Lemonjelly
Professional Nanny and Childcare Agency
Babysitting
Would you like a child free evening out?
Do you have a special event planned?
Or a work commitment to attend?
Lemonjelly childcare agency provides a trusted local babysitting service to parents in and around Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, for those who are looking for a regular or a one-off babysitter.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our babysitters. Responsible, caring, and fun our professional babysitters can come to your home, hotel or event venue, they will look after your children giving you peace of mind to enjoy your evening out.
Lemonjelly takes away the stress of childcare, as our agency ensures that all our babysitters have undergone an extensive interview and reference process, hold a DBS (CRB) check and have completed first aid training.
Please complete our online booking form – we recommend that you only use our online form for advance bookings (4+ days). If short notice please Call 07847 922483
We will then allocated a babysitter, provide them with your details and confirm the details with you. In the case of a re-booking we will do our best to secure the same babysitter however we cannot guarantee this.
Please note: our babysitting service only applies to evening babysitting from 7pm. If you require daytime care please contact us so we can arrange the right care for you and your family.
Fees
Agency fees: £15.00 per booking
Babysitter fees: Rates vary from £9 – £14hr, it will be confirmed with you at the time of booking.
Booking Terms
- Where babysitting takes place at a hotel / venue the babysitter must be located in the same room as the child/ren, i.e. they cannot sit outside the room with a monitor.
- Babysitting is regarded as taking place between the hours of 7pm and 3am, if your required hours are outside these time please contact us.
- For the safety of your children, we adhere to strict adult/child ratios.
- The babysitter is booked to look after the children detailed in your confirmation – it is at the sitter discretion to agree, if asked to look after other children.
- We kindly ask that you ensure we have all the requested information about your children so you can leave with the peace of mind your nanny has everything they need.
- The duties of a babysitter are to undertake the bedtime routine of the children, to entertain them through quiet play, stories, board games and TV time (if permitted) and to supervise the children at all times. No domestic duties.
- Lemonjelly must be made aware of any medical conditions or additional needs the children have at the time of booking in order to provide a suitable babysitter.
- Should the babysitter arrive and be informed that any of the children are unwell, they have the right to cancel the booking, – please remember that our sitters work with children and some have their own. They will not want to become ill themselves or risk passing anything on to other children.
- Where a babysitter has been booked for a specific amount of time, they should be paid for that time even if you arrive home early, any extra hours should be agreed on the night with your babysitter and will be payable at their hourly rate.
- All rebooking’s should be arranged though Lemonjelly. We kindly request you do not contact your nanny directly in relation to new bookings.
Cancellations
- If possible please provide 24 hours’ notice when cancelling bookings.
- Booking Fees are none refundable.
- However, we understand plans change and that 24hr notice cannot always been given, in such events we kindly request a goodwill gesture of 3 hours salary to be paid to us for your babysitter.
We have used Jo at Lemonjelly for many months now for childcare for our 14 month old son Leo – whether at short notice, special requests or last minute changes, Jo always manages to come up trumps time and again! We never have to worry as the quality and professionalism of all the sitters we’ve used has been superb. If you’re looking for an easy one stop shop for experienced and friendly childcare with all the calling round taken care of and peace of mind when away from your child, give Jo a call!
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