Subscribing as a Nanny or Babysitter

 Who can subscribe as a nanny?

  1. Professional nannies who travel to the child's own home to provide childcare
  2. Individuals who provide childcare in their own home for only one other family (see "I am providing childcare in my own home")
  3. High school & college students who provide childcare in the child's own home (see Subscribing as a Full-Time Student)
  4. Postpartum doulas who provide childcare and support after the birth of a baby in the child's home (see Subscribing as a Doula)

How can I find a job as a nanny or babysitter on Berkeley Parents Network?

Subscribe to BPN as a nanny.  It is $35 for one year (it is free for full-time students.)

Once your subscription is approved, you will be able to post about your availability every 30 days in our listing "Nannies & Sitters Available."  You will also have access to read posts from parents who are currently looking for childcare. All new posts are included in the weekly Childcare newsletter which is mailed every Sunday.

What are the benefits of purchasing a subscription?

Your nanny subscription allows you to:

Is it worth it to subscribe? Here is what one nanny recently told us:

"I found a wonderful job with a wonderful family through Berkeley Parents Network and have signed a 2 year contract! Woo hoo! In my opinion, BPN is the best place to find high quality jobs. Thank you!"

How do I subscribe?

Click 'subscribe' in the upper right corner of our website, or go directly to the subscribe page for nannies.  BPN uses Paypal to pay for subscriptions.  Please read Paying for a BPN Subscription for information about how this works. Your subscription will expire after one year and you will have the chance to subscribe again if you wish.

I am a parent who is offering childcare

You do need to purchase the $35 nanny subscription even though you are a parent (or grandparent).  Your parent subscription is free, but you can't use it to offer paid services of any kind to other subscribers, per BPN's policy about Advertising and Self-Promotion. The only way to offer paid services such as childcare on BPN is to purchase a community subscription.  Click here to purchase a nanny subscription. 

NOTE: If you use your free parent account to contact other subscribers to offer paid childcare, and you have not purchased a nanny subscription, your parent account will be disabled until we receive a paid subscription from you. BPN relies on paid subscriptions to cover our operating costs so we can keep subscriptions free for parents.  It's also not fair to the hundreds of nanny subscribers who have paid $35 to post, if people can subscribe for free as a parent and then look for a childcare job by messaging people privately. Therefore when we do discover that private messages offering childcare have been sent from a parent account, we disable the account and we don't activate it again until we get a nanny subscription from that account. 

I am providing childcare in my own home

If you care for children from more than one other family, you must be licensed as a home daycare, and BPN cannot accept your nanny subscription. See Subscribing as a Daycare for information about purchasing a daycare subscription. For information about the daycare license, see About Childcare Licensing in California.  You do not nead a daycare license to care for children from only one family in your home.

I am providing childcare at a park or other site that is not someone's home

Childcare that is provided anywhere other than in the child's own home is required to be licensed as either a daycare or preschool. BPN cannot accept a nanny subscription from you in this case.  The only exception is care you provide in your own home for only one other child besides your own.

Do I need to subscribe if I only want to read postings from parents looking for a nanny?

Yes. You will need to subscribe as a nanny if you want to view postings from parents who are looking for childcare. 

Can parents post reviews of me?

Yes, we accept reviews from parents that you have worked for if they are BPN subscribers. Nanny reviews are published on our website for 30 days, and they can be viewed by parent subscribers who are looking for a nanny.

Can I use my account to post about friends and family members who babysit?

No.  Your account is only to post about your own services.  Your friends and family members should purchase their own subscription. Your subscription will be terminated if you use it to post about other people.