Have you ever wanted to become a nanny or babysitter? Are you looking for a way to increase your income by taking a part time job? Do you want to become a professional caregiver? These are only some of the reasons that would push anyone to become a babysitter as some people look at it as a main job and some take it as a part time job to make some money. Whatever the reason is, you will have to be up to par with the standards of the babysitting career so you can apply for babysitting jobs with confidence. It might come as a surprise to a lot of people but the babysitting job now has standards and qualifications that you will have to acquire before being able to work as a professional nanny or a babysitter or caregiver for children.

Some might wonder, what are these qualifications? In order to apply for the nanny jobs with confidence you have to be experienced and a registered child minder. You also have to have an education degree in Early Childhood Development. Although having the degree is not a must, but having it will allow parents to trust you with their children. Apart from showing experience and knowledge, it will show parents that you are dedicated to babysitting and that you look at it as a career which means you are taking it seriously.  Some babysitters work alone and some of them prefer to work with an agency. Working with an agency means more steady work, health insurance and other benefits. Babysitting agencies are becoming very popular in Australia, especially in the city of Brisbane. The reason behind that is that Brisbane is a very busy city with a high population. Being a part of a Brisbane agency will allow you to find nanny jobs Brisbane easier. Some nannies work a few hours each week but the more committed nannies who take it as a professional career can work up to sixty hours per week.

When the word nanny is mentioned, people automatically think of an old woman that looks like Mary Poppins which can’t be further from the truth. The truth is that a nanny can be a young woman who just graduated high school and travelling the world or a woman who is married with children. Although most nannies are females, there are male nannies and in fact, male nannies are becoming more popular these days.