Do you need a maternity nanny for a newborn who will give you peace of mind?

The Very Important Personnel agency nannies have medical education, work experience in maternity hospital or perinatal centre, proven experience working with babies in private families, have passed the agency’s screening and completed first aid courses.

Our goal is to provide you with maternity nannies that best meet your expectations.

Hire a Maternity Nanny

A maternity nanny begins her work from the first days of baby's life. Very often, our clients select a nanny for a newborn in advance, paying for the waiting period until the birth. The nanny begins her work by meeting the mother at the maternity hospital. Often mothers ask the nanny for help with making a list of necessary purchases for the birth of the baby to avoid buying unnecessary things.

Responsibilities of a maternity nanny:

• Full baby care.
• Carrying out hygiene procedures, bathing.
• Cooking, feeding, and subsequently introducing complementary foods.
• Maintaining baby’s daily routine.
• Daily walks.
• Washing and sterilising children’s dishes.
• Baby room cleaning, keeping cleanliness and order of baby’s toys and items (shoes, stroller, etc.).
• Washing and ironing baby clothes.
• Ability to provide first aid to a newborn (first aid certificate).
• Knowledge of early childhood development methods and educational games.
• Knowledge of preventive massage technique and gymnastics for newborns is a plus.

Hire a Russian Newborn Nanny

A child stops being a newborn after the first 4 weeks of life. From 1 month to 1 year, he is considered an infant. An infant’s development has a decisive influence on his further mental and physical development, during this period he does not only need his mother's care, but also a professional nanny who will help him easily go through all growing up stages, development and will provide proper care.

Hire a Newborn Nanny

Education. A newborn nanny must have a medical degree. It will be a big plus if she has experience working in a perinatal center, maternity hospital or children's clinic. Infant nannies are more attentive to the cleanliness of the bottles, more careful, vigilant, and you will be calm, as such newborn nanny will be able to provide first aid, solve problems, and not hush them up. Newborn nanny will carefully monitor her own cleanliness. Unprofessional maternity nanny prefers to feed a child so that he cries less, or kiss him, forgetting that she is not a mother. A well-structured child's regime, which can be set by a professional nanny, is very important. The highest-paid newborn nannies have experience working in a perinatal center.

Experience. It is very important that a newborn nanny has experience working in a private family. The nanny should not work in one family for a long time, otherwise she will lose her skills. It is optimal to care for a child until he is 1 - 1.5 years of age, then go to a new family with a newborn and go through all the stages of baby’s growth again. A newborn nanny loses her professionalism when she turns into a toddler nanny in order to keep her salary. After 12 months, a baby already needs a nanny-educator who can aid further development.

If you are a working mom, you need 2 nannies. Don't listen to a nanny who is ready to work with 1-2 days off, colic and "teething" haven't started yet. And if she gets sick, who will look after your child? What if the child is restless or worried about something and as a result has trouble sleeping at night? Nanny’s fatigue will definitely make itself felt, and neglecting a child can be a very expensive price to pay.

A maternity nanny should not become a member of the family. She must observe chain of command, standards of appearance and behaviour, confidentiality and professional ethics.

Our task is to present you with a choice of the best newborn nannies from a large number of applicants, who best meet your candidate requirements and who will provide a helping hand by fulfilling all your wishes and requirements.

Nanny (Governess)

From the age one - one and a half, an infant nanny is replaced by a nanny-educator. The child has already grown up, you have already been faced with basic ailments, problems with feeding, the fear of being left alone with the child and other fears of parents in the first year of child’s life. The time has come for active development and we are ready to find the best nanny for a baby.

The right investment by parents today means the bright future for a child tomorrow.

Hire a Nanny

Let's figure out how a nanny differs from a governess. A nanny is a child care specialist who is responsible for the full care, development and support of a baby. The nanny spends the night with a child, bathes him, feeds him, and changes nappies. She can simply be a babysitter or she can be a nanny-educator or a nanny-tutor.

