Babysitting and Nanny Jobs in Elsternwick VIC

Hi there! We have a 6 yr old boy and 9 yr old girl… Mum and Dad have busy work schedules and need a little help!

We’re looking for a friendly, reliable babysitter to help us out one afternoon a week (likely Wednesdays if that works) — picking the kids up from school at 3:30 pm and hanging out with them until about 6:30 pm (timing negotiable).

We live about a 5–10 minute drive from the school. The job involves collecting the kids, supervising homework, creating a fun/relaxing afternoon vibe, preparing simple snacks or dinner, and a bit of light tidying of kid-related chaos. The job may involve taking kids to activities, so a reliable car and safe, confident driver is important.

Some weeks, we might ask if you’re free for an extra afternoon, an occasional date night, or a few hours on the weekend.. especially when one parent is travelling for work.

We are a family in Elsternwick with a 3-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter looking for a self-motivated helper to take the mental load off us. We need someone who notices what needs doing and handles tidying and meal prep independently without step-by-step instructions.
NOW – EARLY 2027
3 hours/week (flexible day/time)
*Meal Prep:Independently plan, organise ingredients for, and cook at least 1 family meal per week.
* Occasional Babysitting:~1 session/month. Our son is slow to warm up to new people, so we want to start building a gentle relationship now so he feels comfortable with you before kinder pickups start next year. Must be comfortable managing both baby and toddler routines.

FROM FEBRUARY 2027
6 hours/week (Wednesdays & Fridays, 3:00–6:00 pm)
Schedule (Wed & Fri)
3:00–4:00 pm: family dinner prep + clean kitchen
4:00 pm: Kindergarten pickup for our 3-year-old
4:00–6:00 pm: Bring him home, engage/play, and complete family dinner prep
About You
* Proactive, self-directed, and reliable.
* Experienced with babies and toddlers, with thoughtful ideas on how to gently connect with a child who warms up slowly.
WWCC and references please

If you naturally look around a home and think, "I see what needs doing — I'll take care of it,"we’d love to hear from you! Please let us know a bit about your experience.

We are seeking an experienced babysitter to manage kinder & after school pick-ups.
Ongoing Tuesday & Thursday’s until 5:30/6pm.
Tuesday is school pick up for 6 & 10yo from Malvern Primary.
Thursday is school for 6 & 10yo plus kinder for 3yo. Dropping 10yo at basketball training
You will need your own car and WWC

Hi there!

Two kiddos (10 & 13). Looking for someone to do school pick up at 3:30pm, some light housework (folding washing, empty lunchboxes, prep lunch for next day, dishwasher etc), preparing dinner for the kids, getting them ready for bed.

Own car preferable (will pay the relevant and calculated ATO petrol rates), but flexible to use our car also if have driving record etc.

Look forward to chatting!

Hi there!

We are looking for a proven babysitter. We are located in Caulfield North and have a 8-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. Both are very calm and easy-going kids. We also have a Cavoodle that is friendly. My husband works from home part-time, so he can be around to support where required.

The day/times we are looking at (some flex) are:
1. Monday - 08:30 to 12:30 - both kids.
2. Wednesday - 09:00 to 17:00 - only the baby girl.
3. Friday - 09:00 to 17:00 - both kids.

Alongside keeping the kids active and looked after as the priority, we’re looking for someone happy to help keep the day running smoothly with light cooking and basic tidying/folding while the kids nap or play.

We are seeking someone with proven experience with babies, and toddlers.

If this sounds like a good fit, we'd love to chat and organise a meet-and-greet!

Warmly,
Lana + Viji

IMMEDIATE START NEEDED - I’m looking for a warm, reliable nanny to help with my three children after school. The role includes school pick-ups, taking the children to occasional sporting activities, helping with reading and preparing or assisting with dinner at home. I'm looking for someone caring, organised and dependable who enjoys spending time with children and can become a trusted part of our family routine.

Nanny / Housekeeper
Position Overview
We are seeking a mature, reliable, and proactive Nanny / Housekeeper to support a busy single-parent household with one 8-year-old child.

This is a varied and rewarding role for someone who enjoys creating a well-organised home environment while building a positive and supportive relationship with a child. The successful candidate will take pride in maintaining a high standard within the home, be confident managing day-to-day household responsibilities independently, and enjoy being an active part of family life.

The ideal candidate will be energetic, organised, hands-on, and possess excellent attention to detail. They will be comfortable balancing childcare responsibilities with household management, meal preparation, and general home support.
Key Responsibilities
Childcare
• School drop-offs and pick-ups as required.
• Assisting with after-school routines and activities.
• Providing a safe, caring, and supportive environment.
• Encouraging healthy habits, confidence, and independence.
• Engaging in active play, outdoor activities, and sports.
• Occasional evening and weekend care when required.

