Why hire a nanny?
Your mini can spend the day in a familiar environment not regulated by policies
Your mini has one on one attention and records significant milestones
Flexibility – the nanny comes to your home – no picking up or dropping off – more quality time with your mini
Your mini may not get as sick as often if he/she was in shared care
A nanny can help with grocery shopping and light household duties so you have quality time with the mini as many of “the chores” are done
Come home to harmony knowing your house smells great and dinner is prepped and your minis have been fed, bathed and clothed
Your mini builds a strong bond with one person and they may be able to help with looking after the child throughout holiday times and provide overnights
Our nannies come highly recommended and if you require a high end nanny we can provide that!
Nanny Responsibilities
Bathing, preparing and cleaning up meals and packing snacks
Laundry, wardrobe management and preparing school uniforms
Rubbish and kitchen tidiness (dishwasher)
Emotional needs are fulfilled
Running light errands / grocery shopping
Attending to your childrens emotional needs
Maintaining the children’s rooms and play areas
Keep a communications diary which notes behaviours patterns for parents.
Washing and changing bed linen and towels and general bedroom tidiness
Take your mini to their doctor appointment / parent teacher interviews
Care for your minis at your home whilst you're away on holiday
Co-ordination of fun and educational activities, swimming, going to the park and lots more!
What to expect working with us
SCREENING: Our agency meet the nanny face-to-face and check their identity, social media, references, documents, blue cards and qualifications.
MATCHING YOUR FAMILY: Once we are aware of your requirements and a family registration is completed, we commence the searches by alerting our nanny database, job advertising campaign, screen profiling every application, phone-screen, interview, sight child care qualifications, validity and identity, reference checks and other verification checks.
GUIDANCE: We provide guidance throughout the interview process.
INTERVIEW: Upon a successful shortlist we will only represent to your family our top candidates and coordinate an interview between the nanny and your family in the comfort of your home. Very important to get the children (and pets) involved let's face it, they are the ultimate decision makers!
EMPLOYMENT LETTERS: It’s useful to negotiate and agree on arrangements like salary, hours, fuel allowance and leave entitlements with your nanny and put this into an agreement. We provide you HR paperwork to ensure your equipped and employer ready!
ONGOING SUPPORT: We check back with both you and the nanny once employment has begun to ensure that both parties are happy.
RESOURCES: The team at mini provide you extra resources upon offer management stage to finalise your nanny’s employment to ensure a clear & thorough process is followed through.
Costs to hire a nanny
Our placement fees range from $2,500 - $5,000 dependent on the nature of the role. Please call one of our consultants for more information.
If you choose to recruit a nanny through Mini Connections there is no registration fee! We only charge a one-off recruitment placement fee and provide a six week guarantee. Once you have completed a comprehensive family registration and profiling for your new nanny, we simply ask for a 35% non-refundable deposit, with the balance paid at placement stage. You pay the balance of the placement fee upon offer management stage, and we then release the nanny to you. If you need payroll support, note that Mini does not provide this, although we will introduce you to our payroll partners.
As an employer, you will be responsible for payment directly to the nanny and their tax, super, and leave entitlements. See our Employer Obligations fact sheet for important and handy information.
Please note: From July 10, 2023, there will be changes to CCS. Most families will get more CCS. This is known as Cheaper Childcare. Read more about what you need to know from July.