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What important details you should include in a Nanny Contract

August 8, 2016 by Julie 16 Comments

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Hiring a nanny to care for your children is a process, and every process has important steps.

First, we need to decide whether a nanny will fit our needs, and we went through a decision process of nanny care versus a daycare center.

Next, we need to have our nanny interview questions ready for when we meet with potential nannies. Also important to remember is to order nanny background checks on any potential nanny you are interviewing or considering.

Finally, when we select the person we wish to hire as our nanny, we need a nanny contract or babysitter contract in place. This is also your nanny duties checklist template.

 

What important details you should include in a Nanny Contract

 

Why you need a Nanny Contract


An agreement or contract between the nanny and your family is meant to protect both parties and outline expectations. Likewise, you should get a nanny share contract template in place if you are sharing a nanny with another family.

A nanny contract or agreement outlines the expectations, job requirements, compensation, and schedule. Both parties review the contract to ensure everyone is on the same page. If the nanny will be living with you, the agreement should be a live-in nanny contract as well.

The nanny agreement document outlines what you, the parents, require the nanny to achieve on an ongoing basis and what responsibilities this nanny will have.

 

What to include in a Nanny Contract

In the contract we wrote for our nanny, we included the following sections.

  • Work Schedule, Compensation
  • Job Responsibilities
  • Training, Emergencies, Communication
  • Living arrangements and household requirements
  • Confidentiality, Termination, Waivers and Legal protection

If you are writing your nanny contract yourself, be sure to include these details in the sections:

  1. Work Schedule. Identify the expected hours and days the nanny will work, as well as discuss any specific needs outside this schedule (weekends for date night for example).
  2. Compensation. This contract must specify the pay, time off, and whether the family is providing health insurance and withholding taxes or whether the nanny is responsible for these items.
  3.  Job Responsibilities. This is the big one – discuss all the details about the care you expect, to include specific rules on feeding, keeping the baby on a schedule, naps, activities, and anything else that is important to your family and your child’s well-being.
  4. Training. Is the nanny expected to have CPR training or will you provide/schedule this class?
  5. Communication. Will you have the nanny keep a log of daily activities? Will you have regular meetings at the end of the day or week to go over any issues and plans? Include these details in the contract.
  6. Emergencies. Include the protocol on who to contact if the child is sick or if something happens. Provide phone numbers of parents, grandparents or other guardians, and doctor’s offices.
  7. Living arrangements and household requirements. If you are hiring a live-in nanny, include whether you require the nanny to have a vehicle.  Specify what (if any) driving will be expected. Include details on phone privileges, eating out of the fridge and pantry, and other use of your house.
  8. Confidentiality. You will want a confidentiality clause to keep any information the nanny will learn about your family private.
  9. Termination. Your contract should specify what happens upon the ending of the nanny job – whether for cause or otherwise.
  10. Waivers and Legal protection. Should the nanny get injured on your property, or any of the nanny’s guests, if allowed, add language to state you are not responsible.
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Anything special and unique to the family will also need to be outlined and included as part of the expectations and responsibilities.

 

Use our Nanny Contract Template

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We developed our Nanny Contract when we first hired our live-in nanny (my husband is an attorney and he wrote up the language). Now we are offering this contract as a template to assist others when hiring their nannies to care for their little ones.

This Nanny Contract Template is in a zip file. The document inside is a .docx format Microsoft Word file to allow easy editing as needed for your family’s specific requirements.

 

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I am also willing to offer help in completing and customizing this Nanny Contract Template to your individual family’s needs. If interested, we can discuss the details.

 

What to include in a nanny contract

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Comments

  1. Savannah says

    May 14, 2017 at 7:23 pm

    So informative!!! Childcare isn’t an issue at this point in our lives – but I know we have definitely decided NO to daycare. I didn’t realize hiring a nanny required such formalities, but it makes sense, after all you are an employer! Definitely something to keep in mind for the future, thanks so much for sharing <3

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    • Julie says

      May 15, 2017 at 7:51 am

      Thanks Savannah, we did both and my child is in daycare now and loves it. But I’m happy we had a nanny the earlier part of his life. And yes you want to make sure you’re protected and expectations are laid out.

      Reply
  2. aNoviceMum says

    August 23, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    Good points to note for those considering this option; it’s so important to be clear about expectations, especially with children involved. Childcare is so expensive where I live … nannies are unfortunately not an option for us. I tell you, I wish I could stay at home during this early years. O well, life is as life is.

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  3. Hannah Spannah says

    August 11, 2016 at 2:05 pm

    This is a great template. I’d personally consider adding such as a discipline policy ie: how you would like your children to be disciplined and then there’s no room for error. The communication is so important. I used to keep a diary of our day and included funny/cute moments, behaviour, food, rest and activities etc. Thanks for joining the #weekendblogshare

    Reply
  4. Nikki Crump says

    August 10, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    This is so important. I was reading on a mom forum recently and I lady had a horrible experience with her nanny. Her nanny took her twins on a ride without a car seat and they were newborns! I really feel like situations like this could be avoided if people had a nanny contract.

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 10, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      WOW! I mean, how does this stuff happen these days? The nanny, doing that as her JOB should have known better, but sheesh! Gotta ask the right questions when hiring people. Yikes!

      Reply
  5. Tori @ The Mama Nurse says

    August 10, 2016 at 7:08 am

    This will be helpful to so many moms out there! I wish I could have a nanny so bad, but we don’t have enough room for a live-in and there doesn’t seem to be many local ones around!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 10, 2016 at 5:23 pm

      Sad to hear that there aren’t many people wanting to be nannies near you 🙁 I guess there are different markets for every job, even child care.

      Reply
  6. Inez says

    August 9, 2016 at 3:02 pm

    As someone that’s been on the other side, I LOVE this!! I think the biggest think in a nanny/employer relationship is communication and a BIG part of that is communicating expectations. I love that you offer your contract, too!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 10, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      Thanks, Inez! Would love to have you guest post on your experiences if you’re interested 🙂

      Reply
  7. Samantha @ Momma Wants Java says

    August 9, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    This is so thorough! If we ever get to the point where we have a nanny, I’ll definitely be coming back for this! 🙂

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 10, 2016 at 5:51 pm

      Thanks Samantha 🙂

      Reply
  8. Georgiana says

    August 9, 2016 at 10:17 am

    I didn’t realize how much legal stuff needed to be included, but it really makes sense. It’s a huge decision to hire a nanny!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 10, 2016 at 5:51 pm

      It really is 🙂 Thanks Georgiana.

      Reply
  9. Dia dos Pais says

    August 8, 2016 at 6:54 pm

    Hi Julie!

    Great post i loved it very much! Thanks for sharing this informative post with us!

    Keep it up!

    Bookmarked!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 8, 2016 at 11:31 pm

      Thanks so much Dia 🙂

      Reply

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