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September 1st, 2022
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Duties of a Domestic Helper - What you should know?

A domestic helper will be someone a family or a household will need on many occasions. Have you considered hiring one for your family? If yes, you should first know the duties and responsibilities of a domestic helper. Doing so will help you determine what type of domestic helper will meet your familys needs.

Generally, a domestic helper can be classified as the following:

  • Nanny
  • Nanny-Housekeeper
  • Housekeeper
  • Au Pair
  • Domestic Couple

Lets now find out some of these domestic helpers duties.

I. Nanny

A nanny is known to provide professional childcare to their clients children. There are different types of nannies. Some are full-time, part-time, and after school, and others live with families. Here are some of a nannys duties:

  • Prepare meals
  • Drive the children
  • Pick up the children from nursery or school
  • Homework assistance
  • Educational activities such as teaching a second language
  • Arrange playdates, social schedules and extracurricular activities
  • Get them washed and ready for bed
  • Help during half-term, school holidays and emergency cover
  • Do the children’s laundry

II. Nanny-Housekeeper

Like nannies, a nanny-housekeeper is placed in sole care positions for working parents – or alongside parents, depending on your requirements. Nanny-housekeepers may live with a family or live out and work part-time, or five to six days per week, for 10 to 12 hours per day. Specific childcare duties and housekeeping tasks are a standard part of a nanny housekeepers job; it involves cleaning all areas of the house, dusting, mopping and hoovering, organising laundry and wardrobes dishwashing, and keeping the children safe and comfortable. Here are their possible duties:

  • Cleaning bottles
  • Taking the trash out of the child’s room
  • Making the child’s bed
  • Cleaning the child’s room
  • Organising and cleaning out the child’s closet and room
  • Cleaning playroom, including dusting, organising, vacuuming, etc.
  • Cleaning and disinfecting toys
  • Doing the child’s laundry
  • Washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen after meals with kids
  • Picking up toys, books and clothes from around the house
  • Cleaning up the bathroom after attending to the children’s personal hygiene
  • Caring for the child’s pet, including feeding and cleaning up
  • Cleaning up messes made after arts and crafts activities
  • Preparing and cooking meals for the children
  • Preparing school lunches or snacks to eat during activities, trips or outings
  • Packing for the children when they go on trips
  • As the children get older, making sure they complete their chores
  • Organising pantries or emptying the dishwasher
  • House sitting or pet sitting
  • Sweeping and mopping floors
  • Running errands for the family

III. Housekeeper

A housekeeper is defined as a person who maintains cleanliness and looks after a house for its owner. They can be available on a live-in or a live-out basis. Also, a housekeeper can be available on a part-time basis if you feel that having someone assist with housekeeping duties full-time is not quite necessary for your needs. A Housekeeper can help you with the following responsibilities:

  • Laundry and ironing
  • Cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms
  • Cleaning up after meals
  • Hoovering
  • Mopping floors
  • Dusting
  • Caring for antiques
  • Polishing marble and silver
  • Changing bed linen
  • Tidying bedrooms
  • Helping to pack for holidays
  • Organising wardrobes
  • Cleaning windows
  • Organising pantries and cupboards
  • Running errands
  • Organising drycleaning
  • Helping with parties
  • Wiping down surfaces

IV. Au Pair

Most Au pairs will have zero experience in childcare, which is why their salary is one of the lowest in childcare. Families that usually look to hire an Au pair will have children of school age. They will become part of the family and be a supportive hand to the parents, but they won’t have sole charge of the children, since they are not allowed to work more than 30 hours per week.

The main tasks of the Au Pair will be looking after their children, as the concept is that the individual will become part of the family and will be an extra hand to help with the children; the family cannot expect them to do housekeeping chores more than those related to looking after the children, like cleaning the children’s bedroom, playing areas, and taking care of the children’s laundry and ironing.

V. Domestic Couple

The duties and responsibilities of a domestic couple vary depending on the familys needs. In general, they can help their clients when it comes to childcare, cleaning, cooking, maintaining rooms and the garden, and other daily home affairs. They work hand in hand, and families can expect their domestic help to be amazing in the work they do. As the saying goes, two is better than one. A domestic couples responsibilities include the following:

  • housekeeper
  • gardener
  • house manager or butler
  • nanny
  • nanny-housekeeper
  • private chef or driver

Where to get a domestic helper

With 15 years of experience, Little Ones is among the United Kingdoms esteemed private household agencies specialising in giving families and clients top-notch services they deserve. Equipped with the proper expertise in outsourcing domestic staff, we can ensure to provide the most suitable candidates for your specific needs. Our top-of-the-line services offer a one-to-one basis with the clients and candidates, enabling us to find the precise domestic couple that will match your requirements, needs, and values.

The domestic helpers provided by Little Ones private staffing agency are of the highest standard, making Little Ones the most sought-after agency in Europe. We take pride in finding candidates who complement the families needs and match their values, traditions and personalities, which are key points to a successful private staff placement.

Finding the perfect people to help you with everything you need can be daunting. But with the right private staffing agency, like Littles Ones, we assure to guide you along the way and make the process of selecting your private staff as pain-free as possible. With the assistance of our consultants, employing one can be done with minimal stress and disruption. In addition, they can assure you that the pool of candidates you choose from went through thorough vetting procedures and background checks and have the appropriate training, knowledge, and experience.

Different needs call for different sets of hands. As a bespoke private staffing agency, we can find and recruit various professionals for numerous kinds of tasks you need to be handled. We can help you find Butlers or House Managers, Housekeepers, Chauffeurs, Tutors, Handyman, Executive Assistants, Nannies, Nanny-Housekeepers, Maternity Nurses, Personal Assistants, and Cooks/Chefs, among others.

For a no-obligation consultation regarding your domestic couple options or to view a comprehensive list of staff we have, please contact Little Ones Nanny Agency on 0207 183 0309 or email us at enquiries@littleoneslondon.co.uk.

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