The Rocket House
The Rocket House
428 Kings Road
SW10 0LJ
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20/09/2024 The Rocket House
Nanny
Position Title: Full-time, live-in Nanny in Knightsbridge
Address: Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7PL
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (depending on 5 or 6 days per week)
Children: Three kids (G8, B5 & B2.5), but their care will be divided between you and current nanny
Start date: Start ASAP
Days/Hours: 6 days in a week (one weekday off) or 5 days a week, ideally days off in the week (12 hours per day).

Duties:
- Preparing the children's breakfast in communication with the mother
- Waking the children up and getting them ready for school
- Dropping them off at school
- Choosing activities to do with the children before they come home from school
- Following the snack and meal times when the children come home from school
- Ensuring that they take a shower before going to bed at night and prepare their bags and uniforms for the next day
- Reading books with the children before going to bed at night
- Doing activities outside the home with the children, such as going to the park, going to the cinema, going to the theatre, etc.
- Helping their homework and projects and following their academic development.

Housework (related to children):
- While the children are at school, tidy up their rooms, wash their clothes, iron them, and ensure that their rooms are always clean and tidy
- Help set and clear the table when preparing dinner
- Help other helpers at home to prepare and clean up breakfast on the weekend

Ideal Nanny Qualities:
To have a loving, understanding but disciplined relationship with children. To communicate calmly with children without being stubborn. To encourage them to do their own work. To plan the day in advance so that children do not get bored in their free time, to choose the activities to be done together with children, to create projects, to read books every day, to encourage them according to their abilities, to go to the park every day if the weather permits. To establish an honest, trusting relationship with mother and father, not to inform mother and father about issues that need to be informed without delay.

Summary of the family:
We are a family of 5. We have an 8-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 5 and 2.5. We just moved from Istanbul to London. Our older children go to Thomas's Kensington. Our younger son goes to Kingsland. We love spending time with our children, mostly on the weekends. Going on family vacations and spending time together is important to us.

Additional Info:
Shared role with one more nanny - so sole charge but with help of another nanny
Live in role, with private bedroom and shared bathroom.
Source Agency
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Job reference TRH_FGK_LiveIN
Region London
Area Greater London
Location Knightsbridge (SW1X 7PL)
Start date As soon as possible
Salary £50,000-£60,000
Hours 6 days per a week (one weekday off) or 5 days a week, ideally days off in the week (12 hours per day)
Qualifications required Childcare related Qualifications preferred
DBS checked Required
Required language English
Experience required Yes
Driving license required No
Employment type Full time
Duration Permanent
Live in / out Live in