
Professional Career Nanny Hinsdale
A Nanny is Not an Au Pair
People often confuse nannies with au pairs but they are very different. An au pair, by definition, is a young person, usually between the ages of 18 and 26 who comes to the United States from another country on a cultural exchange visa for the purpose of living with a family and caring for its children. A nanny on the other hand is a childcare professional who lives in commuting distance from the family that employs her and comes in on a specified daily basis to care for the children of the family. Although there are live-in nannies, for the most part, most nannies are daily employees. If you are thinking about looking for a live-in professional career nanny Hinsdale let us know as we do have a few nannies looking for live-in placements. But let's get back to what a nanny is and isn't.
Nor is a nanny a babysitter. She is a professional with a background in childcare that qualifies her to care for children of various ages. As such, she may have a teaching license or a daycare certificate and be CPR and first aid certified nannies Hinsdale as all ours are. And while good nannies grow close to their young charges and care for them as if they were their own family, they do live locally, and have an outside life and in many cases children of their own and so unlike an au pair, families do not have to offer them orientation or suggestions for socializing.
And most importantly, if the family finds that the nanny is not the right match for them, they can give her notice or outright let her go. This however is not a situation families who turn to Hinsdale Nannies encounter very often, if at all. Not only do we vet our nannies when we initially meet them and include them in our database of CPR and first aid certified Nannies Hinsdale, we re-interview them when we find a family who is looking for someone with their qualifications and experience to make sure they meet all the requirements but know a little bit about the family before hand. Likewise, we interview the family and send them a detailed questionnaire so we know exactly what they're looking for before sending profiles of nannies with experience, education, and qualifications that match the family's criteria. But if it should happen, rare as the case may be that a professional career nanny Hinsdale that we place in a home would actually serve a different family better (and vice versa) we will offer both a different situation. As we said, our parenting/nanny match up process is designed to prevent mismatches, but, as the saying goes, never say never!