Nannies are employed to care for children usually on a full time basis and do not always take on other household duties. They may be 'residential', in which case they will live with you or 'daily', where they will come to your home each day to work.
Nannies provide a full range of activities for young children in the child's own home.
They often care for more than one child in any family. Ages catered for Nannies work with all age groups from the baby through to the school age child. At present nannies do not have to be formally registered in this country. Most nannies register with an agency to find work and some of these agencies run basic checks on them, however it is advisable to consider organising your own police checks if employing someone. Ask to see any qualification certificates.