Full-Time Nanny Search

We find full-time candidates who fit your needs - and your hopes. Smart Sitting nannies and sitters are experienced and proactive caregivers ready to handle the day’s duties and build an environment in which your children can truly grow into their best selves. 

We support and lead the process, from outlining job descriptions, recruiting and getting to know candidates to assess their fit with your family, through to helping you hire your ideal nanny and manage the employment relationship. All this to let your family skip the confusing parts and get straight to the extraordinary experience that lies beyond.

As the only nanny agency offering a weekly 20% or 18% one-time no-commitment investment after placement, we make it easy for you to move forward and hire your ideal nanny with confidence.

• Phone consultation with personal Family Specialist and family needs assessment

• Crafting job description and benefits to attract ideal talent

• Recruitment team conducts personalized search for your position

• 3 pre-screened candidates handpicked for your position

• Family Specialist arranges interviews and trials

• Assistance in crafting work agreement and setting up payroll 

• Short-term and fill in nannies available via our Always On: Babysitting Backup Care Program ($249 registration)

• Rate negotiated based on location, experience, and requirements of position

• We help you consider transportation reimbursements, health insurance stipend, and PTO as part of preparing a competitive offer

• Convenient payroll setup through our partnership with HomePay if desired

• Thorough county, national, and federal background checks run upon successful hire for ultimate reassurance

• 1:1 Dedicated Family Specialist available for ongoing support

• General support also available 365 days per year

• Short-term, fill in nannies available

• Service premium based on nanny's gross income: 20% per week or 18% one-time fee for a no-commitment way to ease into a working relationship or of nanny's annual income, family’s choice

• $499 search engagement credited back to families opting for placement option within 30 days of hire

• Continued support for nanny within the Smart Sitting network, including professional development, valuable information, and a strong community

Part-time Nanny Search

Looking for a part-time nanny who challenges and enriches your children’s lives through creativity and learning?  Smart Sitting has helped busy families find after-school and part time nannies for over a decade, and we know how to find the dedicated, reliable nanny who will be the right fit for your family’s needs. We support and lead the entire process – from a personalized search, to screening, interviewing, and hiring candidates, then helping to manage the ongoing nanny-family relationship.

Consistent. Exceptional. Part Time. We figured it out.

Families looking for consistent part-time care have long struggled, torn between hiring a reliable full-time nanny and frantically piecing together childcare week to week. Thanks to years of knowing families, understanding nannies, and honing our process, Smart Sitting has unlocked the key to long-term, part-time consistency in an arena where no other agency has.

As the only nanny agency offering a weekly 20% or 18% one-time no-commitment investment after placement, we make it easy for you to move forward and hire your ideal nanny with confidence.

• Phone consultation with personal Family Specialist and family needs assessment

• Crafting job description and benefits to attract ideal talent

• Recruitment team conducts personalized search for your position

• 3 pre-screened candidates handpicked for your position

• Family Specialist arranges interviews and trials

• Assistance in crafting work agreement and setting up payroll 

• Short-term and fill in nannies available via our Always On: Babysitting Backup Care Program ($64 per month or $350 annually)

• Rate negotiated based on location, experience, and requirements of position

• We help you consider transportation reimbursements, health insurance stipend, and PTO as part of preparing a competitive offer

• Convenient payroll setup through our partnership with HomePay if desired

• Thorough county, national, and federal background checks run upon successful hire for ultimate reassurance

• 1:1 Dedicated Family Specialist available for ongoing support

• General support also available 365 days per year

• Short-term, fill in nannies available

• Service premium based on nanny's gross income: 20% per week or 18% one-time fee for a no-commitment way to ease into a working relationship or of nanny's annual income, family’s choice

• Continued support for nanny within the Smart Sitting network, including professional development, valuable information, and a strong community

Always On: Flexible Babysitting & Backup Childcare

As a parent, you know that all forms of childcare are indispensable. With Always On, we create a trusted, pre-screened care team for your family and cover you when your regular childcare option isn’t available and if you’re generally looking for flexible, trusted support.

We’ll connect you with trusted, talented, fully screened childcare professionals with the skills to hit the ground running, simplifying the entire process by hiring and managing their employment details and costs on your behalf. Registered families easily submit a request and secure their favorite sitters via the Smart Sitting Booking App.

• Initial phone consultation an ongoing support with personal Family Specialist 

• Family needs assessment

• Pre-screened candidates selected who fits current need and ongoing evolution of a tried-and-true roster of babysitters your family has come to love

• Access to our booking app, which makes booking and managing sitters a breeze

• Curated placements

• Easily fulfill your childcare needs while Smart Sitting handles all details related to the nanny’s hire

• $64 per month for occasional and back-up care via our booking app, or annual option for $640 per year

• Hourly rate includes caregiver rate, employment costs, and worker’s compensation or option to compensate caregiver directly

• Timesheet management and automatic deductions processed weekly via ACH or credit card

Our promise is your peace of mind.

Caring for your children is a responsibility we take seriously — which is we ensure only the top nannies are in our network. In fact, we accept only 6% of applicants - looking for candidates who not only have childcare experience, but know how to make every day with children an experience. Smart Sitting attracts a diverse and talented community of childcare providers, and we’re proud to bring together the best of the best for the families we support.

Our work doesn’t end once you’ve found a great nanny that you and your kids love. We provide caring, ongoing guidance throughout your childcare journey, helping you confidently navigate your role as employer with open lines of communication, expectations, and understanding. By bringing our decade + of experience working with nannies in New York and across the country to our consultations, we can adapt to the changing childcare needs of your family while providing trusted consistency in our support, stability, responsiveness, and reliability. Plus, we love what we do. That’s our real promise.