Household Management
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and organised home.
• General light housekeeping and daily household upkeep.
• Laundry, folding, ironing, and wardrobe organisation.
• Monitoring household supplies and proactively restocking groceries, pantry items, and household essentials.
• Running errands as required.
• Taking ownership of household tasks and identifying what needs to be done without direction.
• Ensuring the home is consistently presented to a high standard.

Meal Planning & Cooking
• Planning and preparing healthy, nutritious meals for both adult and child.
• Grocery shopping and pantry management.
• Maintaining a clean, organised, and well-stocked kitchen.
• Managing meal preparation independently and confidently.
• Supporting healthy eating habits within the household.
Candidate Profile
• Mature, responsible, trustworthy, and dependable.
• Active, energetic, and able to keep up with an active child.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proactive and capable of anticipating household needs.
• Comfortable managing a home independently.
• A confident and capable cook who enjoys preparing healthy family meals.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing schedules.
• Warm, positive, and able to build a strong relationship with a child.
• Professional, discreet, and respectful of family privacy.
Essential Requirements
• Current driver's licence and safe driving record.
• Previous experience in nannying, housekeeping, household management, or a similar role.
• Strong cooking skills and experience preparing healthy family meals.
• Working With Children Check (or willingness to obtain).
• Police Check (or willingness to obtain).
• Excellent references.
About the Family
This role supports a single father with full-time care of his 8-year-old son.

His son is active, energetic, and loves basketball. We are looking for someone who can positively engage with him, encourage an active lifestyle, and become a trusted and valued part of the family's routine.

The successful candidate will play an important role in helping maintain a happy, organised, and well-run household.
Hours & Remuneration
• Hours to be discussed.
• Flexibility is essential.
• Occasional evenings and weekends will be required.
• Remuneration will be discussed with the successful candidate and will reflect experience and suitability for the role.

Hi there,

We are looking for a part-time nanny. Whooping cough vaccine within the last five years is mandatory. Roughly 15 hours a week. We'd like someone who is available Monday mornings, Friday mornings and occasional Sundays. Occasional night shifts available as the newborn gets a little older but not required.

We have an 18m old boy and will be welcoming a new baby very soon, so experience with newborns is preferred. Childcare qualifications or previous nanny experience with young babies preferred, and references should be available. At least one parent will be home for most of your shift at the start.

Childcare duties:
Full care of our toddler, and soon our newborn too
Meal and snack prep for the kids
Prepping bottles
Naps, baths, playtime, routines
No screen time

Household duties (while here):
Wash all dishes and put them away
Run laundry, hang to dry when time allows

Driver's license preferred but not essential. WCCC, first aid and up to date whooping cough vaccines are mandatory.

We would look to run some paid trial shifts soon. Pay negotiable depending on experience. Please reach out with any questions.

Mother's Helper Wanted — Busy Family of 5
We're looking for a reliable, warm mother's helper to join our family a few afternoons a week.
Schedule:
- Monday: 4:00–7:00pm
- Wednesday: 4:30–7:00pm
- Thursday: 4:30–7:00pm (flexible/not essential)
Kids:3 — ages 5, 8, and 11
Responsibilities:
- School pick-up on some days
- Driving/walking to afterschool activities
- Serving dinner (prepared in advance) and packing lunchboxes
- Helping the two younger kids with showers and homework
- Playing with our 5-year-old
- General tidying and organizing
What we're looking for:
- Experience with children, patient and energetic
- Reliable and communicative
- Comfortable managing a few kids and tasks at once
- Must be available through the end of the school year/Christmas**, starting from Term 3 — work is available before Term 3 begins for anyone able to start earlier
Pay: Based on experience, to be discussed
Interested? Please reach out with your experience and availability!
Caulfield Location

Looking for someone fluent in Spanish and/or French to look after our 2 boys (aged 4 and 6) for a couple of hours on Friday evenings.

✨ We are looking for a warm, experienced nanny/housekeeper to complement our family and hopefully be with us for the long term, with the potential for the role to grow over time.
We currently have 2 girls aged 5 years and 10 years, and a a new baby on the way due early October
What we’re hoping for:
2 - 3 afternoons per week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday)
Flexible on hours but ideally 12/1pm to 6pm

Help with tasks such as:
- General housekeeping & cleaning/tidying up
- Washing, folding, put away clothes
- Food prep and simple cooking
- Help with my girls, bath time, homework,
- Lunchbox prep, prepare after school snack plate
- Help with newborn baby
- Keeping our home feeling calm and organised

🏡 Home-based role in Caulfield North
📆 Start date flexible when back from hospital with newborn
🌟 Ideally wanting ongoing role with long term commitment
🩷 Warm, nurturing and friendly, can-do attitude
🍼 Experienced with babies
😊 Reliable, trustworthy and professional
WWCC, First Aid/CPR, references and previous childcare/nanny experience preferred. A driver’s licence is also ideal.
Pay: Negotiable

If you’re interested, please message me with a little about yourself, your experience, availability and expected hourly rate. Thank you!