A nanny-educator, , in addition to performing the basic functions of caring for a child, she is involved in his development, and uses early development methods or methods for the development of a preschool child.

A nanny-educator who knows child development methods, knows how to apply them in practice, draws up a program for activities with a child and keeps a diary of activities, can certainly count on a higher income.

A nanny-tutor – is a nanny who works with a school-age child and supervises his educational process. Such nanny usually works without accommodation or on a live-in shift, helps a child master the school curriculum for grades 1–6, and does homework with him. If a child is home-schooled, then she is fully responsible for the educational process, interaction with additional tutors, attending clubs and sports sections, cultural and entertainment programs.

Responsibilities of a Nanny

In addition to developmental techniques, a nanny must know child's development calendar from age one to 6, in order to teach and develop the necessary skills according to child's age.

The child development calendar is a rather subjective concept as everything happens individually for each child. In general terms, the skills and abilities of a toddler at a certain age will help you understand whether everything is in order and what you need to pay special attention to.

Hire a Russian Speaking Governess

This is a specialist who looks after, develops and accompanies a child without the actual child care. Governesses work without accommodation. They arrive in the morning and leave in the evening. A governess can work several hours per day. She does not participate in the child care, her task is to prepare a child for school or help with school adaptation. A governess teaches manners, etiquette, is engaged in cultural development and supervises educational process.

She raises girls as real ladies – this is the foundation for further education and development of child's personality. One of the tasks of a governess is to instill good manners in children – rules of etiquette, musical development, communication and self-presentation skills.

Hire a Bilingual Governess

The agency receives many requests to hire a governess with the English language knowledge or another foreign language knowledge, so that she is not only able to perform her basic governess duties, but can also improve child’ level of foreign language proficiency. An English governess will not only introduce a child to the culture and history of her country, but will also teach English with a British accent and help remove barriers when communicating with foreigners.

Governor (Tutor)

A governor is a specialist who is hired to raise a boy.

He is like an older brother who will always listen and help find a solution to the problem. By his example, a governor will engage a child into leading a correct and healthy lifestyle.

These days fathers are very often at work from morning until late at night and boys are surrounded by women only: mothers, grandmothers and nannies. Boys constantly need to see examples of masculine behaviour, imitate it and have the opportunity to have “man to man” talks during the day. The absence of a worthy male model of behaviour can have a detrimental effect on the character and future development of a boy.

Hire a Governor

In former times boys were raised exclusively by men, who were role models for their pupils. A male governor raised and developed qualities such as courage and perseverance, taught fencing, horse riding and military affairs to boys.

When choosing a governor, in addition to education and experience working with children and subject knowledge, clients are guided by the following necessary skills of a candidate: whether a candidate plays football or tennis, knows how to ski or has been involved in any sport professionally.

Hire a Russian Speaking Governor

When choosing a governor for a boy, clients are looking for an example of a well-mannered, athletic, intelligent and cheerful man who will not only be a teacher, but also a friend-mentor.

Hire an English Speaking Governor

The agency receives many requests to hire a governor with English language knowledge or another foreign language, so that he does not only perform basic governor duties, looking after a child, but also improves his level of foreign language proficiency, develops proper accent, helps to remove the barrier when communicating with foreigners, teaches to comprehend fluent speech and slang that native speakers use.

Hire an English Speaking Tutor

The tutor choice can have detrimental impact on the achievement of goals, so it is extremely important to be confident in the right choice.

A tutor – is the specialist in the field of education who accompanies a preschooler, school child or student on the path of individual development. A tutor participates in drawing up an individual program for the education and development of a child or teenager and then helps the student move along the intended path. A tutor does not only guide the student along the intended path, but also helps him plan his own educational activities.

A tutor means “mentor” in English. A tutor does not teach or provide psychological support. His main task is support. He helps a child build his own educational program based on his personal goals.

