Finding a Nanny for a Special Needs Child
If you have a child with special needs and you are in a situation where you need to hire a nanny, babysitter or caregiver, it can be very stressful. Having to leave your child in the care of someone else that neither you nor your child are familiar with is always a tough thing to do let alone when your child has special needs. So, wherever you live in Canada, whether it is a big city like Toronto or a small community like Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Woodbridge etc… you must be very careful in your choices.
Working with a nanny agency will help you in ways that you will be forever grateful. First just the time and the legwork will be cut down substantially. You will need to decide things like whether you want the nanny, babysitter or caregiver to be fulltime or part time, live-in or live-out. Discuss with the agency what the special needs are for your child, every child is an individual at best, but, when there are special needs involved you want to find that nanny/caregiver that is a perfect match for your child.
When a nanny is looking for a job and works directly with an agency, any special certifications such a CPR or other medical qualifications will be flagged right away in the agencies search criteria. Don’t even consider looking at a nanny, babysitter or caregiver that does not have CPR certifications. Once again this is the benefit of working with a nanny agency or online nanny services they will be able to quickly go through their database and select all the potential nannies you should consider even taking a look at. This will save you so much grief not to mention time and in the end this will help you as an employer to secure the right nanny, babysitter or caregiver. It is such a monumental task and it can be so overwhelming, but with an agency much of the guess work will disappear and leave you with a feeling of trust and security so that you can feel good when you have no choice but to leave your special needs child in the hands of your new employee.
Working with a nanny agency will help you in ways that you will be forever grateful. First just the time and the legwork will be cut down substantially. You will need to decide things like whether you want the nanny, babysitter or caregiver to be fulltime or part time, live-in or live-out. Discuss with the agency what the special needs are for your child, every child is an individual at best, but, when there are special needs involved you want to find that nanny/caregiver that is a perfect match for your child.
When a nanny is looking for a job and works directly with an agency, any special certifications such a CPR or other medical qualifications will be flagged right away in the agencies search criteria. Don’t even consider looking at a nanny, babysitter or caregiver that does not have CPR certifications. Once again this is the benefit of working with a nanny agency or online nanny services they will be able to quickly go through their database and select all the potential nannies you should consider even taking a look at. This will save you so much grief not to mention time and in the end this will help you as an employer to secure the right nanny, babysitter or caregiver. It is such a monumental task and it can be so overwhelming, but with an agency much of the guess work will disappear and leave you with a feeling of trust and security so that you can feel good when you have no choice but to leave your special needs child in the hands of your new employee.
