Private Family Nanny / Family Assistant – School-Age Boys (Spanish Speaking Candidates Preferred)

Full-Time | 40 Guaranteed Hours | $38–$48/Hour DOE

A private family is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and flexible Nanny / Family Assistant to support their school-age boys.

This hands-on private-service role extends beyond direct childcare and transportation. The nanny will take ownership of the children’s routines, personal care, meals, belongings, schedules, preparation, and child-related spaces while collaborating with the family’s household staff.

The children have busy schedules involving school, sports, activities, appointments, and therapies. The ideal candidate will provide attentive care while communicating important information clearly between parents, caregivers, therapists, and household professionals.

Required Experience

Candidates must have both:

• At least three years of professional nanny or private-family childcare experience

• Professional experience supporting neurodivergent children

School, clinical, therapeutic, behavioral, or developmental experience may satisfy the neurodivergent-experience requirement, but it does not replace the required nanny or private-family experience.

Schedule

The position guarantees 40 hours per week, with occasional weeks of approximately 50 hours.

Candidates must be comfortable with a flexible schedule that may include split shifts, early mornings, evenings, weekends, travel, and occasional changes.

A school-day schedule may include:

• 6:00 AM–9:00 AM: Breakfast, hygiene, school preparation, and drop-off

• 1:30 PM–8:30 PM: School pickup, therapies, sports, homework, dinner, hygiene, and evening routines

Schedules will vary, and weekend availability is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide warm, engaged, and developmentally appropriate care

• Manage morning, after-school, and evening routines

• Transport the children to school, sports, therapies, appointments, lessons, and activities

• Accompany the children to soccer, Krav Maga, and other commitments

• Support homework, meals, showers, hygiene, and preparation for the following day

• Maintain consistent expectations, structure, and boundaries

• Adapt care to each child’s communication, sensory, emotional-regulation, executive-functioning, and developmental needs

• Encourage increasing independence with hygiene, belongings, bedrooms, and routines

• Communicate relevant information to parents, caregivers, therapists, and household staff

Child-Related Household Duties

The family employs professional household staff, so this is not a deep-cleaning position. However, the nanny must take ownership of child-related organization, preparation, and daily upkeep.

Responsibilities include:

• Keeping the children’s bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, desks, backpacks, and activity areas organized

• Making or straightening beds and resetting spaces after use

• Washing and putting away children’s dishes, water bottles, lunch containers, cookware, and utensils

• Cleaning kitchen and dining areas after children’s meals

• Preparing healthy meals and snacks

• Monitoring and restocking food, toiletries, vitamins, school supplies, sports supplies, and other necessities

• Organizing children’s clothing, shoes, uniforms, sportswear, and seasonal items

• Treating stains promptly and communicating special clothing-care needs to housekeeping

• Identifying clothing that is damaged, outgrown, missing, or needs replacement

• Keeping school, sports, therapy, activity, and overnight bags packed and ready

• Preparing clothing, equipment, and school materials for the following day

• Packing and unpacking for travel

• Running occasional child-related errands

• Coordinating with household staff regarding the children’s laundry, rooms, belongings, and supplies

Personal Care & Hygiene

The nanny will help the children develop consistent personal-care habits and greater independence.

Responsibilities may include:

• Ensuring the children bathe or shower appropriately

• Supporting handwashing, oral hygiene, deodorant use, skincare, and hair care

• Following parent-directed vitamin and supplement routines

• Monitoring grooming needs

• Ensuring the children leave home clean, appropriately dressed, and prepared

• Noticing clothing that is dirty, stained, ill-fitting, or unsuitable for the weather

• Teaching the children to take increasing responsibility for their hygiene and belongings

Therapy Support

The nanny will help maintain continuity between professional therapies and the children’s routines at home.

Responsibilities may include:

• Transporting children to therapy and attending when appropriate

• Listening carefully to therapists’ instructions

• Taking organized notes about recommended exercises or strategies

• Keeping therapy notes and materials organized

• Communicating instructions and updates to parents and caregivers

• Helping incorporate therapist-assigned strategies as directed

• Tracking what should be practiced between appointments

• Sharing relevant observations with the parents

The nanny will not act as a therapist or create treatment plans. The family needs someone who can observe, document, communicate, and follow professional instructions accurately.

Private-Service Mindset

The family’s preferred mindset is:

“See it, own it, handle it.”

The nanny should notice what needs attention, take appropriate initiative, anticipate upcoming needs, communicate with the household team, and complete tasks without repeated reminders.

If a child finishes eating, the kitchen is reset. If a uniform is stained, it is addressed promptly. If supplies are running low, the nanny notices before they run out. If an activity is scheduled for the next day, the necessary clothing and equipment are prepared in advance.

The nanny should leave the children, their belongings, and the spaces they use clean, organized, and ready for what comes next.

Working Within a Staffed Home

The nanny must work respectfully and collaboratively with the family’s caregivers and household professionals.

The successful candidate will:

• Communicate clearly and professionally

• Respect established roles and reporting structures

• Collaborate without competing with or unnecessarily directing colleagues

• Understand the difference between taking initiative and overstepping

• Raise concerns appropriately

• Respond well to feedback

• Adapt to changing family needs

• Follow responsibilities through to completion

Experience working in a staffed private home is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of professional nanny or private-family childcare experience

• Professional experience supporting neurodivergent children

• Experience with elementary and/or middle-school-aged children

• Experience completing child-related household responsibilities

• Excellent organization, communication, documentation, and follow-through

• Ability to prepare healthy meals and snacks

• Excellent personal hygiene, discretion, and professionalism

• Valid driver’s license and excellent driving record

• Strong professional references

• Ability to pass background and driving-record checks

• Comfort driving extensively and managing multiple schedules

• Flexibility for weekends, early mornings, evenings, split shifts, and occasional 40–50-hour weeks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a staffed private household

• Fluency in English and Spanish

• Extensive neurodivergent-care experience

• Experience coordinating with therapists, educators, and caregivers

• Occasional travel flexibility

English/Spanish fluency is highly preferred. The family would value someone who can naturally incorporate Spanish into the children’s daily routines. Candidates must also communicate professionally in written and spoken English.

Compensation

$38–$48 per hour, depending on experience, qualifications, and language proficiency

The position includes 40 guaranteed hours per week, with occasional weeks reaching approximately 50 hours. All applicable overtime will be paid according to employment law.

The ideal candidate is warm, engaged, organized, dependable, discreet, and service-oriented. They will anticipate needs, maintain excellent communication, create consistency for the children, and help the boys develop greater independence.