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Hi there


We are excited to be looking for a nanny to help us with our 2 lovely children (boy 3, girl 1) ideally 4 days a week, but may also be able to manage with 3 days a week for the right person. We would like to find someone reliable, kind and caring but also someone who is easy to work and communicate with and above all is able to make our children smile. We would like someone who has initiative and lots of energy! We are a young and friendly household and like to instil kindness, curiosity and independence in the children as much as possible. We like to have a lot of fun with the children but there are clear boundaries and routines in place for everybody's sanity!


Mum will be returning to work ASAP ? ideally by early April but no later than 3rd May four days a week.


You can expect days to look something like this:


8am - 6pm (there is some flexibility here) taking and collecting our son to/from nursery (a 10-15 minute stroll/ scoot) where he attends 9am - 3.30pm four days a week. After drop-off, doing a late morning activity/ class with our daughter, home for lunch and her nap 1-3pm (she?s a cot sleeper!) before collecting our son and perhaps the local park or play date after school or just home for play and supper. We envisage that occasionally we will be able to finish our work slightly earlier and that will enable the nanny to finish slightly earlier too if he/she would like.


Our son's nursery is term-time only meaning that during school holidays we'd love you to take the children on fun days out or plan play dates with friends.


We have a brilliant cleaner who helps us one day a week and so any additional things we may ask of the nanny might be preparing healthy meals for the children, keeping play spaces and the kitchen tidy, perhaps unloading the dishwasher or unpacking the food shop. You won't be asked to do any cleaning or ironing!


We would so love to find someone to be an extended part of our family and someone who would be excited to be a big part of the children's lives and to watch and help them to grow. There are lots of wider opportunities for occasional evening babysitting etc. if that would appeal. Our daughter will start at the same nursery as our son when she turns 2 in March 2022 and at that point we'd like someone who can do wrap around care but also look after our home and all the responsibilities that come with that during the nursery day (9am-3.15pm). We will need a nanny for years to come also to manage the long nursery (and school) holidays.


Many thanks for your interest,

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