Child Day-Care employment contract

Nanny Share Employment Contract UK

Name: Nanny Share Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: child_day_care_shared_nanny_nanny_share_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define coordinated childcare across two households with clear employers, schedules and decision-making.

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This contract includes Care for identified children under agreed schedules. Coordinate routines activities and collections. Manage authorised shared expenses and travel. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
Content owner: HRHeaven employment documentation team
Review standard: UK employer template review, versioned clause logic and preview before payment

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Job description

Clear role overview and key responsibilities.

Probation period

Clear probation terms for the selected arrangement.

Role-specific duties

Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.

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.

Before you create it

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Practical checks to help an employer choose the right starting point and prepare the information the document needs.

When to use this contract

Coordinate coordinated shared childcare, deliver balanced family routines and costs, and deliver clear two-family handovers.

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

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering employers children locations and hours. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering pay holidays sickness and family changes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering routines travel expenses and equipment. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering privacy authority conflicts and termination. 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 change cost allocations, favour conflicting instructions, share private family information or add children without joint authority. 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 employer and payroll structure
the children locations and schedule
the pay cost and expense allocation
the joint decision and privacy rules
the holiday sickness and exit arrangements

Day-to-day operating brief

What Shared Nanny (Nanny share) work looks like in practice

A Nanny Share arrangement involves caring for children from two households, together or on separate parts of the week. The employment contract should identify employer structure, work locations, children, combined and single-family hours, pay and allocation, holidays, sickness, expenses, travel, equipment, food and allergies, parent instructions, decision conflicts, home access, privacy between families, termination by one family and changes when children or schedules differ.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Care for identified children under agreed schedules.
Coordinate routines activities and collections.
Manage authorised shared expenses and travel.
Protect each family's privacy and property.
Record health changes costs and handovers.

A realistic working scenario

One family asks the nanny to add a regular activity that conflicts with the other child's routine and budget. The nanny seeks a joint decision rather than favouring the household where care is taking place.

Outputs to agree

coordinated shared childcare
balanced family routines and costs
clear two-family handovers

Records and evidence

Family child location and schedule.
Activity collection and parent instruction.
Expense allocation mileage and purchase.
Health conflict incident 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 change cost allocations, favour conflicting instructions, share private family information or add children without joint authority.
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

employers children locations and hours
pay holidays sickness and family changes
routines travel expenses and equipment
privacy authority conflicts and termination

Information the employer should prepare

the employer and payroll structure
the children locations and schedule
the pay cost and expense allocation
the joint decision and privacy rules
the holiday sickness and exit arrangements

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Shared Nanny (Nanny share) 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

Care for identified children under agreed schedules.
Coordinate routines activities and collections.
Manage authorised shared expenses and travel.
Protect each family's privacy and property.

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 employers children locations and hours. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering pay holidays sickness and family changes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering routines travel expenses and equipment.

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Shared Nanny (Nanny share) clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

Shared Nanny (Nanny share) duties

Coordinate coordinated shared childcare, deliver balanced family routines and costs, and deliver clear two-family handovers.

Care for identified children under agreed schedules. Coordinate routines activities and collections. Manage authorised shared expenses and travel. Protect each family's privacy and property. Record health changes costs and handovers.

Builder answers

What the contract builder captures

Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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Specific clauses

What is added to the finished contract

The nanny cannot change cost allocations, favour conflicting instructions, share private family information or add children without joint authority.

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 employers children locations and hours.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering pay holidays sickness and family changes.

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Employee handbook bundle

Shared Nanny (Nanny share) Contract + Employee Handbook Bundle

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