I have a mother's helper right now who started when she was 20. She does everything, and does it well (laundry, errands, odd jobs like wrapping gifts or researching something, cooking even). It really depends on the girl. She's also super reliable.

However, she's moving away in a month, and I don't know if it will be possible to ever replace her!

Anonymous wrote:I would say it is a nanny/housekeeping position since you stated that it is 4-5 hours a day and that 2.5 hours of it are spent doing chores so that would make it a childcare/housekeeping job combined so you should pay her more than what just a nanny would make since she will be doing chores as well.

Op said one hour of.chores.

Op in my experience a younger american girl might do 20 minutes of housekeeping but in general are not going to be mature enough tp manage a full hour. I would hire housekeepers separately.

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Anonymous wrote:Write out the job description and show her that and ask if she'd be interested in it. That way everything is detailed.

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Yup, this. Your concerns about transitional a casual babysitter to a more formal employee are reasonable. The best way to address that is a clear job description, right off the bat.

Good luck.

Exactly. You'll also need to talk about things that were not on your radar for the babysitting position, like guaranteed hours and what to do about holidays. If this is a half-time position, but still everyday, it's reasonable to expect some paid time off and guaranteed hours. So, both of you need to sit down and look at the job description and the benefits, and decide if it fits.

Nope. She is 18. She won't expect this.

I would say it is a nanny/housekeeping position since you stated that it is 4-5 hours a day and that 2.5 hours of it are spent doing chores so that would make it a childcare/housekeeping job combined so you should pay her more than what just a nanny would make since she will be doing chores as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Write out the job description and show her that and ask if she'd be interested in it. That way everything is detailed.

+1

Yup, this. Your concerns about transitional a casual babysitter to a more formal employee are reasonable. The best way to address that is a clear job description, right off the bat.

Good luck.

Exactly. You'll also need to talk about things that were not on your radar for the babysitting position, like guaranteed hours and what to do about holidays. If this is a half-time position, but still everyday, it's reasonable to expect some paid time off and guaranteed hours. So, both of you need to sit down and look at the job description and the benefits, and decide if it fits.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Write out the job description and show her that and ask if she'd be interested in it. That way everything is detailed.

+1

Yup, this. Your concerns about transitional a casual babysitter to a more formal employee are reasonable. The best way to address that is a clear job description, right off the bat.

Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:Write out the job description and show her that and ask if she'd be interested in it. That way everything is detailed.

+1

Write out the job description and show her that and ask if she'd be interested in it. That way everything is detailed.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the babysitter is interested in doing this, but we have not talked details at all, so that's why I am trying to figure all that out now before we discuss.

I have been looking for a PT nanny for my daughter and realized that our occasional babysitter would probably be the ideal person. It fits her schedule and my daughter absolutely ADORES her. The only reason I would not have thought of her from the start is that she is a little young (18, first year of college) and also I just feel like we have more of a casual relationship and wasn't sure what to do in terms of changing job description type things with the same person. For example, when she comes over now at night, after putting my daughter to sleep, she is free to do whatever. I was hoping that the person we would hire for the PT nanny position would do a little bit of light housekeeping (child laundry, emptying dishwasher, that kind of thing ) - maybe for about an hour of the time that my daughter will be sleeping. Just to put in context, this would be a 4-5 hr/day position and about 2.5 hrs of that would be spent napping. Is this a bad idea to talk to her about taking on more responsibilities during nap time? Would you pay more per hour now? If so, how much?

Not sure if there are any other considerations I need to think about or other duties I would want her to pick up - I can't think of any.

Thanks!