Before You Begin

TLC offers a placement service that will match your skills and experience with one of the many temporary or permanent job openings. We work hard to find number and ages of children, hours, and personality/philosophy of the families. We pride ourselves on our matchmaking abilities!

Please take the time to read the following step-by-step process and then proceed to the application.

Step #1: PRE-QUALIFY

TLC CAREGIVERS MUST BE:

• 18 years of age or older.
• A High School graduate or have a GED.
• Able to provide your own insured, reliable vehicle to take to and from the job everyday.
• Able to provide a valid drivers license.
• Willing to take a TB test.
• Willing to become CPR Certified for infants and children.
• Able to provide TLC with the names and numbers of at least three childcare references that are not related to you.
• Eligible to work in the United States.
• Willing to provide a clean police record check.

PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Permanent Nannies only

• Willing to stay with a family for a minimum of one year.
• Willing to find childcare for your young children.
• Comfortable earning $400-$600 (Full-time) or $10-$15/hour (Part-time).
• Willing to do light housekeeping related to the children.

Step #2: FILL OUT THE APPLICATION BELOW

It is important to be as thorough as possible. Please try to be as accurate with your dates as possible. Our goal is to learn as much about you as we can.

Step #3: FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW WITH A TLC STAFF MEMBER

This is your chance to shine. Tell us about yourself and your knowledge of child development.

Step #4: TLC WILL CHECK YOUR REFERENCES

We will check childcare, past employment, character and volunteer references, and we will verify your education. We want to find out that you are reliable, dependable, mature, patient, creative with children, follow directions, and eligible for rehire.

Step #5: ORIENTATION AND PERSONAL PROFILE

If you have been successfully pre-qualified, TLC will invite you to attend an orientation and ask you to fill out a personal profile questionnaire. At this time you will have the opportunity to take temporary assignments and/or look at the families applications. TLC will only send your file to the families in whom you have expressed interest.

PERMANENT NANNIES ONLY:

Step #6: INTERVIEWING WITH THE FAMILIES

After the families have read your file, if they are interested, they will contact you to set up an interview. During the interview you will have the chance to meet the family, interact with the children and learn more details about the position.

Step #7: GETTING HIRED

Congratulations, you've been hired! You will now become an employee of the family.

Click here to view a sample of some of the TLC job opportunities.