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[quote=Anonymous]OP, can you tell us more about what sort of part-time schedule you are envisioning? My advice would depend on that.

The reason many agencies don't do part-time placements is because they are highly sought after (many families want after school nannies), very difficult to find, and often have high turnover.

If you want part-time, I would consider a couple of options:

1) Finding a part-time person, and accepting that you may have turnover unless you can find that unicorn who wants part-time indefinitely and whose schedule won't be changing

2) Find a share family. Not a traditional share where the nanny would care for two families' children at the same time, but another family who also needs part-time care. That way, the two of you can create a full-time position together. Example, Family A employs the nanny On M, W, F, and Family B employs the nanny on Tues, Thurs.

Also, Care.com can be an excellent source, you just have to do the legwork yourself, know what to look for, know what the red flags are, do a background check, and be good at checking references (it's an art, you can't just ask yes/no questions).

I have heard good things about Metropolitan Nannies, and they do part-time placements.

I personally tried Nanny Poppinz and had a terrible experience. The person who was helping us with our search was clearly a stay-at-home mom with no childcare, and multiple children, so she was extremely difficult to get in touch with. Anything that involved more than spitting out the data from a nanny's application over to our account was like pulling teeth, and I could do that myself on Care.com.

--former placement agency manager[/quote]

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