What Types of Child Care Services Does A New England Nanny Provide in the Capital Region?

A New England Nanny is a household employment agency serving New York's Capital Region since 1991. Its child care offerings cover four main arrangements: full-time or part-time live-out nanny care, nanny shares, babysitting, and after-school tutoring. The agency also provides senior care, housekeeping, corporate backup care, and hotel and event care, but this article focuses on the child care side. If you are a family in the Capital Region looking for ongoing or occasional child care, the service descriptions below tell you which arrangement matches your situation.

Child Care Services at a Glance

Full-Time and Part-Time Live-Out Nanny Care

This is the agency's core child care service. A live-out nanny comes to your home on a set schedule but maintains her own residence. Full-time and part-time arrangements are both listed, so the choice depends on how many hours of coverage you need per week.

Families typically choose this option when they need predictable, recurring care from the same person — for example, weekday coverage while both parents work. Because the nanny is placed through an agency, candidates have undergone background checks before you meet them.

Nanny Shares

A nanny share lets two or more families employ one nanny who cares for children from each household. The agency lists this as a distinct service, which means it can help structure the arrangement rather than only placing a nanny with a single family.

A share usually makes sense when you want nanny-level care but want to split the cost, or when your child benefits from having another child around. The trade-off is coordination: schedules, locations, and expectations have to be agreed on by every family involved.

Babysitting

For occasional rather than recurring needs, the agency offers babysitting. This covers situations where you need a sitter for a specific evening, event, or gap in your regular schedule rather than an ongoing commitment. If your needs are intermittent, this is the lighter-weight option compared with hiring a nanny.

After-School Tutoring

The agency also arranges after-school tutoring, aimed at school-age children who need academic help outside classroom hours. This can stand alone or be combined with other child care if you need coverage between the end of the school day and when you get home.

Where These Services Are Available

The agency describes extensive coverage across New York's Capital Region, naming communities such as Clifton Park, East Greenbush, Guilderland, Loudonville, Niskayuna, Saratoga Springs, and Slingerlands, among others. The counties listed in its service area are Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington.

If you are outside those areas, confirm coverage before proceeding — the site presents this as its service region, not a nationwide footprint.

What to Check Before You Choose

• Hours and schedule. Full-time versus part-time versus occasional determines whether you want a nanny, a share, or babysitting.
• Number of families involved. A nanny share requires buy-in from every household, so it works best when all families agree on terms up front.
• Whether you need academic support. If tutoring is the main goal rather than supervision, the after-school tutoring service is the direct fit.
• Screening expectations. The agency states that its nannies and household employees have undergone thorough background checks, which is the main difference from hiring independently.

The agency's stated advantages for families include better-qualified candidates matched to your needs, background-checked candidates, time saved versus a solo search, and retention. For a fuller comparison of agency versus direct hiring, see the related question on why to use A New England Nanny instead of hiring a caregiver on your own.