A babysitter suits occasional evenings; for regular care at home, you can employ a nanny. Guichet.lu points to these routes for babysitters:
– Action familiale et populaire (AFP-Services) keeps a list of babysitters who have done babysitter training.
– Some communes keep a list of young people available to babysit nearby, so ask your commune administration.
– [babysitting.lu](https://babysitting.lu/) is a platform coordinated by a youth service under an agreement with the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth. Babysitters there have completed at least eight hours of training with one of its partners (communes, youth and family services, schools), and profiles are checked before they go live.
Anyone over 15 can babysit for pay. If your babysitter is a minor, let their parents know and make sure the babysitter has third-party liability insurance.
Hiring a nanny: if someone works regularly in your home, you become their employer. Agree hours, tasks, pay and paid leave in an employment contract, and declare them to the Joint Social Security Centre (CCSS) within 8 days of hiring, online through MyGuichet.lu or with the paper form. The CCSS then calculates contributions and taxes and bills you monthly, and the employee is covered for illness, maternity, work accidents and pension.
Other options: an au pair, or an approved childminder (assistant parental) who looks after up to 5 children in their own home. Most childminders accept the chèque-service accueil, but ask at the first contact. The Agence Dageselteren shares the official list of childminders on its [page for parents](https://www.dageselteren.lu/pour-parents).
You can also browse babysitters on [Kannerlux](/services/babysitting).