Best place to find a nanny?

[luciam]

Can anyone tell me the best place to go to find a good, professional, committed nanny? Willing to pay agency fees if necessary if they'll find us the right person.

Thanks

[laura123]

Hello, I have been a nanny in dulwich for the past 8years for one family and have done many nanny shares. My name is laura and am 32yrs. Am currently looking for a family to share with the current family, their children are 13,11,and 8yrs old. We have just lost the previous family we were nanny sharing as the moved out of london their children were 5 and 2yrs. Have had a lot of experience with all ages and can supply references if needed. Please feel free to contact me if interested.

[lightweight]

We used the East Dulwich Nanny Agency recently and they were really great - very professionally and based locally.

http://www.livelovelocal.net/listings/east-dulwich-nanny-agency/

[luciam]

Thanks lightweight, I'll try the agency.

Laura- thanks for your reply but I have three children and the job is pretty full-on, so not suitable for a nanny share.

[devsdev]

You can also try simplychildcare - it's a classifieds board and you pay to access the contact details, but the owners manage the process quite closely. Ultimately selecting someone will be down to the same two things whether you use ads or an agency - your own chemistry with the potential nanny and the references. I spoke with Carla at length when I first signed up and she was really helpful/knowledgeable. Ultimately we found our nanny through the forum though!