Mothers Helpers - How to Find and Interview a Mother Helper
Every parent
knows how hard it's to be manage your family's life when so many
day-to-day ongoing tasks are involved – house hold tasks and
responsibilities, kid's morning pack and school transportation, kids
after school activities and much more. When both
parents are working
full time you might consider
hiring a full time nanny. But when one
of the parents is working part time or not working at all still
managing these tasks can be much easier when an extra person is
around. In this case a possible solution is hiring mothers helpers.
Who
are Mothers Helpers?
A person who can
fit this profile can probably be a teenage girl who lives near and
looking for a part time job to save some money. She can be the one
who will be in charge of your kids and you're the house hold tasks.
On top of being your right hand around the house, she can also be
the "older sister" for your. In this case it may possibly be you
don’t need an older person to help you around. A young energy full
of life teen can the perfect solution you are looking for.
Mothers helpers - How to interview
After finding two
or three candidates you need to choose the right one for you and
your family. There are two important matters you need to take under
consideration – (1) you will spend a lot of time with this person,
sometimes managing together stressful situations. There for you must
feel very comfortable with her. (2) This person should responsible
enough to leave her alone with your kids. If you have the smallest
doubt in this matter then she is not a person to consider, no matter
which other virtues she has.
Here are
some
questions to ask mothers helpers candidates:
(1) Why does she
is interesting in working in this job?
(2) What is her
previews experience?
(3) Can she
describe her role and responsibilities in her previews job?
(4) Can she tell
a little bit about her own family?
(5) If she will
have some free time with the kids, what kind of activities she will
choose?
There are many
other possibly questions you can ask mothers helpers when you
interview them. Think of the things which are mostly important to
you and your family and try to figure out which is the person who is
answering most, if not all, of your needs and requirements.
The Helper's Duties and Responsibilities
After choosing
the right helper for you family you need to set the right
expectation of what the helper's responsibilities should include. If
you wish to have a long and healthy relationship with your new
helper you must set the right expectations, first of all from your
self and then from your new
helper. These
tasks and duties
should be
clear to both sides in order to prevent future misunderstandings.
Take a moment
to think what would be your expectations a childcare provider from
the family you suppose to work for. As an employee you probably have
a pretty good idea what you would like to have from your employer
including personal relationship, salary and benefits, household
duties and more.
* Popular
variations for Mothers Helpers:
mothers helper,
mother helper,
a mothers helper.