We are a couple in Elwood seeking a professional long-term (1yr+), caring, experienced, proactive and fun nanny for our two boys, 2 and 4. The 2yo is at childcare 2 days a week, and the 4yo is at kinder 2 days of the week.
Schedule: Four days a week, 7:30 am–5:30 pm (40 hrs).
Role: Provide nurturing care and engaging activities & outings, prepare meals, support routines, and light household tasks.
Requirements: Early Childhood qualifications. Experience with toddlers, Working With Children Check, Police Check, driver’s licence, non-smoker, and excellent reliability. Own car and experience with autism preferable but not essential.
We offer: A warm, supportive family. Location is near parks and the beach, with regular hours and a happy, relaxed environment. Rate negotiable based on experience.

From early next year, We are looking for someone to join our family to help approx 15 hours a week on a long term regular basis. We are after help before school approx 715-915am Monday and tuesday, 715-915 on a Wednesday, Thursday afternoon, and Friday afternoon.

Let me know if you have any availability opening up in your schedule !

Would involve looking after my 6 year old girl and 3 year old boy. We would need someone with lots of childcare experience. Daughter has adhd and requires someone who is comfortable with helping with homework and giving medication.

Involves pick ups, drop offs, getting kids ready in the morning, food prep, doing light house work such as kitchen/toy tidying, organizing, laundry and food prep for meals (duties would vary day to day being a mix of these activities) .

Potential for more work going forward. Looking for someone who loves kids and is experienced with kids, who is warm, approachable, happy to do imaginary play and activities with them and is proactive, on time and organized. We would like someone looking to work with a family on a long term Basis :)

Experienced family with Nannies and au pairs happy to provide references for you to chat to

We are based in elwood.

Hi! We are looking for some help for our 19 month old boy. In particular we need someone between 7am - 2pm on Wednesdays and we are also looking for help either Monday or Tuesday afternoons from 2pm -6pm. We are also expecting a baby in a few months time so it would be a bonus if you are looking to take on more work next year and have experience with newborns. Ideally looking for someone who wants a long term role. We are based in Prahran and have a very (very) friendly golden retriever.

Hi - my name is Julian and my wife is Breanna. We live in St Kilda. We live in St Kilda with our two sons Julian "JuJu" Junior (Aged 7 and at school) and Malcolm who will be 3 years old in March 2027. We are ideally seeking part-time care for Malcolm on approximately 3+ weekdays a week (days can be flexible) between 9AM - 12 Midday. Our hope is that in that time you can take Malcolm out for walks, to one of the local parks, which he loves, returning around midday for his nap. Hopefully this is something you'd be interested in:) We can also be reached on 0432487943 if that helps. Best Regards, Julian

~ I'm looking for an immediate start: part-time, casual or contractor babysitter for my 7 year old for my weekday afternoon shifts 1700-1900. Prefer a permanent resident/ citizen or if on a temporary visa, someone who will be based in Melbourne for the foreseeable future
~ Must have WWCC or Police clearance
~ We already have a morning babysitter but will need a morning babysitter from January 2027
~ I am a single mum and a shift worker. My shift is 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off so hours would be 4-12 hours on weekdays. Sometimes Saturdays as well
~ Pickup my son from Teamkids at 1700, clean bathroom/change pee pads for our Chihuahua, put away dry dishes, heat dinner (already prepared), supervise brush teeth, fold laundry if enough time
~ If you have no car, you're welcome to sleepover and I will pay for the hours that I'm away for work
~ School pickup is 24 minutes by tram or 30 minutes' walk from South Yarra to Prahran

~ Here are the absolute minimum hours for October, but usually runs into more hours if you have the availability:
Oct
7 Wed 1700-1900 2.0hrs
8 Th 1700-1900 2.0hrs

15 Th 1700-1900 2.0hrs

23 Fr 1520-2000 4.5hrs

24 Sat 1000-1200 2.0hrs

I can give my roster for this whole year for you to see if my times are suitable. Looking for someone long term, willing to commit to all or most of my required hours.

Looking forward to hearing from you

If you hold any Australian qualification in childcare or education, then through the government initiative: In-home care, I can go up to 42 hours per week

Here are the requirements for an In-home care Educator/ provider
* In Home Care educators are required to be skilled, qualified and dedicated child care professionals.
* The main role of an educator is to provide children with a variety of age appropriate, play-based activities that encourage each child’s development, learning and life skills.

