It takes an average of three to five weeks to secure a PT or FT Nanny. This time allows us to find a candidate whose availability matches with your needs and complete all the necessary screening, reference checks, and interviews. Some nannies may also need to give their previous employer a two-week notice before starting a position with us. We can provide a more detailed time frame after reviewing your completed Intake Questionnaire. Please keep in mind that there can be several factors that may affect the time it takes to secure a nanny such as the time of year and any seasonal happenings or holidays (think summer or holiday busyness and travels) in addition to the unexpected and unforeseen things that can happen. We recommend reaching out to us to get the process started several weeks before you need any childcare services. While we work hard and it is important to us to meet your anticipated start dates and deadlines, it is imperative that we find the best fit for your family and for your children and will never compromise quality care for a start date. Know that we can always explore the option to provide temporary care in this interim period when needed while continuing the search for your permanent fit. All things said, the more time is truly the better!

All of our contractual families that have FT or PT nanny services through us on a regular basis will have access to our back-up care services free of charge for the days their nanny is typically scheduled each week. This means we will send another fully screened and qualified West Michigan Nanny to provide childcare in your Nanny's absence. You will only be billed for the hours your back-up Nanny works, just like you would for your regular Nanny. If a family is in need of back-up care on days that they do not typically utilize our services, we charge a minimal back-up care fee. For our families that DO NOT use West Michigan Nannies' services on a regular basis, we will do our best to accommodate your requests for back-up care for a small fee. Please contact us to see if we can help!

We can describe all the reasons you should pick us over our wonderful, fellow childcare providers but we prefer to let you discover them for yourself. We hope that you will see, feel, and love the West Michigan Nannies Way and we would be honored to serve you. One thing about West Michigan and our community is there are some pretty exceptional people out there around us. We have crossed paths with other remarkable people in the "Childcare Field" in daycares, schools, fellow agencies, and the like, and we must say there are surely others whom are worthy of caring for your child. So many choices--what a nice "problem" to have! We would be both humbled and happy to show you why we could be the right choice for you!