It is important to instill a healthy lifestyle without junk food and carbonated drinks in children. One of these means is physical education. It is important to not only introduce children to physical education and sports, to improve their physical qualities, but to also teach them how to organise their physical self-education. A problem immediately arises in this case: pupils under the age of 12–13 cannot, due to their age characteristics, estimate their own capabilities and choose paths of their physical development. They need the aid of a sports tutor.

A tutor will contact the educational institution, find out which program they follow, admission requirements and develop a program for admission to the top school in Moscow, London or Dubai. He will eliminate gaps in knowledge, prepare a child for exams at school or university and successfully go through all stages with him.

English Speaking Governor

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Several reasons why clients turn to native English nannies:

• a family is planning to move abroad and there is a need to improve the level of English so that it meets the required level of proficiency for students in an English school;
• parents want a child to have correct pronunciation, to be completely immersed in the language environment and to know the language at a native speaker level;
• a family wishes to raise a bilingual child. Bilingual children tend to be far ahead of their monolingual peers in cognitive development (the development of all types of thought processes such as perception, memory, concept formation, problem solving, imagination and logic).

Hire an English Speaking Nanny

The job of a nanny or governess in London is considered very prestigious. One needs to get specialised education to start working as a British Nanny in London. English Speaking Nannies study for about 2-3 years to understand all the intricacies of the profession. Training costs a lot of money. A British nanny is a woman from a prosperous family, with a professional education, excellent manners and intelligence. She is trained in proper child care, is responsipbe for the psychological and emotional development, knows teaching and development methods, knows how to provide first aid, provides care during illness, is involved in illness prevention and is a good psychologist.

An English Nanny performs all duties related to the care of children, their upbringing and development. An experienced nanny from London is a native English speaker. By combining child care with upbringing and education, she provides many hours of communication in English that the baby needs to develop sound perception, vocabulary and speech development. A British Nanny is a caring, loving companion and friend for a child.

English Speaking Nanny requirements:

• experience working with children and three positive references;
• criminal record certificate (DBS);
• First Aid Certificate (certificate of completion of medical courses in first aid) or Paediatric First Aid Certificate (certificate of completion of medical courses in first aid for children);
• Suitable qualifications;
• Health Check (physical and psychological health data).

Hire an English Speaking Governess

Do you need a British Governess from London for your child? The Very Important Personnel agency selects native English Speaking Governesses from the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

Hire an English Speaking Governess

When a child is small (aged 1.5 to 7 years), it will be great if an English governess, a professional teacher for your child, starts classes with him. She often works together with a Russian Nanny in Russian families. Together they will explore the world, comprehend the basics of music, drawing, exact sciences basics and sports. Interesting experiences, discoveries and joy of daily communication await them: crafts made from autumn leaves, a Christmas tree, kite flying and much more. A governess from London will help develop and realise creative potential of the little one in additional classes (lessons in fine arts, music, choreography, cooking, sports in English) and in games (theatrical performances with the participation of a baby, sensory games with water, sand, modelling).

When a child becomes older, only the British Governess spends time with him. She assists her student with organising the educational process, maintaining a daily routine and doing homework. She accompanies a child to school and they return from school together, they learn etiquette, social behaviour and much more. Most often, governesses have musical education and can teach how to paint.

An English governess is a professional in the field of children’s upbringing and education, who has completed two years of training and holds teaching qualifications PGCE and QTS or certificates of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL, TEYL, CELTA), has high pedagogical or humanitarian education and experience working with preschool children .

The most successful governesses from Great Britain have more than one year of experience working in families, kindergartens, schools, they have an impeccable reputation as well as enthusiastic and grateful reviews.

Governesses from England instill important qualities of the English character in their charges: punctuality, independence, courtesy, restraint.

Hire a Governess in London

Which is better for those who want to teach a child English – an English kindergarten or a governess from England?

Thinking about the quality of knowledge, an increasing number of families prefer to instill language skills from infancy or preschool age. A British kindergarten or a British Governess are most often considered as an option by parents for effective teaching of a foreign language.

Based on individual preferences and developmental characteristics of a child, each family must choose the most suitable and productive option. Language immersion environment is the best for effective acquisition of knowledge, but it is up to the parents to decide who will provide such an environment.

