European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Walt Disney productions Julie Andrews As a Nanny in the title role of the popular movie Mary  America s growing need for nannies byjoe Hanauer United press International Ary Poppins would have no trouble getting a Job in new York or in most other parts of the United states. In fact English nannies Are being paid $200 to $300 a week plus vacations Home to take care of the children of families where both husband and wife work. And there s a big demand for Home grown nannies trained at the Nanny schools that have sprung up from new Jersey to California. The trend is for women to go Back to the work Force almost As routine and they Are going Back sooner rather than later said or. Daniel Kessler chief of the division of child development new York Hospital Cornell medical school and assistant professor of paediatrics Cornell University. The Nanny is one answer to the problem of at Home care for the infants of working mothers an answer favored by a lot of people who can afford it. Other possibilities include less Well trained caretakers old fashioned babysitters and even that old standby grandma. For those who want a Nanny or a reasonable facsimile she can be found through Domestic employment agencies advertising in the ethnic newspapers of Large cities and networking with other parents and with competent child caretakers in the Park and playground. Top of the Heap May be the nannies who have been tested and certified by Britain s National Nursery examination Board an examining and validating body for 160 colleges in Britain and Northern Ireland that has roots going Back to 1892. It took its present form in 1945. Elizabeth Coles examination Secretary of neb said to earn a certificate a Nanny must pass a two year College program Complete on the Job training at a Nursery Hospital or elsewhere produce written reports on child behaviour and pass a written multiple Choice and essay test. Nannies Are expected to know about everything from clothing and footwear to love and grief. For couples who would rather buy american there Are the products of american Nanny schools that Dot the country from coast to coast. The Sheffield school in Hopewell n.j., is one such founded two years ago by Ellen Sheffield after she had trouble finding proper care for her son Davey now 3, when she wanted to return to her Job at Princeton University. Baby Sitters react. Nannies initiate Sheffield said when asked to define the difference Between nannies and other child caretakers. The Sheffield school one of two Nanny training facilities certified As vocational schools by the new Jersey department of education expects to turn out 50 to 60 nannies this year. Its student nannies come from As far away As Texas and Kansas As Well As from the new York metropolitan area. They take a 400-hour program that includes courses in child development recreational activities tuesday april 15, 1986 theoretical nutrition and meal preparation first Aid and safety health teaching methods communications and More Sheffield said. She said about 40 percent of Sheffield s Nanny class were graduates of two or four year colleges including some registered nurses 10 percent had a year or two of College and the remaining 50 percent were High school graduates. Sheffield runs an employment Agency As Well As the Nanny school and she said there is a waiting list for her graduates. The biggest demand is from dual profession couples followed by single parents particularly widowed or divorced fathers and about 10 percent of our clients Are the absolutely fabulously  her graduates earn $200 to $400 per week and about 70 percent live in. Sheffield said that an increasing number of her clients Are teaming up with two or three families combining resources to hire one Nanny for their children. We have three families in Hillsborough new Jersey who each contribute $110 a week to a Nanny to take care of their three children All of whom Are under 4 years old Sheffield said. That Nanny does not live in but in other cooperative arrangements the Nanny lives at one couple s House but also cares for the infant of another family. Whether a Nanny has graduated from an official Nanny school or simply attended the school of Long time experience she can earn a Good salary. A Good Nanny gets Between $200 and $400 a week with the less experienced women on the lower end of the scale said Derry Grubb director of the Home service Agency in new York City. I be placed nannies up to $600 a week but that s very rare. Most of the women who want Nanny jobs Range in age from their 20s to mid-30s. Most of them come from the Midwest or from Europe England Ireland. Scandinavia. Lately there have been some australians they make excellent nannies by the  he advised would be Nanny employers to look for two primary attributes intelligence and commitment. You should look for someone who is committed to doing this for at least a year he said. Some clients like to extract a commitment for life but that s  or. Meryl Newman Cedar is a new York City paediatrician in private practice who also works in child development at new York Hospital. She has first hand experience in the Nanny finding Field As the working Mother of two children. She believes in the do it yourself method of picking a child s caretaker. I think an Agency is the last resort they Are very expensive and i Don t think they do any better Job in screening applicants than you can she said. I find the Best Way to find someone Good is to talk to friends and see who has what. The next route is talking to the nannies in the Park. Pick people s brains and see who you can find through word of Mouth. Check local bulletin boards. Try advertising in your local newspaper and in ethnic papers like the Irish Echo and the hungarian press and the jewish press. I did that once and i must have gotten 800  a Check of a recent edition of the Irish Echo revealed that 71 out of 82 classified ads for household help wanted involved child care. The Only specific salary offered was $300 a week for a live in Nanny. My advice to parents is to think about exactly what you want in a child care person and write it Down so when you interview Job applicants you have a Standard list of questions instead of just going by the fact that you like someone s looks Newman Cedar said. I think parents priorities have to be for someone who is warm and Loving with the kids and not someone who also will be a fantastic housekeeper. Mary Poppins does t exist people usually Are Good in one area or the other. Get someone else to clean the  she said it is important to hire someone with whom you can communicate and emphasized the need to spell out exactly what you expect from a prospective Nanny never minimize the workload. You need an organized committed person. It is a Good idea to arrange a trial work period with the new person on the Job and the Parent at Home to see How things work out. The stars and stripes Page 13