How to find a nanny or babysitter

Find A Babysitter makes seeking child care easy

Welcome to Find A Babysitter – Australia’s leading child care job site helping parents locate nannies, after-school carers and babysitters. With just the click of a button you can access a wonderful range of child care providers just right for your family’s needs.

Here’s how it works

Are you a babysitter or nanny? Register for free to apply for babysitting and nanny jobs today!

Why is Find A Babysitter so popular?

Find A Babysitter is the largest, most effective and affordable way to find a babysitter or nanny for your family in Australia. We are proud to be the Australian market leader, giving you a quality site with a range of helpful features. By using Find A Babysitter :

• QUALITY & RESULTS: You have access to a quality site that delivers results. Find A Babysitter has helped over 25,000 parents find the carers they need, with an 88.8% success rate (see our testimonials!) since we started in July 2005.
• SIZE: You can access the largest database of babysitters and nannies nationwide, so you are sure to find a carer for your specific needs.
• MORE FOR YOUR MONEY: You get 3 powerful methods to find the right carer. The broad database of nannies and babysitter to email. The job posting feature that lets applicants contact you directly. And notification alerts as new carers join in your local area. The job posting feature includes your job being listed for free on MyCareer.com.au reaching a greater number of carers.
• UP-TO-DATE: You can choose the most up-to-date carers listed (plus we 'retire' any carers who don't log in regularly).
• RATINGS: You can use our Ratings System, to gain and provide feedback on babysitters and nannies so you can identify the gems easily.
• CUSTOMER SERVICE: You get timely, helpful customer service. We respond to all calls and emails promptly to ensure the site works for you.
• INNOVATION: We continually enhance the Find A Babysitter site to ensure we bring you the best web-site possible. We believe in being innovative and continuously improving our site. We always welcome suggestions or feedback, please feel free to contact us with your input!
• AUTHENTICITY: Behind the scenes Find A Babysitter is run by Fairfax Media (see About Us for more info). This brings a professional focus to ensure the site gives you great results!
• AWARD WINNING SITE: Find A Babysitter won the 2008 National Telstra Business Award for Micro-business, confirming the quality and credibility of the site as an Australian business. (see In The Media for details)

For more information about Find A Babysitter, please review our Frequently Asked Questions (for parents).

Your success stories

We have helped thousands of Australian parents find perfect nanny or babysitter for their family. Here’s what they had to say:

"Can I just say what an excellent website this is. Incredibly useful and easy to navigate, and includes everything you need to help in the process of finding a nanny. Thank-you." - Amy (Coorparoo, QLD), October, 2009.

"In under a week we have met some wonderful nannies and chosen a lovely girl to look after our baby boys.Thank you for your website...it is amazing! Not many things are simple when you work and have a young family, though this website was a relief and has made the emotional and difficult decision of finding someone suitable to look after our treasure, easy and simple! Thank you!!" - Tamsin (Prahran, VIC), June, 2009.

"This is the 2nd time I have used your website to find a babysitter, and was successful and happy both times. As you know, there is a real lack of good ways to find one and your website has overcome this. This is a brilliant idea, and I am telling my friends about your website, keep up the good work." - Zsuzsoka (Fisher, ACT), March, 2009.

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