As a nanny, you need to be self-sufficient, happy in the company of children, flexible, adaptable, tolerant, organised, knowledgeable, thick-skinned (at times), loving, practical and good humoured in the face of adversity!

You are a skilled professional whose day to day work often involves working long hours with no lunch breaks and very often with little adult company.

At bestbear we recognise your skills and want to offer you a place to share your thoughts and worries, your good days and bad days!

Why not use this website to get to know other nannies? Sometimes nannies can feel isolated in their work, especially when they are newly qualified or they have moved to a new area. We have chat rooms where you can talk to other nannies and pick up useful tips and exchange information. If you have questions to ask, then our experts at bestbear will try their best to answer them for you.

The agencies on this site have been selected because they meet high standards. At bestbear we recognise that it's just as important for nannies as it is for parents to go to a reputable agency. After all, you need to know that you will get a good job based on you as a person, with people that you will get on well with. We think it is important that agencies try to match nannies with their clients, so that nannies and families do not spend time in fruitless interviews where their needs are not well-matched.

Does this sound important to you? We would like to hear from you - what do you want from an agency? What are your favourite agencies? Are they on our site already, and if not, why not tell us about them? Email us at feedback@bestbear.co.uk.

We shall be adding more and more information to this site that will be aimed at you, because we know how important you are. So watch this space, and of course, tell us what you would like to see!!