Child Day-Care employment contract

Night Nanny Employment Contract UK

Set safe overnight infant support around active duties, rest arrangements and prompt health escalation.

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Maintain safe responsive overnight care, produce accurate feed and sleep records, and deliver clear morning family handover.

Workplace context: Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering engagement nights hours and status. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering active work rest room and breaks. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering feeding sleep monitoring and health. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering travel privacy baby tasks and handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The nanny cannot diagnose, prescribe, guarantee sleep, change feeding plans or remain solely responsible outside agreed hours. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

  • the baby and engagement schedule
  • the working and rest arrangements
  • the feeding and safe-sleep instructions
  • the health contacts and emergency authority
  • the equipment travel and handover process

Day-to-day operating brief

What Night Nanny (Overnight) work looks like in practice

A Night Nanny supports babies and families overnight through feeds, settling, nappies, sterilising and sleep records. Terms should identify child and engagement period, nights and hours, waking duties, any sleeping or rest provision, feeding instructions, expressed milk or formula handling, safe sleep, monitors, parent contact, illness and emergency escalation, baby-related household tasks, live-in facilities during shifts, travel home, confidentiality and morning handover. Sleep outcomes should never be guaranteed.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

  • Provide agreed overnight infant care.
  • Follow feeding settling and safe-sleep instructions.
  • Maintain bottles equipment and baby supplies.
  • Observe and escalate health concerns promptly.
  • Record wakes feeds nappies and handover.

A realistic working scenario

A baby shows unusual breathing during a night feed. The nanny wakes the parent and follows emergency instructions rather than continuing a sleep routine or offering diagnosis.

Outputs to agree

  • safe responsive overnight care
  • accurate feed and sleep records
  • clear morning family handover

Records and evidence

  • Night start end and active work.
  • Feed quantity sleep and nappy.
  • Equipment sterilising and supply.
  • Health concern contact and handover.
  • Child records.
  • Attendance records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Nursery Manager, Room Leader, SENCO or Early Years Lead. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

  • The nanny cannot diagnose, prescribe, guarantee sleep, change feeding plans or remain solely responsible outside agreed hours.
  • Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

  • Early-years record systems.
  • Learning observation tools.
  • Nursery communication systems.
  • Play and learning equipment.

Workplace context

  • Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Training and certification

  • Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

  • engagement nights hours and status
  • active work rest room and breaks
  • feeding sleep monitoring and health
  • travel privacy baby tasks and handover

Information the employer should prepare

  • the baby and engagement schedule
  • the working and rest arrangements
  • the feeding and safe-sleep instructions
  • the health contacts and emergency authority
  • the equipment travel and handover process

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Night Nanny (Overnight) contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for child day-care work.

Work setting

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Primary duties

  • Provide agreed overnight infant care.
  • Follow feeding settling and safe-sleep instructions.
  • Maintain bottles equipment and baby supplies.
  • Observe and escalate health concerns promptly.

Tools and training to confirm

  • Early-years record systems.
  • Learning observation tools.
  • Nursery communication systems.
  • Play and learning equipment.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering engagement nights hours and status. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering active work rest room and breaks. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering feeding sleep monitoring and health.

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Role wording

Night Nanny (Overnight) duties

Maintain safe responsive overnight care, produce accurate feed and sleep records, and deliver clear morning family handover.

Provide agreed overnight infant care. Follow feeding settling and safe-sleep instructions. Maintain bottles equipment and baby supplies. Observe and escalate health concerns promptly. Record wakes feeds nappies and handover.

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What is added to the finished contract

The nanny cannot diagnose, prescribe, guarantee sleep, change feeding plans or remain solely responsible outside agreed hours.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering engagement nights hours and status.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering active work rest room and breaks.

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Frequently asked questions

Can a Night Nanny sleep on shift?

State whether rest is permitted and when active response is required.

Are all waking hours recorded?

Use clear shift and active-duty records.

Who decides feeding changes?

Parents retain decisions with clinical advice where needed.

Can medicine be given?

Only under parental authority, competence and records.

Does the nanny guarantee sleep?

No; the role provides responsive support, not guaranteed outcomes.

Who provides a room?

Describe safe rest, privacy, bathroom and meal arrangements.

What happens if a baby is unwell?

Wake parents and follow urgent medical procedures.

What is handed over?

Feeds, sleep, nappies, observations, supplies and concerns.

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