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The things parents, babysitters and nannies keep asking us, written out properly. No sign-up, no email gate.
Getting started
Babysitting jobs for teens in Sydney (2026)
How old you have to be to babysit in NSW, where a 16-year-old's first jobs actually come from, what to charge, how to get home, and what your own parents will want to know.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 12 min read
Getting started
How to become a nanny in Australia (2026)
There is no licence to be a nanny. What there is: a Working With Children Check you must hold, a first aid course worth doing, an award floor for the pay, and a first role to land. The order to do it in.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 6 min read
Getting started
Babysitter resume: what to put on it, with a template
How to write a babysitting resume in Australia: the three lines a parent actually reads, how to put babysitting or nanny work on a resume for another job, and a one-page template to copy.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 8 min read
Hiring
Find a babysitter in Sydney: where to look, and what to check first
Where Sydney families actually find casual babysitters, what each route does and does not check for you, and the order to do things in so the first booking is not the first time you meet.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 7 min read
Getting started
How to become a babysitter in Australia (2026)
What you actually need to start babysitting, in NSW and state by state: the age question, when a Working With Children Check is required and how to get one, which first aid course to do, and how to land the first job.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 11 min read
Rates
How much should I charge? A guide for Sydney babysitters and nannies (2026)
Where Sydney babysitting and nanny rates sit in 2026, how to price three kids against one, and the legal floor once the work turns regular.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 6 min read
Rates
What a nanny costs in Sydney (2026 guide)
What Sydney nannies ask per hour, and why the hourly rate is not what the arrangement costs you. Super, tax and leave sit on top of it when you employ someone directly.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 8 min read
Hiring
How to find and hire a nanny in Sydney
Finding a nanny is a hiring decision, not a booking. Where to look in Sydney, what to check, and what to put in writing before the first day.
Matt Lewandowski · Updated · 6 min read
Safety checks
Questions to ask a babysitter before the first booking
A Working With Children Check is the part somebody else can verify for you. Everything that matters after that, you have to ask about yourself. The questions worth asking, and what a good answer sounds like.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 7 min read
Rates
Babysitter rates in Sydney (2026 guide)
What casual babysitters around Sydney charge, and what moves a rate up or down. Agree it before the first booking rather than at the front door.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 10 min read
Safety checks
How to check a babysitter's WWCC (NSW parent's guide)
Anyone can verify a NSW Working With Children Check for free in about two minutes. What you need before you start, and what each result means.
Kelly Lewandowski · Updated · 8 min read
The law
Babysitter vs nanny: what NSW law actually requires
A privately arranged babysitter in your own home doesn't legally need a Working With Children Check. A nanny does, and you're the one expected to verify it. Where the line sits, and why.
Matt Lewandowski · Updated · 4 min read
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