Children go through many critical periods for social, emotional and cognitive development during their early years. The right nanny will be able to properly support them through these milestones, creating a happy, comfortable environment that encourages learning and exploration.
Understanding Why Finding the Right Nanny Important
Children should feel able to explore their emotions, environment, hobbies and interests. This space for curiosity and learning is best provided by child care experts who truly understand their family dynamic. There are many successful childcare approaches, and a nanny needs to share the same practices as a family for the best experience.
Properly matched nanny care will help children feel settled, secure, and inquisitive, in turn allowing them to thrive, learn, nurture talents, and develop their unique personalities. In addition, parents can be granted peace of mind that their child’s nanny care is consistent with their own family values and childcare style.
Our Approach to Matching Families With the Best Nanny Care
Step 1: We Begin by Conducting a Multi-Step Family Interview
Each family has a unique style of parenting that works for them. We believe that finding a nanny who naturally matches this parenting style is key to successful child care. An in-depth initial interview is conducted with each family to learn all about how they approach their daily routine.
We will typically discuss things during this interview such as:
- Schedules and usual routines.
- Activities
- Nutrition
- Discipline styles
- Likes and dislikes
- How to best engage them in social, recreational and academic activities that unlock their true potential.
Parents and caregivers are the experts on their children and family dynamics, so we allow them to help steer and hone our approaches to suit their child’s needs.
Step 2: Identify the Right Type of Nanny For Your Child: The Nurturer, Engager or Leader
All our nannies are carefully classified as either Nurturers, Engagers, or Leaders, depending on their style of child care. Each approach is most successful in a home that uses a similar parenting style. Once a child’s needs have been identified through the family’s in-depth interview process, their ideal type of nanny will become clear. The right nanny will complement a child’s personality, offering the type of support they respond to best (nurturing, engaging or leading).
Step 3: Assign a Nanny to Your Family
A family’s child or children will be assigned a Nurturer, Engager, or Leader nanny that naturally gravitates towards the right childcare style for them. All our local nannies are employed by us, which allows us to make sure each nanny is properly vetted. This vetting process involves their own multi-step interview, thorough background and reference checks, physicals, and ongoing reviews and check-ins throughout their employment.
Step 4: Deliver Flexible, Tailored Nanny Care
Once a nanny has been assigned to a family, a set schedule will be devised to complement usual routines for seamless continuity in child care. These schedules can be tailored to suit children of all ages, from newborns right through to teenagers. For example, for older children, a childcare plan might include things like driving them to sports and activities.
This flexible nanny care ties in with Oliver’s Nannies of Westchester’s signature FlexCare service. FlexCare allows families to access their usual personalized nanny care at the drop of a dime if an emergency or unexpected event comes up. We’re here for our families by phone 24/7 – because life sometimes throws a curveball!
When you are ready to get matched with on-demand or scheduled nanny care that suits your child’s needs and personality, get in touch today and arrange your multi-step interview.