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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INA In-Home Child Care Definitions
There are a variety of terms for people who work in the home. Here are the definitions used by the International Nanny Association to describe various in-home child care positions. What is a babysitter? A babysitter provides supervisory, custodial care of children on a full-time or part-time basis. Many babysitters have no special training and have limited child care experience. 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.