I have been a nanny for over 18yrs and have got all of my jobs through agencies, they can support and help you get all get what you want and make it work for everyone involved. This time round I am seeing a real change it how things are done, the agencies do not have very many jobs but there are lots of websites and forums where parents and nannies alike are advertising, myself included. Agencies do a lot of the leg work for you, checking out who's right for which job, psorting out pay, hours, expectations, they check references, CRBs etc, when you do it yourself it can be very time consuming and there's no support. I am with Tinies agency and have found them very helpful from a nanny point of view, I am also with eden and imperial which are a bit more central but I have recently joined abbeville and they seem to be very good too.
