The step-by-step handbook for your first day in a family home from the interview to the handover, one topic per page, drawn

How to walk in knowing what to ask, what to record and what to do in an emergency — without piecing it together from a hundred different tips 62 illustrated pages.

PDF guide for private nannies in England · 62 illustrated topics

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62illustrated topics, one per page
9parts: interview to first aid
2free bonus books included
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This Is What the Pages You Will Study Look Like

Designed to read on your phone while you're in the family's kitchen, or to print and keep in your bag.

Experience, a hard situation, first aid, DBS: answer each with a date or a real example.
Experience, a hard situation, first aid, DBS: answer each with a date or a real example.
Stair gates, window restrictors, blind cords, button batteries, magnets, cleaning products.
Stair gates, window restrictors, blind cords, button batteries, magnets, cleaning products.
Before every outing: 8 items, from water and wipes to charged phone, contacts and care plan.
Before every outing: 8 items, from water and wipes to charged phone, contacts and care plan.
Photos and privacy: nothing on your social media and nothing shared without the parents' agreement.
Photos and privacy: nothing on your social media and nothing shared without the parents' agreement.
Floppy, hard to wake, struggling to breathe, non-fading rash or a fit: call 999.
Floppy, hard to wake, struggling to breathe, non-fading rash or a fit: call 999.
Severe allergic reaction: swelling, breathing difficulty, sudden drowsiness, call 999
Severe allergic reaction: swelling, breathing difficulty, sudden drowsiness, call 999
Under one: back blows, chest thrusts, two-thumb compressions. Over one: abdominal thrusts, one or two hands.
Under one: back blows, chest thrusts, two-thumb compressions. Over one: abdominal thrusts, one or two hands.

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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 62 topics.

You know children. What's new is this family's house rules — laid out in the order the day runs.

You've looked after children for years. But in someone else's home, with someone else's rules, every small decision feels bigger: who's allowed to collect the child? What do you write down if he bumps his head?

You've watched videos, read blog posts, saved lists. Each one says something different. And none of them tells you what to do first when the parents walk out the door.

Stair gates, window restrictors, blind cords, button batteries, magnets, cleaning products.

This page is Room by Room: the Safety Walk. Stair gates, window restrictors, blind cords, button batteries, magnets, cleaning products — each one drawn, each one in its place.

You open it on your phone and walk through the house before the family leaves. Nothing to memorise. Everything to check.

The order was always there. It just hadn't been drawn for you yet.

Money you didn't expect to lose

A family lets you go after the trial day because you didn't ask the right questions up front. You start the search again — another week with no income.

Hours spent searching for answers that don't match

You find a choking video for adults, then one for babies that uses a different method, then a forum post that contradicts both. Three hours gone, still not sure.

The moment you go blank

The parents are watching. The child is crying. You can't remember if you're supposed to call them first or call 999. That doubt follows you home.

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SEE THE DIFFERENCE

The same topic, studied two ways

THIS
  • Scroll through a parenting forum for advice on choking — half the replies are for adults
  • Screenshot a list of allergens from one website and hope it's the UK list
  • Try to remember what you read last night when the child goes quiet in the other room
Where a child presents with swelling of the lips, face, tongue or throat, hoarseness, wheezing, difficulty breathing, sudden drowsiness, floppiness, confusion or collapse, the carer should suspect a severe allergic reaction, call 999 without delay stating 'anaphylaxis', and use the child's prescribed auto-injector promptly as its instructions and the individual allergy plan direct. The child should be kept lying down; where breathing is difficult, the shoulders may be raised carefully. The child must not be allowed to stand or walk. The carer should not delay emergency treatment in order to contact the parent or person with parental responsibility, and should be familiar with the child's prescribed emergency kit and allergy plan before any reaction occurs.
FOR THIS
  • Revise baby choking before your shift or alongside a practical course, with baby and child techniques clearly separated.
  • See all 14 allergens on one page, with the label terms drawn next to each one
  • Revise the warning signs before a shift. If a child is floppy, hard to wake or has a non-fading rash, call 999 now; do not stop to consult the book.
Severe allergic reaction: swelling, breathing difficulty, sudden drowsiness, call 999
CONTENTS

Take a Look at the 9 Parts and 62 Topics

Nine parts in the order the job happens: from the interview and the agreement, through daily care, play, safeguarding and illness, to baby and child first aid on separate pages, with checklists at the end.

