Domestic workers may usually be divided into housemaids and nannies (or au pair girls). This gives you some opportunities, like these three household examples, when employng them:

A = Housemaid, only. Housemaid even carries out some childcare worktasks.
B = Nannies, only. Nanny even carries out some non-childcare household chores.
C = Housemaid and nanny. Housemaid does all household chores except childcare, which nanny does.

But what happens when the child or children grow older and learn how to better take care of themselves (without new children coming) in household:
A. Housemaid continues her work, with less childcare. Easy. But:
B and C. Does nanny finally, if not fired before, becomes just a housemaid in household B? And does household C gets two housemaids instead.

It seems like a nanny who stays with a child during its growth ends up as a housemaid 10 years later, if she doesn't leave her employment before that.

I don't know what you are asking. A nanny who is a licensed, educated, bonded nanny is just that and nothing else.

If she CHOOSES to also be a cleaning person or maid, then that's her choice.

I think you are generalizing in a situation where there are no stastics. In fact, this sounds like a College discussion topic.

I will add that not everyone who provides child care IS a nanny. Some are glorified babysitters.

Two years ago you were concerned about uniforms for nannies - https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/other-careers/uniforms-nanny-517063.html

Far from all referred to as nannies are educated, but rather some more childcare-oriented housemaid.

So what is your question?

Far from all refered to as nannies are educated, but rather some more childcare-oriented housemaid.


What is your source of this information?

What is your source of this information?

And more importantly, why are you posting it. This is a Q&A site. The purpose here is to ask for help with an issue. I see no issue or request for help.

It seems to me that there's no "automatic" change of job description. If one is hired to be a nanny, and nanny services are no longer required, then it would be polite for the employer to ASK the nanny whether she would consider staying on in another capacity. But it's not a necessity to do so. As in any job, when one's services are no longer required, the job no longer exists, and the employee is released from whatever contract was agreed upon. If the nanny is already doing housework, she may want to stay on in that capacity, but if she was hired strictly as a nanny and another person was hired as a housemaid, then the nanny and the employer need to work out between them the best arrangement. It would not necessarily hold true that the employer would need to keep both the nanny and the housekeeper on staff or that the nanny would be thrilled with a change of position.

Many nannies will stay with the families as such till the children are well into latter teens. There is no one way it is done.
Many just move on to another family as kids grow older.