Babysitters in The Levels

Not enough babysitters near The Levels have published a rate yet for us to give a local range, and we would rather say that than make one up. Across Sydney, casual babysitting generally runs between $25 and $40 an hour. Agree the rate before the first booking. We never take a cut, so what you agree is what the babysitter is paid. What moves a babysitting rate.

Nobody near The Levels has said they want regular ongoing work yet. Everybody listed here is listed for casual babysitting. A nanny needs a Working With Children Check and you are the one expected to verify it, which is not true of a casual babysitter. Nannies in The Levels lists the ones who said yes.

For one child, almost never. Centre-based day care is charged per child and drops again with the Child Care Subsidy, while a nanny you hire privately is paid in full and charges for the household rather than per child. The picture changes with more children: at two or three children the nanny rate does not move, so it pulls level or ahead before the subsidy, and where it lands after depends on your own subsidy rate and on the hourly cap. How much a nanny costs in Sydney, and what sits on top of the rate.

It depends on how the work is arranged, and each state sets its own rule. In SA the check is called a Working With Children Check, and regular ongoing care is far likelier to need one than the occasional evening. Whoever needs one, the parent is the one expected to see it. SA has no register a family can search, so ask for the outcome letter from their Screening SA account.

The badge means we checked their ID and their WWCC ourselves, with the register in the state that issued it, not that they ticked a box.We do not check references, first aid certificates, or years of experience. Those sit on a profile as the babysitter’s own claim, and are labelled that way. The full list of what we check. The questions to ask a babysitter cover the rest.

Browsing is open to everyone: every profile, rate, and availability grid is public with no account. To send a message you sign in with your email address. You arrange the booking, the rate, and payment directly with the babysitter — we are an introduction service and we are not part of that arrangement. How to find a babysitter in Sydney is the longer version.

Yes, for everyone. Every profile is public with no account, and messaging needs only an email sign-in. Babysitters stay free permanently: we do not charge a listing fee or a membership, and we take no commission on what they earn. Why the site is free.