To become an In Home Educator you must hold a relevant qualification in one of the following:
* Certificate III, a diploma or a degree in Early Childhood Education or equivalent qualifications that have a major focus on Early Childhood Education.
Or
* Primary school teaching qualifications of educators registered with state-based Teacher Regulatory Authorities are also deemed as acceptable qualifications
Or
* Certificate III level qualification in a relevant course or be working towards a Certificate III qualification and provide documentary evidence

Additional requirements:
* Be at least 18 years old
* Be an Australian resident, permanent citizen or have the relevant visa to allow employment on a continuous basis for 12 months or more
* Hold a current Nationally coordinated Criminal History Check
* Hold a current working with children check (Blue Card) relevant to the state the family resides in
* Have a current First Aid Certificate HLTAID004 or equivalent
* Have a PRODA number – Register for a PRODA number
* You will need to register with an approved In Home Care Service Provider.

I am looking for a part time ongoing babysitter when required.
Must have WWCC, First Aid and Police check.
Hours will vary based on weekly schedule.
Hourly rate: Based on experience.
Location: St Kilda

Looking for someone to help look after 7.5 month old daughter.
I will be working at home I just need an extra set of hands.
Must be ok with dogs as i have a 2 year ols golden retriever

Hello
We are looking for a full time live in nanny/housekeeper to look after our home, cleaning & care for my 11 year old son DJ.
Location: Brighton, 3186
Regards
Gina

Looking for a Babysitter for Our 10-Month-Old Baby 👶

We are looking for a caring, reliable, and experienced babysitter to look after our little boy, Philip, who is 10 months old.

We are looking for someone available every Friday during the day, as well as occasionally in the evenings during the week or on weekends.

We would love to find someone who enjoys spending time with babies, is attentive and trustworthy, and can become a familiar and caring presence in Philip’s life.

If you are interested, or know someone who might be a good fit, please feel free to get in touch! 😊

Hi, I am looking for a reliable, caring and responsible babysitter/nanny to help look after our two children — a girl who is turning 9 this year and a 7-year-old boy.

We are initially looking for help on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons/evenings, primarily with school pick-up and the children’s after-school routine. Additional hours can be arranged for the right person, depending on availability and our needs.

The role will include:

* Picking up the children from school and bringing them home safely.
* Supervising and assisting with homework and schoolwork, particularly reading and writing.
* Encouraging regular reading and helping them stay organised with their school responsibilities.
* Preparing snacks and light meals for the children when required.
* Helping them follow their usual after-school and evening routines.
* Engaging with the children through age-appropriate activities, play and conversation.
* Assisting with light household duties and general tidying, particularly tasks associated with the children, such as tidying after meals and activities, putting away dishes and keeping their areas organised.
* Encouraging good habits, independence and consistent routines.

We are looking for someone who is patient, dependable, organised and genuinely enjoys spending time with children. It would be particularly helpful to have someone who is confident assisting with primary-school homework, reading and writing and who can provide a warm but consistent approach to routines and boundaries.

A current Working with Children Check, First Aid qualification, driver’s licence and reliable car are required. Previous experience caring for school-aged children and parent references are strongly preferred.

We would ideally like to find someone interested in a consistent, ongoing position who can get to know the children and become a trusted part of their weekly routine. For the right person, there is flexibility to arrange additional hours beyond the regular after-school days.

I’m looking for a nanny Monday, Weds and Fridays. From 10 to 4pm. I’m happy to offer 9 to 5pm if your preference. My son is almost 14 months old and we would like someone that we can rely and loves babies most important and lies interact with babies. We need some casual babysitter out of the nanny hours sometimes. Would be lovely to have someone is flexible. We will let u know in advance if we need it we understand the persons private time as well. Please feel free to contact me and we are locate in brighton.

Hi i m looking for nanny looking after my kids when i am away for work.From 23th Oct to 4Nov .Pick up one kid from school cooking cleaning putting one kids to sleep.send one kid to school at thr morning.

Hi my names Brooklyn, I'm 2 years old and I live with my mummy, daddy, baby sister Riviera and dog Maxi in St Kilda. We are looking for a nanny to come play with me, care for me and take me out on adventures and also help out with my little sister Riviera in the new year, she's currently too small only being 6 weeks old to leave mummy's side.
My parents Teneille and Eddie run their own business and would love someone to come join us and help out x2-x3 days a week! They are flexible with days.
I am a happy, easy going social little guy who enjoys company and someone to create fun with me and keep me safe when my parents aren't around.
I love the outdoors and getting dirty, even though my mum has to do lots of my washing hehe
I recently have had a nanny, for the past year and enjoyed spending time with her, I adapt well to new people.
My mummy and daddy said they would like nannies to apply who are passionate about early childhood development, ideally have studied some form of childcare and have experience looking after young children and have up to date reference checks.
This position is long term, someone I can bond with and get to know and grow together
If this job speaks to you, my parents would love to hear from you!