Primary Responsibility
To take responsibility for the care, happiness & well-being of the child/children & to
provide a safe & stimulating environment in which they can develop & grow. To assist with
the smooth running of the household.
Main Duties
- Care for & stimulate the child/children both mentally & physically, to
ensure their intellectual, physical & social development.
- Take & collect the child/children to & from school safely & on time.
Prepare a lunch box as required. Inform parents well in advance of activities
requiring their attendance.
- Find out about activities in the local area. Ensure that the child/children get
regular fresh air & exercise.
- Plan & undertake activities on a one to one basis & with other children of
the same age. Develop speech, reading, numbers, letters, colours, social &
practical skills.
- Organise & prepare a healthy, varied & well balanced diet of home cooked
food. Eat with the child/children & supervise meal times, encouraging proper
use of cutlery, & behaviour.
- Look after child's/children's physical well being - wash & bath them daily,
help them to dress & undress, cut nails weekly, ensure hair is cut regularly,
& that shoes get refitted regularly.
- Look after all the child's/children's clothes. This includes all washing ∓
ironing by the weekend, shoes regularly cleaned, clothes & soft toys mended;
Put aside clothes that no longer fit.
- Look after all toys, painting/drawing equipment, books; rotate their use, clean
regularly, put away after use & before parents return home.
- Keep child's/children's room clean & tidy as well as the nanny's. Change bed
linen weekly or as required. Clean rooms thoroughly weekly.
- Keep kitchen, bathroom & living room clean & tidy after child/children &
nanny have used them.
- Ensure that clothes, books, toys, linen, food, drinks are prepared & packed in
readiness for holidays/weekends away.
- Organise birthday parties & special events.
- Maintain a diary & inform parents daily of child's/children's activities &
communicate regularly as to how the child is developing.
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