In their early years, children experience crucial phases of social, emotional, and cognitive development. For families in the Lehigh Valley area, the ideal nanny can provide the essential support needed to navigate these milestones, fostering a joyful and nurturing environment that promotes learning and exploration.
Why is Finding the Right Nanny Important?
Children must feel empowered to explore their emotions, environment, hobbies, and interests. This space for curiosity and learning is ideally provided by child care experts who genuinely understand the family dynamic. With numerous successful child care approaches available, it is crucial for a nanny to align with a family’s practices for the most beneficial experience.
A well-matched nanny can help a child feel settled, secure, and curious, enabling them to thrive, learn, cultivate their talents, and develop their unique personality. Furthermore, parents gain peace of mind knowing that the nanny’s care aligns with their family values and child-rearing style.
How we Match Families With the Best Nanny Care Approach
Step 1: Conduct a Multi-Step Interview With the Family
Each family adopts a distinct parenting style that suits their needs. Finding a nanny who naturally aligns with this style is crucial for effective child care. To ensure a good match, an in-depth initial interview with each family is conducted to understand their daily approach to parenting.
During this interview, we will typically discuss things like:
- Schedules and usual routines.
- Activities
- Nutrition
- Discipline styles
- Likes and dislikes
- How to best engage them in social, recreational and academic activities that unlock their true potential.
Parents and caregivers are the experts on their children and family dynamic, so we allow them to help steer and hone our approaches to suit their child’s needs.
Step 2: Identify the Right Type of Nanny: The Nurturer, Engager or Leader
Every nanny is meticulously categorized as a Nurturer, Engager, or Leader, based on their child care approach. Each style thrives in a home with a matching parenting method. Through a comprehensive family interview process, a child’s needs are identified, revealing the most suitable type of nanny. The selected nanny aligns with the child’s personality, providing the most effective support, whether it be nurturing, engaging, or leading.
Step 3: Assign a Nanny
A family’s child or children will be assigned a Nurturer, Engager, or Leader nanny that naturally gravitates towards the right child care style for them. All our local nannies are employed by us, which allows us to make sure each nanny is properly vetted. This vetting process involves their own multi-step interview, thorough background and reference checks, physicals, and ongoing reviews and check-ins throughout their employment.
Step 4: Deliver Flexible, Tailored Nanny Care
After a nanny is assigned to a family, a schedule will be created to align with existing routines, ensuring continuous and seamless child care. These schedules can be customized for children of all ages, from newborns to teenagers. For instance, a child care plan for older children might include responsibilities such as driving them to sports practices and other activities.
This adaptable nanny service aligns with Oliver’s Nannies’ signature FlexCare offering in Lehigh Valley. FlexCare provides families with immediate access to their personalized nanny care during emergencies or unexpected events. Available by phone 24/7, support is always on hand for life’s unpredictable moments.
Contact us today to arrange your multi-step interview and get matched with on-demand or scheduled nanny care tailored to your child’s needs and personality.