For your peace of mind, any temporary nannies you book through Emergency Childcare must meet our strict quality standards:
Interviewed
Police checked
Experienced
First Aid certified
Fully referenced
Finding an appropriate last minute nanny
Once you make a booking it will immediately be sent out to our trusted network. When a nanny match has been found you will receive an email with information about your nanny. The nanny will call you to introduce themselves and once this call has been completed the booking will become confirmed.
We endeavour to get you an emergency nanny within 2 hours and the minimum booking time is 4 hours.
We will take care of payrolling your temporary nanny
Last minute nannies booked via Emergency Childcare are paid at an hourly rate (depending on location).
All nannies will be payrolled by the nanny agency they work for. This means you don't have to worry about sorting out their tax and NI.
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Questions about emergency nannies
Our Frequently Asked Questions has a section on our emergency nannies. We're often asked what parents can expect from their nanny, when they can book, and what happens if they want to hire the nanny full time!
Hopefully all your questions are answered in our FAQs.
When you're in a bind, Emergency Childcare can help. You may be looking for a temporary nanny, an on call nanny, a last minute nanny… basically what we like to call our emergency nannies.
Police checked nannies
All temporary nannies booked through Emergency Childcare are DBS checked (or PVG checked in Scotland).
Choosing childcare is an emotional and complex decision. We pride ourselves on always being on hand to answer any questions or concerns parents may have.
We're available 7:00am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Childcare choices
Nanny
Childminders care in their own home for children aged 3 months up to 12 years.
The majority of childminders on our website have been used and recommended to our service by individual parents. More about our childminders
Our last minute on call nannies look after newborns up to 16 year olds in your home.
Sourced via our collaboration with the UK's leading nanny agencies, we insist on only the best nannies for our members. More about our nannies
Nursery spaces can be booked for children aged 3 months up to 5 years.
Members have access to over 1,450 Ofsted regulated nurseries. Many nurseries have been recommended to us by parents. More about our nurseries
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Trusted by parents
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When I made a request, I got a call back within the hour to confirm who my nanny would be, and it gave me great peace of mind to know I could leave my son with a qualified, CRB checked nanny that had been arranged through a professional agency."
Book online or over the phone - quickly and easily, with all the stress removed.
Our team is available 7:00am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday.
We'll start working on bookings made outside these hours first thing the next working day - come rain or shine.
