Title: Nanny Duties, Newborn Care Specialists Definitions and Duties
Headings: INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
What is a babysitter?
What is a nanny?
What is a newborn care specialist?
Other Terms for Specialty Nannies in the In-Home Childcare Industry
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Content: What is a nanny? A nanny is a child care special­ist whose workplace is a family’s private home. A nanny is employed by a family to provide the highest level of customized child care and to give personalized attention to the family’s children. A nanny may be employed full time or part time, long-term or short-term and the nanny may or may not live with the family. The nanny’s role is to provide support to the family by serving as a loving, nurturing and trustworthy companion to the children. Ideally, a nanny will have special­ized child care skills, a deep under­standing of children and a genuine love of caring for children. A nanny offers the family convenient and consistent high quality child care by meeting each child’s physical, emotional, social and intellectual needs. In addition to traditional nannies who provide general child care, “specialty” nannies exist to meet the needs of families who desire a caregiver with expertise in a spe­cific area or at a specific time. What is a newborn care specialist? Highly specialized and trained in-home childcare provider who focuses on the care and well-being of the newborn: