{"id":4775,"date":"2012-09-19T17:27:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/2012\/09\/19\/why-your-nanny-cant-be-your-housekeeper\/"},"modified":"2012-09-19T17:27:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:27:05","slug":"why-your-nanny-cant-be-your-housekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/2012\/09\/19\/why-your-nanny-cant-be-your-housekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Nanny Can’t Be Your Housekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMany families come to us hoping to find one person to provide exceptional childcare and also clean and maintain your home. However, today’s in-home professionals are specialized, and equipped with their own unique skill sets.<\/p>\n

Professional, career nannies and babysitters have a gift with children, so this is where you want<\/em> their focus to be. Their talents, expertise, and education are all related to children, and housekeeping duties are only out of their area of expertise, but can even become a distraction from the childcare they are providing. The nanny who loves children probably doesn’t love to do deep house cleaning, and a housekeeper who excels at detailed home maintenance may not have specific strength and experience with children.<\/p>\n

When we screen candidates, their references are specific to their position – we rarely run across professional candidates who are proficient and experienced in both areas. Just as your own job is specialized, candidates have chosen a profession that uses their strengths, so their positions hone in on their areas of expertise.<\/p>\n

That said, your nanny CAN help to make your life easier by helping with light<\/em> household duties (most often relating to the children). When we work with families to develop a nanny manager job description, we often incorporate some of the following tasks:<\/p>\n