Experienced childcare professionals you can trust

As your extended family, we’re here to make your life easier and provide your children with warm, nurturing and quality care. We only recruit the best nannies and babysitters who are genuinely invested in bringing joy and happiness to your family home and supporting your child’s growth and development.

Whether you need a temporary or permanent nanny, newborn nanny, Mothercraft nanny, after school nanny, night nanny, vacation nanny or an evening babysitter, we’ll find the right carer for your family.

All of our Lovely Nannies and Babysitters have been interviewed face-to-face and reference checked to ensure they meet our very high standards. At a minimum, our nannies and babysitters have:
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Current Working with Children Check (WWCC) or QLD Blue Card
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Childcare qualification + experience, or 2+ years paid experience with children
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Current First Aid certification
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Face-to-face interviewed
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Impeccable references
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Excellent English
We specialise in Permanent Nannies, Temporary Nannies and Evening Babysitters in Sydney : Melbourne : Brisbane : Perth : Canberra : Adelaide : Hobart : Byron Bay : Gold Coast : Central Coast and the Sunshine Coast. Click the links below to learn more about our nanny and babysitting services.
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Permanent Nannies

We take a personalised approach to your childcare needs

Our permanent nannies work with families on a fixed term of three months or longer. The hours are flexible depending on your family’s needs – one day a week, after school hours only, 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday, or seven days a week – the choice is yours.

When you get in touch with us, we’ll take the time to get to know you and your family, identify your childcare needs and understand what is important to you. This helps us find the perfect match for your family.

How It Works

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1. Personalised consultation

Our recruitment process begins with a personalised consultation and a comprehensive questionnaire to understand your specific needs and what is important to you as a family. A detailed job brief is provided for your review and approval before we advertise the position for applications.
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2. Extensive recruitment

We thoughtfully recruit nannies that match what you’re looking for and meticulously screen and verify qualifications, experience, references and background checks. We interview all suitable applicants face-to-face to determine the best fit for your family and situation.
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3. High quality shortlist

Our personalised and professional approach ensures a high-quality selection process, delivering a carefully curated shortlist of nannies who align with your family’s needs, values, and preferences.

Each candidate undergoes a thorough vetting process, including background checks, reference verification, and interviews, so you can feel confident that you’re meeting only the most qualified and well-matched nannies for your home.

Our goal is to make the hiring process seamless and stress-free, connecting you with exceptional caregivers who will provide the best care for your children.
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4. Nanny placement & ongoing support

Once you have chosen your preferred nanny, we encourage you to trial the nanny for a few hours or one full shift. This allows you to see how they connect with your children while also giving the nanny a chance to ensure the role is the right fit for them. To keep things moving smoothly, the trial is to be arranged within a week of the initial interview.

We will then support you through making an offer, discussing contracts, arranging start dates and then ongoing support throughout the duration of the placement.

In most cases, families and nannies are comfortable with the placement, but for peace of mind we offer a four weeks replacement policy should it be required.
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Typical Nanny Duties

A nanny’s primary duty is to care for your children in a safe and happy environment.
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Learning & Activities

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Planning fun and creative learning activities such as arts and crafts
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Park, playgroup or educational excursions
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Engaging in quality play time
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Ensuring the children’s play areas are safe and secure

Daily Care & routine

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Following your child/children’s daily routine
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Preparing nutritious meals and healthy snacks for children
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Bathing, showering and feeding your children
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Bottle feeding and nappy changes
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Home & School Support

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Tidying and keeping clean any child-related areas in the house
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Making and changing childrens beds
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Getting ready for school and pick up and drop offs
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Taking children to after-school activities and helping with homework
When time permits our nannies can give an extra helping hand by:
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Grocery shopping and running errands
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Laundry
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Walking the family dog
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Preparing family meals
So, let us lighten your load and find a Lovely Nanny to support your family.
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Permanent Nanny Fees & Rates

Fees

Prices listed are including GST.

Engagement Fee $350 – to start the process of drafting your job advertisement, liaising with you on the requirements of your job and then advertising to our extensive nanny network and on the many different platforms we use.

Recruitment Fee $425 – will only be due once we have resourced, interviewed, and throughly vetted suitable candidate/s for your job and have sent you their profiles for you to interview them.

