FAMILY ASSISTANT

Necessary Nannies offers a recruitment and screening process for Personal Family Assistants.

Personal family assistants can be responsible for a wide range of domestic duties, depending on what the family’s needs are. Typically, though, those who are filling family personal assistant job positions can expect to assist in caring for children.

Core family assistant responsibilities may include:

Preparing children for school
Making meals for the children
Driving children to school, games, and appointments
Laundering clothes and other household chores

From a child development standpoint, a family assistant might tutor children in school subjects, teach a child how to read, or exercise and play with children after school.

NANNY | FAMILY ASSISTANT SIMILARITIES

Like nannies, family assistants are responsible for managing basic domestic duties. These might include:

Loading and emptying the dishwasher (or hand washing dishes)
Removing garbage and recyclables
Caring for pets

UNIQUE FAMILY ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES

Family assistants live both in and outside of the home. Depending on your needs, Necessary Nannies will work with you to find the right help for you specific situation. The family assistant role differs from a traditional nanny in that an assistant generally takes on more organizational responsibilities. Family assistants tend to have a more active role in managing the household than a nanny typically does. Many family personal assistant job positions require applicants to possess specific skills, such as experience with computers or dictation.

In addition to child care duties, a family assistant might:

Complete the family’s grocery shopping or personal shopping
Write emails
Answer the phone
Receive guests
Make appointments
Make travel arrangements
Make reservations
Pay bills
Plan events
Provide project management

See "Our Process | Screening" page for additional information.