Tools for Agencies

INA offers many useful tools that nanny placement agencies can use to enchance their businesses.

These include:

• The Nanny/Family Agreement is the best nanny employment negotiation tool available. You will find this employment agreement to be very thorough, professional and well organized. It is truly a great tool for your agency to use to help families negotiate a professional relationship with nannies! Ten of the most respected agencies in the United States contributed to writing this document

• The INA Nanny Basic Skills Exam is a tool that can be used by placement agencies to assess a nanny candidate's basic child care knowledge. The INA Nanny Basic Skills Exam is a 40 question timed, multiple-choice exam that is available to be taken online. The exam addresses health, safety, nutrition, professionalism and child development. INA Member Placement Agencies may purchase individual exams at a reduced rate or a one year license that provides them with up to 150 exams.

• The INA Nanny Credential Exam The exam was authored by leading child care experts and sets a tangible bar for nannies to prove themselves as top quality professionals. The INA Nanny Credential Exam is a 90 question multiple-choice timed exam that is available to be taken online. The exam is designed to test a nanny's practical knowledge of child care.

• A Nanny for Your Family was developed to help prepare parents for employing a nanny. A Nanny for Your Family explains the benefits of in-home child care, explores the role and responsibility of a nanny and employer including financial and legal obligations.