When working with a group of children, teachers cannot concentrate on the needs and wants of one specific student, which some parents often attribute to the disadvantages of a kindergarten. Even private educational institutions have non native English teachers who speak with an accent and use outdated vocabulary. As a result, students suffer the most as they adopt incorrect pronunciation and use old-fashioned constructions in their speech.

Hire a British Governess

A Native English Speaking Governess has a number of advantages, the main one is of course full attention to a baby, without being interrupted by other children. Another important point is pure British pronunciation, which not every person who speaks fluent English can boast of. An English teacher can start teaching the language from the cradle by combining the functions of a nanny.

The difference between an English Governess and an English Nanny?

Typically, a governess is a non residential position, she provides partial childcare or no childcare at all. The working day of a governess from London lasts 8–10 hours and she works 5 days a week. If a school child requires a governess, her work begins after school with the exception of weekends and holidays. A governess is guaranteed an annual leave of five to six weeks, which is paid for by an employer.

Hire a British Governor

A good English Governor is your irreplaceable assistant, a loyal friend and an inspiring teacher for a boy.

If your child needs full care and education, you need an English Nanny for a boy (English Manny). If only education and looking after are required, an English Governor is sufficient.

Unlike a nanny, who primarily monitors the physiological needs of her ward, a British Governor has a wider range of tasks:

• as a native speaker, he teaches foreign language;
• introduces a child to the traditions and cultural values of his native country;
• engages in moral education;
• instills norms of behaviour in a society;
• teaches basic etiquette;
• provides knowledge about the world around us;
• introduces to the world of science;
• instils love of sports;
• contributes to the all-round development of an individual – both mental and physical.

When choosing a governor for a boy, clients are looking for an example of a well-mannered, athletic, intelligent and cheerful man who will not only be a teacher, but also a friend-mentor.

Hire a Tutor

For the majority of those who have not previously had to deal with foreign education, the very word “tutor” will be new and somewhat unclear. This English word means a “mentor”. An English Tutor ensures development of an individual training program for admission to a school or university in the UK or USA. Even when enrolling in the Primakov gymnasium, Horoshkola from Sberbank, Skolkovo or Letovo gymnasium in Moscow, your child will need to pass mathematics, Russian and English exams. Without the right strategy, preparation program and tutor, you cannot enrol in a prestigious school or college in London.

An English tutor is a specialist in the field of education who accompanies a preschooler, school child or student on the path of individual development. A tutor participates in drawing up an individual program for the education and development of a child, teenager, or a young man and then helps the student to move along the intended path. A tutor does not only guide a student, but also helps him learn to independently plan educational activities.

Hire a British Tutor

In England it is believed that it is almost impossible to enter a prestigious educational institution without specialist individual preparation outside of school. If you want to get into a good school, make sure you take additional classes with a tutor and purposefully prepare to pass the entrance exams using the teaching methods used in that school.

A good tutor is not only a mentor, but also a friend. A lot of intensive study time and joint effort requires a friendly relationship base between teacher and student. A child should feel comfortable and confident next to a teacher, in turn classes will not only be beneficial, but also a joy and their effectiveness will be a pleasant outcome.

The choice of tutor can have a decisive impact on the achievement of goals, so it is extremely important to be confident in the right choice.

You are no longer a school child or a student, rather a large business owner, but you are faced with moving to a new country where the main language is English, or are you expanding your business and conquering new countries and have come to the conclusion that it is time to learn English urgently?

A teacher will be of no help in such a situation. You need a tutor – a native English speaker who will accompany you from morning till evening – at negotiations, at home, in the office, in sports and recreation – and teach you the language. This way you will immerse yourself in the new language environment as much as possible – business vocabulary, daily routine, places, events, situations. This is the fastest way to master the English language.

French Speaking Governess

A French Speaking Governess is a specialist who will teach a child French and will also educate him with special charm and a certain touch of aristocracy, as only the French can do.

