Job title: Turkish-Speaking After-School Nanny in Chiswick, West London

Job Description

The Opportunity

A professional young family in Chiswick, West London, is hiring a Turkish-speaking after-school nanny to join the household from September 2026. The role is part-time during term-time and full days during school holidays, salaried year-round. You will care for the family's young daughter through the after-school window: pick-up from her Chiswick school, walk home, tea or early supper, active play, bath, and bedtime. The household already has a housekeeper who covers the day; this is a dedicated after-school nanny role for the right experienced career nanny.

About the family and the household

The family is a professional young couple in Chiswick. Both parents work during the week; one or both occasionally work from home, but daily care of their daughter in the after-school window sits with the nanny. The household is calm, warm, organised, and quiet. There are no other children, no pets, and no live-in staff. A housekeeper already covers the household during the day. This nanny role is purely the after-school window from pick-up to bedtime, with full-day cover during school holidays.

One parent is Turkish-speaking and one is a native English speaker. The family would like their daughter to grow up bilingual, with day-to-day Turkish exposure that she does not currently get at school or elsewhere. The reality of the household, though, is that daily communication runs in English. Their daughter understands Turkish but answers in English. The English-speaking parent is the primary communication partner for scheduling, household matters, and the daily handover. The right nanny is therefore genuinely bilingual: fluent in Turkish for the child's sake, and native or near-native in English for everything else. Excellent English is non-negotiable, not a "good enough to get by" requirement.

The family also values someone who is integrated in British family life and culture. Their daughter goes to a Chiswick school, has British school friends, follows British school routines, and operates in a British family context. The right nanny is comfortable with all of that and does not have to be taught how it works.

Why this role

This is a stable, long-term part-time role for the right career nanny. The family is not looking for someone passing through. They want to build a multi-year working relationship with one nanny who knows their daughter, their routines, and their family. The hours are deliberately compact: someone who can be fully present in the after-school window and who has the rest of her day for her own life.

Joining now also means coming in at the moment their daughter is settling into school for the first time. The after-school routine is being built around what she actually needs as the term unfolds. The right nanny will help shape that rhythm and grow with the child as she goes through her early school years.

Key Responsibilities

Daily care and the after-school routine

  • Walk to the Chiswick school for pick-up at around 3:30pm.
  • Walk the child home safely and calmly.
  • Provide a light tea or early supper. The family is happy to agree whether the nanny cooks fresh or warms something prepared. Either way, the standard is real, nutritious food, not snacks.
  • Bath, story, and bedtime. Get the child ready for bed and settled in good time.
  • Tidy her belongings and her room after the day. Leave the house cleanly handed over at the end of the shift.

Active play, learning, and Turkish exposure

  • Active play in the home, garden, or local parks. The default after-school window is movement, fresh air, and conversation, not screen-time.
  • Activities such as swimming, ball games, soft play, gym sessions, or local children's classes where appropriate. The weekly rhythm is agreed together.
  • Genuine, natural Turkish conversation with the child throughout your time together. Singing, reading, playing, naming things, telling stories. This is the simplest and most effective way for her to keep her Turkish alive.
  • Reading at bedtime in both languages, with the choice of book agreed by what she is enjoying that week.

Household coordination

  • Handover from the housekeeper at the start of the shift, and to the parents at the end of the shift. Brief, written or verbal, covering what she ate, how she was, and anything notable.
  • Liaison with the parents during the day on schedule changes, small messages, and any logistical adjustments.
  • Care for the child's belongings, clothes, school bag, and small items so that things are not lost across the week.

Requirements

Must-haves

  • Native or fluent Turkish. Confident speaking Turkish naturally with a small child, not as a stilted language exercise. You can sing nursery rhymes, tell stories, name foods, play games, and have a real back-and-forth with a child in Turkish.
  • Native or near-native English, written and verbal. This is non-negotiable, not a "good enough to get by" requirement. You will speak English with the English-speaking parent every day, and increasingly with the child, who answers in English.
  • Fully integrated in British family life and culture. Comfortable with the British school system, British social norms, and the way British families approach early childhood. You understand how a British primary school day works, what an after-school routine looks like here, and what the unwritten rules are.
  • Proven experience caring for children aged three to six, including school pick-up and the after-school routine. This is not a step-up from babysitting; the family is hiring for confirmed career-nanny experience.
  • Genuine warmth and patience. Calm, kind, present. The child should look forward to seeing you each afternoon.
  • Active and willing. The after-school window is play, parks, swimming, and activities, not screens.
  • Living in West London. Chiswick, Acton, Hammersmith, Ealing, or somewhere within a thirty-minute door-to-door commute.
  • Up-to-date paediatric first aid certificate, or willingness to obtain one before starting.
  • Enhanced DBS check, or willingness to obtain one before starting.
  • Right to work in the United Kingdom.
  • Checkable references from comparable private family roles.

Strong advantage

  • Norland, NNEB, or other recognised childcare qualifications.
  • Driving licence. Not required but useful for the occasional rainy-day errand or wider activity.
  • Experience with children entering reception or starting school: knowledge of the tiredness, the social adjustments, the routines that work in that first year.

Working in this household

The week runs in a steady rhythm. School day, school pick-up at around 3:30pm, afternoon and evening with the nanny, bedtime by around 7:00 or 7:30pm, and parents back from work. Saturdays and Sundays are generally family days. Occasional Saturday daytime or weekday evening babysitting can be agreed in advance, with paid hours at the same gross hourly rate.

During school holidays, roughly thirteen weeks a year, broken across half-terms, Christmas, Easter, and summer, the role extends to full days. Typical pattern is 10:00am to 7:30 or 8:00pm Monday to Friday, depending on the week and what activities the family has planned. The salary is paid year-round so the nanny has stable income, and the rhythm of the holiday weeks is agreed together as they come.

The household is small, calm, and uncluttered. The nanny is the consistent adult presence with the child in the after-school window. The family expects that relationship to be the centre of the role.

Practical Information

  • Start: September 2026.
  • Days: Monday to Friday. Some flexibility for the right person; occasional Saturday or evening babysitting agreed in advance and paid at the same gross hourly rate.
  • Hours during term-time: 3:00pm to 7:30 or 8:00pm.
  • Hours during school holidays: Full days, typically 10:00am to 7:30 or 8:00pm Monday to Friday.
  • Salary: £18 to £22 gross per hour. All-year salaried; equivalent annual figure agreed at offer based on the agreed rate.
  • Location: Chiswick, West London.
  • Live-out only.
  • Driving licence preferred but not required.

Application Process

Please note: due to the volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who are successfully shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of submitting your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.