Welcome to The Nanny Nest,

We’ve created a way to celebrate the best in the

Nanny world – as it just doesn’t happen enough.

For too long the Australia nanny community has worked

mainly behind closed doors in isolation.

The Australian Consortium Of Nannies (TACON) was originally conceived in 2001 to support nannies, guide parents and provided information to government bodies and the media. In the past three years, it’s founder Marina McHutchison took time out to focus on her own family. Now it’s time to jump back into the sandpit and have some fun.

Thanks to the internet – there is so much more that TACON can offer and create. We’d love to extend a HUGE thankyou to all those who have welcomed TACON back with open arms – to read emails from nannies saying that TACON had helped them to be a great nanny in the past has made us realise just how important TACON is in our industry.

The first of our new ventures is The Nanny Nest. If you’d like to contribute to the magazine in the future – please get in touch – there’s room for all

Marina and the team at The Australian Consortium Of Nannies.

Hello Advertisers, Would you like to be in The Nanny Nest? TACON offers you the fabulous opportunity to

promote your business directly to the Australian nanny market. As you can see from the Kids Style Hub page – we offer you a generous space to promote your business. There has never been this type of publication available before and such a terrific rate too. Yes we know it’s worth more than this – but TACON doesn’t just look after nannies and parents – we also help support the businesses that keep this industry moving.

So if you’d like your own page – please forward a Jpeg file 466 wide by 670 high pixels to Marina kidzbizz@bigpond.com and we’ll invoice you for $33 – our special offer for our launch issue. Alternatively, you can send us images and text and we can create the ad for you – contact Marina to discuss costs. The quarterly magazines will be hosted on ISSUU.com and our website – they will be available for years to come.

As each of our issues have a theme (the first being the ‘Who’s Who’ issue) they will often be looked back upon by those discovering the magazine for the first time in the future. So don’t delay – Deadlines are 10th November for the Launch Issue 10th January for the February Issue 10th March for the April Issue

Contents of The Nanny Nest Theme – The Who’s Who of the Nanny World.

Nanny Interviews ~ Parent Interviews

Agency Interviews

Nanny Related Businesses

Industry News

Employment Information and Contacts

Communicating with Parents

Importance of Play

Activities

Places to Go

Nannies Health and Well being

Keeping House

First up we speak to Sharon, this fabulous nanny has been working for the past 10 years, having wonderful opportunities to

work in the USA, Sydney, London and now her home town in Victoria. She’s

been working for her current family for some time now, she has her hands full

with two sets of twins and a school aged child to care for.

Like many nannies, Sharon always knew she wanted to work with children, but in

what way she wasn’t entirely sure.

How did you become a nanny? On graduating from High School I saw a brochure for ‘AuPair in America’ so I went along to the info night, loved what I heard and applied to the program. In

less than a month I was accepted and had families contacting me to work with them. I chose a family with 5 children and spent a year with them in Connecticut, and had the best time of my life! From this I decided to continue along this career path for quite a few years. What do you like most about nannying?

I love being able to be so involved in a child’s life (or children in my case), and becoming such an important part of the families lives. The rewards you get from the children, such as a simple smile, hug or when they learn to say your name is just amazing!

TIPS FOR NANNIES

Be honest, be flexible and come prepared with a bag full of fun

educational activities for the children

TRAINING I hold a Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education, my Degree has helped me in planning more appropriate activities for the children. It has also helped me pick up on behaviour issues and special needs in the family (one child has mild Aspergers, that I picked up on) My Degree isn’t so important in my Nanny role at this point as I have been with the family for almost 5 years, however I am

positive if I had to find a new Nanny role my Degree and experience would definitely be a positive for other families. I also teach Kindergarten p/t, so my Degree is more for that than the Nanny role. I undertake continuous Professional Development courses on topics such as behaviour management, Early Years Learning Framework and First Aid related courses (CPR, Anaphylaxis, Emergency Asthma Management)