The tradition to invite governesses from Europe (and most often from France) to families was widespread in Tsar Russia. If in the future a child will live on the Cote d’Azur, will work in a French company or communicate with the French, knowing English will not be of much help as the French often do not know English or do not want to speak it.

Hire a French Governess

Founded in 2009, the Académie des Gouvernantes (Governess Academy) in France is one of the most prestigious French schools dedicated exclusively to training high-level nannies and, in particular, teaching the profession of a French Governess and French Governor. The academy’s graduates are in great demand around the world – from New York to Qatar.

Training covers all aspects of the profession: child development, food preparation, first aid, early childhood development and preschool education and hygiene rules.

Training lasts one year, students receive an academy diploma and a CAP Petite Enfance or BEP certificate upon completion. No nanny in France can take care of children without the certificate. If a nanny from France wants to work abroad, she must have an international FLE certificate for teaching French as a foreign language.

The academy pays great deal of attention to the appearance of nannies, compliance with appearance standards and hygiene. Each morning begins with the appearance evaluation.

Of course a large number of training hours is devoted to topics that distinguish a French governess from others: teaching good manners, maintaining etiquette, social manners and small talk.

Main responsibilities of a French Governess

Depending on child’s age, the duties of a French governess include the following:

• teaching French;
• pre-school education: reading, writing and numeracy skills;
• teaching French etiquette, social manners and conversation;
• teaching history, art and geography;
• introducing traditions, literature and French culture;
• teaching drawing, piano, dancing and the presentation skills;
• help with homework.

Hire a French Nanny

Times change, but knowledge of French is still considered a sign of high education and intellectual development.

A competent approach for parents who want their children to speak several European languages would be to invite a governess from France who will raise a child. A well-designed staff work schedule will allow a French governess to alternate classes with her English-speaking and Spanish-speaking colleagues.

A child can attain true French or English pronunciation by being entrusted to an experienced specialist from a young age. A child will be taught foreign language as if it were their own native tongue in a relaxed atmosphere. Visionary parents who care about the welfare of their children are hiring staff from abroad so that their child can learn to think in French, Spanish or English as fluently as in Russian. This will help a child to successfully receive a prestigious education in any European country in the future.

Let’s not forget that France is an attractive country as both citizens and foreign nationals can receive higher education free of charge and there are no entrance exams to French universities. For those who know French well, studying in France will help open doors, perhaps to no immediate international career, but a European one at least.

The difference between a French Governess and a French Nanny

As a rule, a governess works non-residentially, providing partial or no childcare. The working day of a governess from France lasts 8–10 hours, 5 days a week. If a school child requires a governess, her work begins after school, with the exception of weekends and holidays. A governess is guaranteed an annual leave of five to six weeks, which is paid for by her employer.

Hire a French Governor

When choosing a French governor for a boy, clients are looking for an example of a well-mannered, athletic, intelligent and cheerful man who will not only be a teacher, but also a friend-mentor. By contacting the agency, clients expect that a governor from France will not only perform the basic duties of a governor, taking care of a child, but will also help them master the French language at the native speaker level. Working on clear pronunciation, removing communication barrier when interacting with the French, recognising fluent speech and teaching native speakers’ slang are important tasks for a French governor.

Chinese Nanny

There are a lot of people who want to learn Chinese in Russia, UK, USA and Europe. Of course, at the initial stage, these are mainly not children, but their parents – they see the prospects China has.

Chinese governesses, for their part, try to interest children, motivate them and captivate them with the language, culture and Chinese traditions. The Chinese were recognised as teachers and bearers of great cultural traditions back in medieval Japan: in those distant times Chinese was the language of communication in high society. Just like the French in Russia among the nobles.

Hire a Chinese Nanny

The fashion for Chinese came from America, where the middle class has long understood that in the 21st century – the era of the dragon – their children need to know hieroglyphs like the back of their hand in order to be ahead of their competition.

