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Find a Family Assistant:

Childcare that works around the school schedule!

  • Our increasingly popular Family Assistant’s are Live Out Nannies who provide reliable childcare that fits around your children's school schedules!

    Typically a Family Assistant cares for your children after school and in the school holidays. A flexible and affordable Nannying option for older children in London especially.

    These nannies are often (but not always) a Junior Nanny, and are looking to take the next steps in their childcare career.

    A Family Assistant will have some great experience with children already; they are often former Teaching Assistants, Nursery Practitioners or have done lots of babysitting and other child-centred roles like Camp Counsellors or Scouts/Brownies Leaders.

    All our Family Assistants are passionate about children and are looking to get their foot in the door with often their first professional nannying position.

    Having said that, some of our Family Assistants are experienced career nannies or ex-tutors or school teachers looking for a more relaxed pace of role.


    If a Family Assistant sounds right for you but you want someone to Live In your home, a Junior Nanny might be what you’re looking for.

    If you want an experienced Live Out Nanny, read about our Daily Nannies

  • They will keep the after-school routine running smoothly!

    Usually during term time a Family Assistant will start in the early afternoon, completing family assistant duties such as preparing the evening meal or doing the children's laundry, before the school run and the routine of activities, homework, chores and dinnertime begins.

    They will be there to support the children with their homework at any level, make sure they are getting to their clubs and activities on time, and preparing healthy nutritious meals.

    The minimised hours can mean there is not time for all standard Nannying duties to be completed, so it’s important to consider what duties you would like done before the children get home from school and choose your afternoon start time accordingly.

    In the school holidays a Family Assistant will work full days - the schedule of hours can be agreed between family and nanny but usually encompasses a full week of 50hrs.

    Expected duties can be stepped up during the school holidays; as long as there’s time around all the fun holiday activities!

  • The salary for a Family Assistant is based on an hourly rate of between £18-£22ph and then averaged out over the year to account for the long hours in the school holidays/ shorter hours during term time.

    To give you an idea of how that looks monthly at £21 per hour -

    • 14 weeks of school holidays: full time @ 50hrs per week = 700hrs

    • 38 weeks of term time: part time @ 25hrs per week = 950hrs

    • 700 + 950 = 1650hrs @ £21ph = £34,650/12 = £2887.5 pcm

    You’ll be looking at paying a minimum of £2300 gross per month for a junior nanny in this type of role Of course salaries can vary depending on the type of skills and experience you are requiring.

Reviews

“We've had excellent service from Kindred for 6 years now, having placed 2 x nannies with our family. The 1st one stayed 4 years, we were ever so sad to see her go, but then Kindred stepped in recently and found us another totally brilliant candidate we are incredibly happy with. The candidates they find are truly brilliant. Thoroughly recommend.”

— Theo Park

“Alys strikes a right balance of being professional yet personable and truly caring. She understood immediately what our needs were and what the ideal candidate profile was and tried to match that, but also presented some creative ideas.
The closing candidate’s background did not immediately jump off the page, but thanks to Alys’s guidance, I interviewed him and it turned out he was highly relevant.
Overall, I found the service to be excellent. I have already recommended Alys and Kindred to friends.”

— Loula Lefkaritis

“Georgia was fantastic with finding us a nanny for our particular needs. She sourced excellent candidates, one of whom we hired and are extremely happy with. Georgia was very helpful and professional throughout the process”

— Alfie Heath

“Katie was fantastic in helping us find great childcare. Really listened to what we needed, put forward lots of thoughtful options and steered us through the whole process. We can’t recommend her and Kindred highly enough!”

— Zara Davis

“We had a great experience with Kindred Nannies! Katie in particular was responsive, helpful and attentive to what our family was looking for. We are grateful to have found a wonderful nanny through this agency. Thank you Kindred!”

— Alexandra Jabre

“Kindred was recommended by a number of our friends due to their outstanding service. Our experience was in line with these recommendations and we couldn’t speak more highly of the service we received. Our agent, Katie Newell, was extremely professional. She was invested in the process, listened carefully to our needs and supported us through each step of the journey. Hiring someone to look after your child is a big decision and one you want to get right. Katie helped develop our job description, tailoring it specifically to our needs as a family and of course our son. She immediately gathered excellent candidates for us to review and helped arrange and guide us through the interview process. Katie never missed a beat, always following up with a phone call to discuss the progress being made. We were never rushed or pushed into a decision and eventually we found a candidate for the role that felt just right. I would recommend Kindred Nannies, and in particular, Katie Newell, to anyone seeking a kind and caring nanny service for their children/family”

— Harriet Duetz

“Great service. Katie was super helpful and presented us with lots of wonderful, qualified candidates and checked all references. It really took the stress away from us.”

— Kate Morrison

“An excellent service. Alys found the perfect nanny to join our family”

— M Berry

“I chose Kindred after recommendations from friends and I was not disappointed. The service was excellent and they had a good range of nannies. My consultant was wonderful - very friendly and helpful and guided me through the process with ease. Unfortunately my first nanny left after a few months and so I used the replacement guarantee and the new nanny started very quickly soon after. Claudia was fantastic through this process - always available with advice and support. The new nanny started a few months ago and is just fabulous! Thank you Claudia and Kindred!”

— Eleanor Shaw

“We'd highly recommend Kindred to other parents. Claudia really took the time to understand the sort of person we were looking for. Her communication was always great and she was quick to provide helpful materials which saved us a lot of time. We would definitely work with her and Kindred again!”

— Constantine Louloudis

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