It will not be bad if your friends have experience with various agencies. You can find out from them about all the intricacies of finding a good nanny for your child. It's great, even if they advise the number of a trusted agency or a reliable person. So how to choose the right nurse?
You can resort to the help of the Internet. It is enough to go to a forum of relevant topics, preferably your city, and offer a discussion on this issue. All those who respond will not deceive you and will tell the whole "truth" about the nannies who worked for them. On sites, too, you can find a lot of useful information on the selection of nannies.
Calling agencies do not need to be shy about asking the questions you are interested in: how many years the company works, how they check their staff, and on what basis I select staff. It is quite difficult to choose the right nurse now.
If everything suits you and everything suits you, you will be offered candidatures for a nanny. Since the work of a nanny is highly paid, then there are plenty of people who are willing to babysit with your child. The purpose of the agency is to help you in choosing a professional person who knows his work and has good experience and positive feedback.
If the nanny does not suit you for some reason, then the agency must provide you with another (this should also be emphasized in the conversation). Be sure to discuss the waiting period. In theory, the replacement should be made at the time of treatment, or during the day.
Correctly selected nanny should cause a sense of trust and sympathy, because you have to communicate with her every day, so it is advisable to contact an agency psychologist to conduct a compatibility test.
Now the question of professionalism is the most important thing in the work of a nanny. It is important that the nanny or the governess possessed medical knowledge, understood and understood children's psychology and had pedagogical experience. It's good if the nurse has letters of recommendation. When specifying the services, do not hesitate to be interested in what your nanny worked before, you can even arrange an easy "interrogation". Do not be afraid. After all, you choose a reliable person for your baby. As the survey shows, nannies are most often educators of kindergartens, teachers and health workers. Therefore, you need to choose a nanny from the representatives of these professions.
Now watch the nanny and the baby. Does she communicate well with him, do you get how the baby behaves? Not nervous, does not cry? The chosen nurse should, from the first seconds of acquaintance, interest the child with herself. If the kid is calm, smiling, he is comfortable in her arms, then he likes your choice. As a rule, children have very developed intuition, and subtly feel what adults actually experience.
This can and finish! Nanny and you liked your nurse, now is the time to specify the details. It is necessary to make a list of her duties for a nanny, namely: when to feed, when to walk, when to play, when to read, when developing games, when to accompany a child to a doctor, clean the room. Usually nannies for a fee can and serve as housewives: cook, water the flowers, iron and clean.
Further everything depends only on you: your material abilities, imagination and perseverance, which is useful to you when searching for the perfect Mary Poppins.
In addition, see the list of questions asked at the first meeting:
1. How old are you?
2. Do you have a husband, children? Ask how she raised them.
3. Where do you live, where were you born?
4.Why did you choose to work as a nanny? Do you deal with it? Does it suit you? Why?
5. Who is easier for you to work with boys or girls, and what age? Why?
6. Do you have health problems?
7.How do you have experience in caring for children? What will you do if the child starts yelling or crying loudly?
8. What games will you play with the child?
9.How will you put my baby to bed?
10. Do you have bad habits? If so, which ones?