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To make your life less complicated, CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® locates qualified care-providers through our network of affiliations and referrals. We then thoroughly interview and completely screen each candidate. This process includes thorough background checks to assure that only the highest quality care providers are sent to you for your personal selection. click any service listed to learn more |
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has been helping families employ In-Home Care Providers since 1991.
We are happy to provide you with references and details of our search and interview processes. Our purpose is to help you to create a safe, convenient and nurturing home environment for your family. |
"So, what does a Nanny do?"
With CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS, the question becomes "what do you need your Nanny to do to provide proper care for your children and make your life easier?"
It all starts with the JOB DESCRIPTION you provide us... We begin by taking the time to understand the specific details of your needs. Our search and screening is then based upon your criteria. The candidates we refer to you for consideration will all have a clear understanding of your needs and be pre-qualified to work with your family.
Above all else, the primary responsibility of a Nanny is the HEALTH, SAFETY and WELFARE of your children. It is customary for a Nanny to plan age appropriate activities that teach, enlighten and engage your children as well as to tend to the preparation of children's meals, care for the children's laundry and tidiness of the children's personal areas and possessions. Beyond that, a Nanny may very well be open to taking on additional responsibilities within your household. It is not unusual for a Nanny to grow in to the position of "Household Manager".
Successful relationships are built on a clear understanding of expectations. With over eighteen years experience in this area, and the combined resources of the International Nanny Association (INA) as our standard, Childcare Solutions creates a comprehensive agreement between you and your Nanny that stands as the foundation of a long-term relationship.
The customary contract for a full-time Nanny is for one year. We have many care-providers who have remained with the same family for four, five, even eight years (and counting!).
LONG TERM CARE
Full-Time and Part-Time Care
A full-time Nanny is engaged to provide child care in your home on a contract basis. Situations typically involve a work week of 40 or more hours, Monday through Friday. However, we are seeing many full time positions that now involve 10 hours per day, 4 days a week. Both live-in and live-out situations can be accommodated. A situation of less than 37 1/2 hours per week is considered PART-TIME.The advantage of working with CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® is that we provide you with pre-qualified referrals that meet your specific requirements. Our candidates have been pre-screened for both eligibility and suitability for your specific and unique circumstances. This saves you an enormous amount of time and energy. You will interview only qualified candidates that meet your specific search criteria, selecting a care provider most appropriate for your family's personality and needs.
Once you have interviewed and selected a care provider, CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® assists you in making an offer of employment and helps you through the maze of considerations: Compensation, Benefits, Insurance, Tax related issues and Payroll.
When a Nanny has accepted your offer of employment CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® works with you to create a list of job responsibilities and then brings you together with your new Nanny to draft a "Parent-Nanny Agreement". This employment contract becomes the blueprint of your ongoing relationship woth each other. Together, we clearly define job responsibilities, hours, compensation, benefits and expectations. By placing everyone's expectations in writing, we help avoid misunderstandings later and help ensure a long term relationship.
Live-In Au Pair Care
Is a professional Nanny more than you need? Do you have older children and need only morning and afternoon/evening assistance? Do you want to expose your family to cultural diversity? Can you acommodate a "live-in" young adult?If so, a foreign exchange student, or "Au Pair", may be the perfect solution for your family. Authorized by the U.S. Department of State to live with a U.S. "Host Family" for a period of one year (or more), an Au Pair from Asia, Europe or South America can provide your family with up to 45 hours per week of child care assistance in exchange for room, board and a weekly stipend of under $200.
Learn more about the U.S. Authorized Agent Au Pair program here.
SHORT TERM CARE
Often a family finds that they need help with child care for a specific period of time. This need is common when a baby first arrives in the home or work circumstances demand a temporary change in schedules. CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® can help you find the right care provider to care for your children during this period - usually 4 to 12 weeks - on either a part-time or full-time basis.
Our short-term care-providers go through the same background check process as our permanent care providers and quite often have many years of experience with infants and toddlers. The key to success is matching your specific needs with the talents, skills and flexibility of of the right Nanny.
CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS NANNIES-ON-CALL service allows you to cover those times when in-home child care is needed for a short period of time - often with little notice. Whether it's a planned event, or an unexpected emergency - we're there when you can't be.