IThe interview and the agreement · pp. 5-11
  1. How to use this book: ask, prepare, do, record, get help
  2. Nanny, childminder or au pair: what you actually are
  3. The questions to ask at the interview
  4. The questions you may be asked
  5. The trial day: what to watch in the first hour
  6. The contract and your written statement
  7. Your papers: DBS, first aid certificate and references
IIThe first day and the home · pp. 12-18
  1. The handover before the parents leave
  2. Emergency contacts and authorised adults
  3. The address card by the phone
  4. Room by room: the safety walk
  5. The kitchen: heat, knives and hot drinks
  6. Water in the house
  7. Pets, visitors and the front door
IIIDaily care · pp. 19-27
  1. The daily routine, written down
  2. Bottles and making up formula safely
  3. Meals, weaning and choking hazards
  4. Allergies: the 14 allergens and reading labels
  5. Safe sleep for babies
  6. Naps and bedtime for older children
  7. Nappies, potty training and hygiene
  8. Bath time
  9. Medicines: consent and recording only
IVPlay, behaviour and outings · pp. 28-34
  1. Development at a glance: under one to five
  2. Tantrums and refusals
  3. Boundaries agreed with the parents
  4. Before you leave the house
  5. Roads, the school run and holding hands
  6. Car seats: what the law says
  7. At the park and in crowds
VSafeguarding and records · pp. 35-41
  1. What safeguarding means for a nanny
  2. Signs that something isn't right
  3. Who to tell and when
  4. Photos, social media and privacy
  5. The daily log
  6. Recording an accident or incident
  7. The end-of-day handover
VIIllness and when to get help · pp. 42-46
  1. 999, 111 or the parents: who to call
  2. A high temperature
  3. Warning signs in a poorly child
  4. Vomiting, diarrhoea and keeping fluids up
  5. Asthma and individual care plans
VIIFirst aid: baby under one · pp. 47-53
  1. Before anything: danger, response, shout for help
  2. Baby choking: back blows
  3. Baby choking: chest thrusts
  4. Baby not breathing normally: rescue breaths
  5. Baby CPR: compressions
  6. Holding a baby who is breathing but unresponsive
  7. Burns and scalds on a baby
VIIIFirst aid: child over one · pp. 54-61
  1. Child choking: cough, back blows, abdominal thrusts
  2. Child not breathing normally: rescue breaths
  3. Child CPR: compressions
  4. The recovery position for a child
  5. Severe allergic reaction: what to look for
  6. Bumps to the head
  7. Cuts, nosebleeds and minor injuries
  8. Fits in a child
IXReview and checklists · pp. 62-66
  1. The interview checklist on one page
  2. The first-day checklist on one page
  3. Baby and child first aid side by side
  4. The most frequent first-week mistakes
  5. Keep revising: your hands-on course and refreshers

Sixty-two illustrated topics, each with its own page

Every page holds a single part of the job. Clear written steps walk you through each procedure, with age-specific decision diagrams so you know which protocol to follow. A short box underneath holds the rule. Nothing to dig for across chapters.

Before every outing: 8 items, from water and wipes to charged phone, contacts and care plan.

This page is Before You Leave the House: changing bag, water, snacks, wipes, spare clothes, charged phone, contact card and the child's care plan.

Use it to check the essentials before each outing, together with the child's individual care plan.

Look once, check it off, get back to the children.

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Here Is What You Get with Ready for the Family: Nanny Handbook:

Ipp. 5-11

The interview and the agreement

The interview, trial day, contract and references: questions to prepare and points to clarify with the family.

IIpp. 12-18

The first day and the home

The first handover, emergency contacts, the address card, and a room-by-room safety walk through the whole house.

