Finding a babysitter in a busy city like Melbourne is not an easy task. Parents should put some effort and time on hiring a new babysitter and parents should not forget that they are going to leave their loving kids on the hands of stranger for some time when they are not at home. That clearly indicates, how important the process of finding a babysitter is.
In Melbourne, you can find lots of babysitters who are teenagers who need to earn some money on their spare time. Hiring such younger people is not harm, but you have to ask more questions as that is the case. It does not mean that there are no or less experienced babysitters in Melbourne area, there are huge number of experienced sitters looking forward to work in Melbourne. But, how to find them, how to reach them, where to search for babysitters in a crowded city such that Melbourne, is the trouble for parents, but it is not....... There are various ways to reach potential sitter for you. By asking your friends, family members, neighbors or co-workers for some references. Other that those references you may post 'nanny wanted' advertisements on your local area newspapers or library notice board. But these days, internet makes the process of announcing your nanny vacancy much easier. You may find lots of online nanny services which help you to find sitters around your area with a small membership fee (just Google to find such services). There are local nanny agencies too exist who can help you to find your sitter easily. So, there is no trouble on reaching your target employee pool.
Then, you may have to design your advertisement, you have to include your requirements in very clearly; you may have few things that the sitter should do, some other things which a sitter should not do. It is always better to mention all these things early as possible on the advertisement. You can mention the duties to carry out, like take kid to swimming classes, drive elder son to badminton practices and wait there until he will finish his session and etc.
Once you will start to get responses, applications for the post of sitter for your kids, you have to carefully check each and every applications. First of all, you have to decide, whether you are going to hire young babysitters? Some parents do not like to hire young ones. But anyhow, even if they are young babysitters they might have good working experiences as a nanny and your friends might refer them to you. As it the case, you do not have to worry about your sitter's age. Anyhow, getting help from a young sitter who has no experiences may put you in risk.
If you are going through a babysitter agency, usually they do all kind of verifications and background checks. Anyhow, once you select a certain amount of sitters to interview who fits closely with your requirements. It is always recommended to do all verification and background checks by yourself regardless of from where sitters are referred to you. Because you should not risk you loving child. Once all the checks are done, you will have clear details about the sitters whom you are going to interview.
During interview, first of all, give an introduction about your family and ask the sitters to tell about her you can use your already verified reports about her and do cross-questioned to determine that she is telling the truth and she is a trust-worthy person. Also ask her,
Why does she choose to work as a sitter?
What are her motivations on child care career?
About her previous job experiences
The worst case she faced during her past employment
What she will do in case of child tantrums?
What she will do if someone at door?
What she will do in case of fire?
What she will do, if child is very sick?
Does she know the emergency police number?
Does she know the ambulance service number?
Think different scenarios and ask different questions, even if the sitter do not give perfect answers, you can judge on the way of answering and decide to hire her or not. Other than these questions, always clearly explain your requirements once again and ask her whether she is comfortable with those needs and will she be able to do all those things in the list? Also, do not forget to keep your child with you during interview – That will help you to note how the sitter is dealing with the child.
Source article : http://nannies.weebly.com/1/post/2013/06/hire-a-babysitter-in-busy-city-such-that-melbourne-a-guide.html
In Melbourne, you can find lots of babysitters who are teenagers who need to earn some money on their spare time. Hiring such younger people is not harm, but you have to ask more questions as that is the case. It does not mean that there are no or less experienced babysitters in Melbourne area, there are huge number of experienced sitters looking forward to work in Melbourne. But, how to find them, how to reach them, where to search for babysitters in a crowded city such that Melbourne, is the trouble for parents, but it is not....... There are various ways to reach potential sitter for you. By asking your friends, family members, neighbors or co-workers for some references. Other that those references you may post 'nanny wanted' advertisements on your local area newspapers or library notice board. But these days, internet makes the process of announcing your nanny vacancy much easier. You may find lots of online nanny services which help you to find sitters around your area with a small membership fee (just Google to find such services). There are local nanny agencies too exist who can help you to find your sitter easily. So, there is no trouble on reaching your target employee pool.
Then, you may have to design your advertisement, you have to include your requirements in very clearly; you may have few things that the sitter should do, some other things which a sitter should not do. It is always better to mention all these things early as possible on the advertisement. You can mention the duties to carry out, like take kid to swimming classes, drive elder son to badminton practices and wait there until he will finish his session and etc.
Once you will start to get responses, applications for the post of sitter for your kids, you have to carefully check each and every applications. First of all, you have to decide, whether you are going to hire young babysitters? Some parents do not like to hire young ones. But anyhow, even if they are young babysitters they might have good working experiences as a nanny and your friends might refer them to you. As it the case, you do not have to worry about your sitter's age. Anyhow, getting help from a young sitter who has no experiences may put you in risk.
If you are going through a babysitter agency, usually they do all kind of verifications and background checks. Anyhow, once you select a certain amount of sitters to interview who fits closely with your requirements. It is always recommended to do all verification and background checks by yourself regardless of from where sitters are referred to you. Because you should not risk you loving child. Once all the checks are done, you will have clear details about the sitters whom you are going to interview.
During interview, first of all, give an introduction about your family and ask the sitters to tell about her you can use your already verified reports about her and do cross-questioned to determine that she is telling the truth and she is a trust-worthy person. Also ask her,
Why does she choose to work as a sitter?
What are her motivations on child care career?
About her previous job experiences
The worst case she faced during her past employment
What she will do in case of child tantrums?
What she will do if someone at door?
What she will do in case of fire?
What she will do, if child is very sick?
Does she know the emergency police number?
Does she know the ambulance service number?
Think different scenarios and ask different questions, even if the sitter do not give perfect answers, you can judge on the way of answering and decide to hire her or not. Other than these questions, always clearly explain your requirements once again and ask her whether she is comfortable with those needs and will she be able to do all those things in the list? Also, do not forget to keep your child with you during interview – That will help you to note how the sitter is dealing with the child.
Source article : http://nannies.weebly.com/1/post/2013/06/hire-a-babysitter-in-busy-city-such-that-melbourne-a-guide.html
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