Chinese is now the second most widely spoken foreign language in the United States, the first being Spanish. The United States has 2.1 million native Chinese speakers. In the past many students in US schools chose Chinese simply out of curiosity, but now more and more students are realising that Chinese language will help them greatly in their career advancement.

The main employers’ expectation from a Chinese Governess is the ability to teach a child Chinese language. It is very important to study the language with a native Chinese speaker in order to get the correct pronunciation and sound perception, to hear the melody and speech tonality of the Chinese language.

Benefits of learning Chinese with a Chinese nanny

• The child will have perfect pronunciation. The pronunciation will not disappear, even if a child stops working with a nanny, the skill will remain for life.
• A child will learn to understand the mentality of another nation, who’s strategic development leaves no doubt. This will bear fruit in a child's future career.
• Time saving. Learning a language at school or college is a very labour-intensive task.
• Possibility of early employment, part-time work for a child (good knowledge of Chinese is a comparative rarity even now).

A distinctive feature of the Chinese education system is the close emotional contact between a nanny and child. The Chinese style of education is the absolute opposite to the European style. European governors hold neutral position with their charges and this has a certain meaning: it is understood that parents will provide human touch to a baby, but a specially hired tutor should teach noble manners in society.

The birth control policy forces parents to raise their only child (maximum two) with very strict rules so that he grows up to be the best, most talented, educated, and successful. “If you are not first, you are a failure,” is a common slogan of Chinese parents. This is not cruelty, but rather a sober calculation and concern for the future of one’s child, as becoming a successful person in a country with a billion people is not at all easy. The ability to survive in a highly competitive environment is instilled in children from early childhood. Chinese children are taught to be submissive and displays of spontaneity and emotional states are considered a sign of immaturity and inability to control oneself.

The ambitious state, which values human factor, sets the goal of comprehensive development of children. The state takes over the upbringing of children who can already be sent to a nursery at the age of 3 months. From the age of 1.5 years a child receives comprehensive, high-quality education: children are taught music, drawing and develop mental and physical abilities. By age 2.5 children already know several poems and songs; by age 3 several hundred hieroglyphs. By age 4 they master musical instruments, attend sports clubs, such as table tennis, martial arts (like wushu), learn English and drawing.

Hard work, dedication and patience of the Chinese people is largely due to the specific education system adopted in this largest Asian country, which shows rapid economic growth and enviable sporting success.

Official Chinese (Putonghua) is the so-called standard, common or “simple” Chinese language. The Chinese dialect that, according to the Chinese government, every person with Chinese citizenship should know. Books are published in this dialect, television announcers speak the dialect and it is also taught in all schools in China.

The Mandarin dialect is spoken by the people of Beijing. We can say that Putonghua is Mandarin, but still there are several striking differences.

If you are not going to go to Beijing, learn standard Putonghua.

There is another dialect that is worth a mention: Cantonese. This dialect is spoken in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province (southern China). This dialect is also spoken by the majority of Chinese living abroad in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. Cantonese is completely different from Mandarin or Putonghua.

Hire a Chinese Governess

As a rule, a governess is a non live-in position, she provides partial childcare or none at all, her main responsibilities are education and general looking after. A Chinese governess’ work day lasts 8–10 hours, 5 days a week. If a school child requires a governess, her work begins after school – with the exception of weekends and holidays. A governess is guaranteed an annual leave of five to six weeks, which is paid for by an employer.

How much does it cost to hire a native Chinese Speaking Governess?

​A Chinese nanny who speaks English and Putonghua earns up to 80 thousand dollars a year. Many clients believe that a Chinese nanny costs the same as a Filipino nanny. Not quite, the cost of a nanny from China starts from 3,000 euros per month and depends on nanny's duties.

During the pandemic, a large number of Chinese Nannies left for their homeland, mostly only students returned to Russia and Europe, who can work as tutors, but do not have free time to be a full-fledged nanny or governess. A limited number of Chinese people go to work in Europe or Russia purposefully as nannies or governesses. Therefore, if you plan to hire a Chinese nanny or governess, be prepared that it will not cost you less than a British nanny.