About Sitters4U:
Sitters4U began as a small agency catering to a small number of clients looking for the quality service that was lacking in the babysitting and au pair placement industries.
Originally aimed at providing only the best babysitters and au pairs, our easy to use service has seen us grow exponentially in the last 2 years, holding a loyal client base. Sitters4U has grown to incorporate house sitters, domestics and most recently, frail care services in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
We aim to place qualified, educated local staff in local positions and now through partnerships we have formed, also provide training in all 3 cities in the form of Pediatric first aid courses.
About the Owner:
Sitters4U was established almost 3 years ago by Bianca Wagener. I am a devoted mother and what started it all is the fact that I could never find a reliable babysitter, the agencies I contacted were never very helpful, they would give me a number and tell me to call a complete stranger to babysit for my daughter, no information was sent about the person, the fees and structuring were horrendous and I knew there had to be a better way. This frustrated me endlessly. I decided that if I was having this problem, so were other moms, and having worked in the child care industry myself, together with my sales, law, event management, administration and other bits and of bobs of experience and studies behind me I thought, “well why not?”As it turns out I was right, it is a massive gap in the market and we are going all the way to ensure that gap gets filled!
Who Else is on the team?
Nicole

Nicole
Handling the massive responsibility of ensuring our candidates are reference checked, have handed over all their documents and get to their interviews with our candidate managers, and even handling a number of these interviews herself is Nicole. She has been with us since the beginning of 2009 and a more detemined and amazing young woman, you shall not find. She gives 110% to ensuring our candidates are the best out there! Her previous experience in administration and as PA, brilliant organizational and communication skills have stood her in good steed to succeed!
Jacky
Having joined our Gauteng division in 2008 in HR , Jacky has been there, done that and got the T-shirt, 15 years of experience in HR, administration, sales and having completed her BA in psychology , she is even more impressive than her CV and is currently responsible for interviewing our Gauteng staff!
Cheryl
Responsible for our FrailCare4U division since early 2008 with a list as long as my arm in terms of her qualifications, which includes psychology and a number of other degrees, she is a caring individual who really goes the extra mile, she is a family woman and has raised 3 wonderful children of her own!


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March 29, 2009 at 3:26 p03
knowledgetoday
I love your site. Keep it up !
June 30, 2009 at 3:26 p06
Rene
This is soooo true. Thank you for taking the initiative and running with an already succesfull establishment, which is trusted and offering a professional service.
I know the frustration so well. Im actually in need of a creche for my 2 x boys (2 & 3 yrs old). I work in Campsbay, so anything in the area or surrounding areas.
Also, affordable & reliable & really taking extra care and attention and love kids.
please let me know if you know of any u could recommend.
will appreciate so much.
many thanks
Rene
July 1, 2009 at 3:26 p07
Sitters4U
Hi Rene
Thank you for the comment and the query.
Its certainly difficult to find good help these days! I am not too sure who you could approach. Checking out the schools in the surrounding areas for day moms, as then you will more personalised attention for your child maybe a good place to start .. I don’t personally know of any good day moms in the area, however you can be sure that there must be a few. Check your local papers, ask other moms in the area what they are doing and then go and check it out for yourself, meet the people your child will be with, check their references thoroughly and ensure they are qualified and trained (all child carers should at a minimum have first aid, even those on a domestic level working in the environment that your child will be in every day ).
Best of luck, please let me know if you do find someone. I would be very interested to hear more. Thank you.