Certified DOULA CARE
A Doula will help you with a variety of activities so that you and your family can welcome your new baby into your home in a loving and gentle manner. It is customary to engage a Doula for a period of 4 to 8 weeks. A Doula helps ease the stress of transitioning with her skills, experience and training. Doulas are trained and certified by DONA, the Doulas of North America (www.dona.org). Doulas provide you with their expertise in a variety of areas, including:
- Post Partum care, adjustment and education
- Pampered care and respite for the new mother
- Assistance with breast feeding
- Newborn and sibling care
- Light housekeeping and meal-time assistance
For a care-provider to be eligible to register with CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS they must be able to provide us with two years of verifiable references detailing their prior child care experience. You may then also interview each of the references and document their comments. Speaking to parents who convey their first-hand experience with a candidate is critical in determining a care-provider's suitability for a particular type of position. In our experience, there is no better way to gauge a care-provider's qualifications.
Before you - as member client - even choose which candidate(s) to interview, this documentation along with a complete background criminal history check and driving record check are provided to you for your own review and consideration.
Our interviewing, screening, social security number trace and criminal/driving records search services are also available on a fee basis should you wish to perform a background check on a care-provider candidate you have solicited on your own.
Customized
Corporate Sponsored
Dependent Care Programs
The Single Most Cost-Effective Employee Benefit A Company Can Provide.
As an HR professional, you know first hand that attracting and retaining the best employees is paramount to your company's long-term success. A Corporate Sponsored dependent care program of benefits from CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS will help your organization become "FAMILY FRIENDLY" and at the same time increase the overall productivity of your staff.
By helping you keep your employees on the job, CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS® can:Imagine the benefit of never again losing your lead I.T. Manager, Head Nurse, or Project Leader for the day due to an unexpected child care need. Reduce postponed and rescheduled meetings; Keep all of your departments running at 100% efficiency - and reduce the stress on your employees.
- Increase productivity of individual employees
- Increase overall productivity of a department
- Keep mission-critical services and projects on-track and uninterrupted
- Help you attract, recruit, and retain employees
- Prevent the loss of valuable employees due to personal dependent-care problems
- Reduce both employee "sick days" and "personal days" as well as the loss of productivity associated with them
Our Corporate Sponsored Dependent Care programs are uniquely designed to save your company far more than the annual costs of the program... reducing employee down time, and increasing productivity. As an additional benefit to your company, your organization may be recognized and publicized as being "PROGRESSIVE" and "FAMILY FRIENDLY".
We can help you accomplish all of this - and we can even help you provide these benefits without incurring any additional liability.
More and more companies are seeking out preventative care benefits that ultimately increase employee productivity, reduce employee absenteeism, enhance corporate life and are cost-effective and easy to implement and maintain. CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS can help with any or all of the following needs:
- Staffing Referrals for In-House Day-Care Centers
- Emergency "On-Call" back-up child care for employees
- Special Event Child Care
- Regularly Scheduled Event Care
- Part-Time and Temporary in-home child care
- Guest child care (for recruiting or V.I.P.s)
CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS works with some of the most well known organizations in the Greater Cleveland area, as well as employees of:
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- University Hospitals
- Metro General Hospital
- The Cleveland Browns
- The Cleveland Cavaliers
- The Cleveland Gladiators
- General Electric
- Jones-Day
- Squires, Sanders & Dempsey
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church
- First Unitarian Church
- Temple Israel
- B'nai Jeshuran
- Progressive Insurance
- and many others...
We would be pleased to help you design a dependent care benefits program that meets the needs of your employees and your company. Please contact us to schedule a time when we may meet with you to evaluate how our programs may best serve your organization.
Email Us Telephone: 216-831-7333
Assisted Living Facilities Are Not The Only Option
We apply our search and matching skills to provide personal care referrals for seniors who need IN-HOME help and companionship.
Our experience and personal service can help seniors remain independent in their own home. Allow us to help you locate the ideal companion and care provider.
Non-medical Companion Care allows aging seniors to remain safe and cared for in the comfort of their own home.
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All Rights Reserved. Last Updated Nov 2008