The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses is a non-profitable organisation that exists to support and advocate the rights of its members in their work environment.

PANN provides leadership in education and encourages the establishment of comprehensive training opportunities to enable its membership to reach their full potential.

PANN provides the expertise needed to direct its members efforts towards compliance with all relevant laws and regulations regarding the provision of safe, quality childcare.

Nannies can and do provide a professional and flexible level of care and education to children in the family home. However, under current legislation there is no registration of nannies or regulation of nanny agencies, thereby creating confusion, bad practice and non-accountability. Therefore there is a need for both of these schemes to be implemented, which would provide a level of measurability, whereby nannies and nanny agencies can be judged against accepted standards. This will raise the profile of nannies in society and afford them a status on a par with other carers, such as childminders, teachers, and nurses. It will also ensure that children cared for in their own home are offered the same protection as those cared for in all other childcare settings.

Goals of the National Working Group
In furtherance of its mission, PANN has formed a National Working Group. This provides a forum to identify, analyse and develop nationally accepted strict criteria for nannies to work to, enabling them to become better equipped to provide the children in their care with a good standard of care and education.

We aim to:
Establish a professional code of practice for all nanny agencies, ensuring they meet with their legal obligations and duty of care for both the nanny and the employer. Parents seeking a nanny through an agency will be assured that every possible check has been performed regarding their overall suitability, to ensure their children will be cared for in the most professional manner. The nanny will be fully trained and possess the skills appropriate for the child/children’s age group, ability and or special needs.

Lobby Government to introduce legislation requiring ALL childcarers to be registered and monitored throughout their careers and ALL nanny agencies to be regulated following the best practice identified by the Group.

If you need further information, please email info@eden-nannies.co.uk