I understand that leaving your children with a nanny or babysitter particularly for the first time can be very stressful. My agency, run by me since 1985, has a good reputation for offering a personal and caring service to employers, nannies and babysitters
Little Masters & Misses has been established for 24 years and I have interviewed and placed hundreds of professional, reliable, childcare qualified nannies and babysitters. |
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My agency consultants work to extremely high standards aiming to safeguard the well-being and happiness of your children; conducting extensive face-to-face interviews with every nanny we register and meticulously checking their CV, employment histories & references. Many of the nannies we are currently placing we have known since the 1990s.
For every parent who opts to use a well known Agency to find a Nanny there will be another who has tried advertising direct – whether that be in the local paper or, as we are seeing more and more, online on a specialised Nanny or childcare web site. Obviously initially it’s more expensive to use an Agency than to pop your own advert online. So why should you still use Little Masters and Misses?
The main reason is that families who don’t use an Agency generally pay over the odds in the long term. Our research shows they pay an average of £1 more in terms of hourly rate. This equates to £200 a month or over £2000 a year. And since our maximum placement fee is only £550, you can see that advertising direct could be a false economy. And that’s before you’ve taken into account the many other benefits of using a reputable Agency such as Little Masters and Misses:
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What you get with an Agency |
What you don’t get |
Immediate access to our large database of interviewed and reference checked nannies looking for work |
Calls or emails from candidates unsuitable for your position such as Au Pairs, Mothers Helps and individuals, perhaps recently arrived from abroad, whose grammar & language skills are not appropriate to set an example to children |
Access to our employment history verification service – where we have personally verified candidates’ employment history |
Numerous CVs to plough through that could be confusing and time consuming |
The benefit of our longstanding expertise in the Nanny industry since 1985 |
Nanny qualifications to research and check |
Our knowledge of the relevant Nanny industry qualifications and their different merits |
Unnecessary interviews with candidates coming into your home |
A selection of CVs relevant to the requirements of your post emailed or posted within 24 hours |
Unnecessary time spent on checking employment histories and references |
Interviews arranged on your behalf |
Difficult face to face financial negotiations |
Management of contract negotiations |
Cold calls from organisations trying to sell their products or services |
Access to our Babysitting & Temporary Nanny Service during the recruitment process to fill your short term needs (included in your fee). |
Time wasted on meeting individuals whose temperament is not suited to working as a Nanny – an Agency would ascertain this prior to putting them forward |
Year round advice and support to nannies and employers. |
Time wasted on meeting good ‘paper’ candidates whose grooming (jewellery, nails etc) is inappropriate |
Up to 50 percent refund on the agency fee should the placement not work out within 6 weeks of commencement |
To meet professional nannies that solely use an agency due to the added benefits and protection that it affords them |
Little Masters & Misses consultants can also advise nannies and clients about Ofsted's Childcare Approval Scheme.
We were the first nanny agency to set up in 1998 our own British Red First Aid nanny training course and assist with Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks. We also offer an all year client and Nanny Advisory Service - any area we are unqualified to advice specifically on we can always direct you to the right organisations for specific advice i.e: Nanny Tax , Morton Michel Nanny Insurance or ACAS for contract queries etc.
Our website aims to provide relevant information to guide you on what to expect from employing a nanny or babysitter. All the above services we can offer you with a view of finding you the right nanny within 4 weeks yet our fees from your research you will find are remarkably competitive with other agencies many of whom only run their offices part -time unlike this agency which I run with help Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5pm.
We enjoy meeting our nannies and clients and look forward to hearing from you.
Deborah Elliff NNEB, experienced Nanny of 8 years and proprietor
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