After interviewing, trialing a nanny and an offer has been made and accepted, our permanent placement fee will be due on the 1st day of the successful nanny’s placement with you.
Numbers of days you require a nanny
Placement fee
1-3 days/week
$2350
4-5 days/week
$2950
* Prices listed are including GST.

Nanny hourly rates

Nannies’ hourly rates are in addition to our agency fees. Currently experienced nannies are generally seeking between $35.00 and $45.00 per hour. Nannies rate will differ depending on various factors including the nannies experience, the children’s ages and job location.

Paying your nanny

You have a couple of options when it comes to setting up and managing your nanny’s pay.

You can choose to manage payroll yourself, which includes handling wages, employment agreements, and insurances.

Alternatively, if you’d prefer a more seamless approach, we work with a specialist payroll provider who manages this on your behalf. Together, we ensure everything is set up correctly from the start and runs smoothly — including pay, superannuation, tax, and all required reporting.

We’ll guide you through the process and make sure everything is in place, so you can feel confident it’s being handled properly.
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Permanent Nanny Enquiry Form

Please take a moment to complete our brief form and our staff will contact you to to discuss your requirement.
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Nanny Payroll

We’ve got you covered!

If you’ve already found the perfect nanny for your family — or we’ve found one for you — and you’re unsure where to start with paying their wages, tax, superannuation, and insurance requirements, we’re here to help.

We work closely with a specialist payroll provider to support our families in setting everything up correctly. Domestic employment obligations can feel complex, but together we ensure everything is handled properly from the start.

This includes setting up your nanny as an employee, managing wages, super and tax, and making sure all requirements with the ATO and Fair Work are met.

We’ll guide you through the process and make sure everything is in place, so you can feel confident it’s being managed smoothly.
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Testimonals

Little Lovelies was absolutely wonderful in helping us find a nanny for our 6 month old twin girls to work with us on a permanent basis. Louise at the agency was a pleasure to work with and was so accommodating of us when our needs changed in the middle of our search. All the candidates were thoughtfully chosen, and we appreciated that the agency was so professional and proactive; from the initial vetting and providing a helpful summary of each candidate with their CV to managing communication and providing helpful resources for our family and nanny. We have had such a positive experience and have no hesitation in recommending Little Lovelies to families and nannies alike.
Alexandra, Sydney
Easy online booking system and efficient in communication with nanny/babysitter booking. Very happy experience of booking a casual nanny online.
Huai, Melbourne
Very good service, easy to book through their app. They send you a detailed profile of a nanny, you can choose the nanny again for the next booking. We were very satisfied.
Tereza, Melbourne
Jacqui and her team always go above and beyond in their service and professionalism. We could not recommend Little Lovelies high enough, every sitter we have had our 2 boys have loved!
Tain, Brisbane
Very smooth booking experience from start to finish. Prompt communication from the agency and nanny. Tess was lovely – the kids warmed to her instantly and when we got home the toys and kitchen were cleaned, which was a lovely surprise. Will definitely be booking through Little Lovelies if we need a nanny again!
Emily, Brisbane
Little Lovelies was fantastic to work with. We needed a nanny to join our family on a permanent basis. Jodie quickly found a fantastic nanny Daisy to look after our little one. The care taken with vetting the babysitters was really great, and the whole process was seamless. I'd definitely suggest using their services if you are looking for quality care. Neel and Pat.
Neel, Sydney
After our permanent nanny unexpectedly didn't return from her overseas holiday, we were scrambling for a casual nanny to fill in our fluctuating work schedule. Jacqui was accommodating and came back to us with some good options. Sashi was a very experienced and flexible nanny, and the kids (2yo and 3.5yo) were immediately comfortable around her. We're happy customers – will return.
Behny, Sydney
Little Lovelies is fantastic! I have used the service many times and every babysitter and nanny have been excellent. I am always very comfortable leaving my daughter and always impressed at how quickly Jacqui can find someone even with very little notice. A very happy customer.
Cate, Melbourne
We used Little Lovelies while on holiday in Sydney. Our sitter was on time, professional and very caring with our 5 year old. She even cleaned the kitchen, a nice surprise to return home to!
Sara, Melbourne
Little lovelies were brilliant. We had Jana look after our 6 week old and managed to go on a much needed date night as a result. I was petrified to leave our little one for the first time, but having a semi CV in my inbox and having Jana reach out beforehand really helped.
Natalie, Sydney
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