IIIpp. 19-27

Daily care

Bottles, meals, weaning, the 14 allergens, safe sleep, nappies, bath time and recording medicines — the daily routine, written down.

IVpp. 28-34

Play, behaviour and outings

Development by age, tantrums, boundaries, the outing checklist, roads, car seats and the park.

Vpp. 35-41

Safeguarding and records

What safeguarding means for a nanny, the signs to watch for, photos and privacy, the daily log and the end-of-day handover.

VIpp. 42-46

Illness and when to get help

When to call 999, 111 or the parents, high temperature, warning signs, vomiting and asthma care plans.

VIIpp. 47-53

First aid: baby under one

Baby first aid on its own pages: choking (back blows, chest thrusts), rescue breaths, CPR with two-thumb compressions, and burns.

VIIIpp. 54-61

First aid: child over one

Child first aid on its own pages: choking (abdominal thrusts), rescue breaths, CPR, recovery position, allergic reactions, head bumps, cuts and fits.

IXpp. 62-66

Review and checklists

The interview checklist, the first-day checklist, baby and child first aid compared side by side, and the most frequent first-week mistakes.

And That Is Not All: 2 More Books, Free

The Nanny Scenario Workbook

BONUS 1: «The Nanny Scenario Workbook»

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Practise the moments that catch new nannies out, with 'what would you do?' situations and model answers that point back to the right page of the handbook.

Daily Log & Handover Cards

BONUS 2: «Daily Log & Handover Cards»

Value on its own: US$ 14.90

Keep every day organised with printable record sheets and quick-glance cards for handover, contacts and the most frequent mistakes in the first weeks.

Ready for the Family: Nanny Handbook + 2 Free Books

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  • BONUS 2: Daily Log & Handover CardsUS$ 14.90
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Is this for you?

Starting your first nanny job

Starting your first nanny job

You've been offered a role or you're going to interviews. You want to arrive knowing what to ask, what to prepare and what to record — without guessing.

Changing career into childcare

Changing career into childcare

You've worked as a teaching assistant, a carer, or you've raised your own children. You know how to look after kids — but someone else's home has different rules, and you want them all in one place.

A family hiring a nanny

A family hiring a nanny

You've just hired someone to look after your child at home. You want to give her a clear, illustrated handbook that covers handovers, emergency contacts, first aid and daily records from day one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a printed book or a digital file?

It's a digital PDF. You receive it by email and you can read it on your phone, tablet or computer. You can also print it at home and keep it in your bag or in the family's kitchen.

Can I read it on my phone?

Yes. Every page is designed to be clear on a phone screen, with one topic and one drawing per page.

Where does the PDF arrive?

PDF by email, to the address you enter at checkout.

Is this written for England?

Yes. It's written for private nannies working in family homes in England. The first aid pages follow the Resuscitation Council UK 2025 guidelines and St John Ambulance advice, and the safeguarding pages follow the current edition of Working Together to Safeguard Children (England). It does not cover Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Does this replace a first aid course?

No. It is revision material to use alongside a hands-on paediatric first aid course. It does not certify competence and does not replace professional training or medical advice.

I've raised my own children — won't it be too basic?

It's not about whether you know how to care for children. It's about knowing what to ask, agree, record and do in someone else's home, with someone else's rules and someone else's child. The handbook puts that in order.

Is this an official qualification or certificate?

No. It's an illustrated study guide. It doesn't give you a qualification, a certificate or an Ofsted registration. Joining the voluntary Ofsted Childcare Register as a nanny is a separate process, done directly with Ofsted.

Do I pay once or is it a subscription?

A single payment at checkout. Nothing renews and you won't be charged again.

Can I print the bonus books too?

Yes. The two bonus books are also PDFs. You can print the scenario workbook, the daily logs and the handover cards and use them on paper every day.

One Last Thing Before You Decide...

Open it on your phone before the parents leave on Monday.

Every topic is drawn, in order, on its own page — check it off and get on with the day.

The interview, the first morning, the safety walk, the handover, the first aid: it's all here.

Open it on your phone before the parents leave. Everything you need to ask, prepare, do, record and check — one topic per page, drawn.

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