidate I'd like to send your way. No Spanish though, he is from Dundalk


not interested
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OP here, my son is at school from 8am until 12:30pm and I work until 4:00pm. Although his school offers aftercare, due to the traffic in the evenings it’s best for me to pick him at 12:30pm and have him home with me I just need someone to watch him so that I can get my work done.


The problem is your hours overlap with the most sought after part time hours (after school.) In addition, since your start time is relatively early (12:30) there isn't even really time for another morning-only part time job.
I think it will be very difficult for you to find anyone to work this part time schedule, unless your pay is equal to full time.
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