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:
- A relevant childcare qualification and experience or at least two years paid experience working with children
- Current Working with Children Check (WWCC) or QLD Blue Card
- Current First Aid certification
- Excellent English
- Impeccable references
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Typical Nanny Duties
A nanny’s primary duty is to care for your children in a safe and happy environment.
Duties can include but are not limited to:
- Following your child/children’s routine
- Preparing nutritious meals for your children
- Planning fun and creative learning activities such as arts and crafts
- Park, playgroup or educational excursions
- Ensuring the children’s play areas are safe and secure
- Tidying and keeping clean any child-related areas in the house
- Engaging in quality play time
- Homework supervision
- Bathing, showering and feeding your children
- Bottle feeding and nappy changes
- Getting ready for school and pick up and drop offs
- Making and changing childrens beds
When time permits our nannies can give an extra helping hand by:
- Grocery shopping and running errands
- Laundry
- Walking the family dog
- Preparing family meals
So, let us lighten your load and find a Lovely Nanny to support your family.
Permanent Nanny Fees & Rates
Fees
Prices listed are including GST.
Engagement Fee $280 – 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 $385 – 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.
| Placement fee | |
|---|---|
| 1 day/week permanent nanny | $1950 |
| 2 days/week permanent nanny | $2150 |
| 3 days/week permanent nanny | $2350 |
| 4 days/week permanent nanny | $2650 |
| 5 days/week permanent nanny | $2850 |
| Number of Days You Require A Nanny | Placement Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | $1950 | |
| 2 days | $2150 | |
| 3 days | $2350 | |
| 4 days | $2650 | |
| 5 days | $2850 |
* 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.
Permanent Nanny Enquiry Form
Please take a moment to complete our brief form and our staff will contact you to to discuss your requirement.
If you would like to engage our services, click here
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.