A wish list isn’t a job description.
If you’re job searching and feel overwhelmed just reading job descriptions, this training is for you.
If you’re already in a hybrid or family assistant role with too much to do and not enough time to do it, this training is for you.
You’re already seeing the problem.
Hybrid and family assistant positions are everywhere, but no one agrees on what those jobs should look like.
Mother’s helper, nanny/family assistant, family assistant, nanny manager, nanny/household manager. The titles are almost meaningless because there’s no standard definition, and the responsibilities are even harder to define.
Families have a long list of what they want someone to handle, often along with expectations like “pitch in,” “see what needs to be done,” or “help whenever needed.”
The real question that few are answering is: can one person do this job successfully, within the time available, at the level the family expects, while still providing the quality of childcare the family needs?
This training will help you accurately answer that question and advocate for yourself with agencies and families.
In this training, you’ll learn the language and strategies you can use to help families understand:
✓why everything on their wish list may not fit
✓how childcare changes the time you actually have available
✓how the level of initiative and autonomy you have in managing responsibilities changes the workload
✓how the same responsibility can create very different amounts of work in different households
✓how the skill level required by the job needs to align with the type of candidate the family wants to hire
✓that when the job is simply too big for one person, something has to give
You’ll learn how to offer options without turning the conversation into a battle over whether the family is asking for “too much.”
About Lora
Like everything else in life, communication is key. I’ve spent decades in the nanny industry and in conflict resolution as a certified mediator, communications trainer, and conflict coach. I infuse that combination of expertise and well-honed skills into everything I do.
Hybrid and family assistant roles have been a significant part of my work for years, from creating and teaching Becoming a Top-Notch Family Assistant, to consulting with families hiring for these roles, to continuing to adapt the A to Z Nanny Contract to reflect today’s market. I’m excited to bring those pieces together in this training: the mechanics of the Sustainable Role Framework, plus the scripting and language that help you bring the framework to life in your job search or employment relationship.