About Us
A thoughtful, experience led nanny and housekeeping agency
The Northern Nanny and Housekeeping Agency was founded with one clear purpose. To consistently be the best in our field.
With years of hands-on experience as a nanny working with professional, HNW, UHNW, high profile and sporting families, and now as a busy mum of two, Penny understands the realities and challenges of family life and how difficult it can be finding the right people to support every aspect.
We believe trust is built through consistency, honesty, and care. This belief shapes every placement we make and every relationship that we support. We know the importance of listening, understanding, and taking time to create the perfect match for each family we work with.
Ethos of The Northern Nanny Agency
We work with families who value discretion, professionalism, and warmth. Our approach is thorough, from initial vetting and matching to ongoing support for both our families and our staff. This allows placements to grow naturally and successfully over time.
Penny Hickey
MANAGING DIRECTOR
What sets Penny apart is her dedication to finding the perfect fit for families, whatever their requirements. Penny will scour her large resources, trusted practitioners and contacts that have been built over almost 30 years of trust, professionalism and reputation. It is because of this that the majority of our work comes from personal recommendations from families we have worked with. Our wonderful clients recommend us to their friends and families, and we could not be happier or more proud.
Selecting candidates from such a high quality pool of potential employees is the reason that Penny has clients returning when they are blessed with more children. Penny has the connections, the experience and the knowledge of the sector that few others have. Let Penny find your perfect match, whether a maternity nanny, nurse or housekeeper. Leave your details or give us a call today.
Sophia
MARKETING MANAGER
I’m Sophia, the marketing manager for the Northern Nanny Agency. I am responsible for maintaining & evolving our brand, along with creating content to attract new clients and partnerships. One of my absolute favourite parts of the role is seeing the fantastic feedback from happy families we’ve helped!
Michelle
RECRUITMENT ADMINISTRATOR
I manage the recruitment admin side of the business. My main responsibilities are to handle the applicants and filter the best candidates through to Penny.
1. Receive all cv’s from Penny for applications for new Nannies/housekeepers.
2. Contact Nannies for reference contact details, DBS certificates etc.
3. Check all DBS Certificates.
4. Make folders for each Nanny/Housekeeper so that all documents are in one place.
5. Contact all references by either telephone or email and ask them to fill in our reference form to establish key factors of their nanny/housekeepers roles when they were employed by them.
6. When all documents and reference forms are returned I then send the completed folders back to Penny.
Testimonials
What our clients say about us
The quality of candidates that Penny sent me to interview was outstanding. Every nanny was extremely professional, we are very happy with our final decision. Our children settled straight away and the bond that our nanny has with them is beautiful. Thankyou for everything Penny. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending you and your agency. You thoroughly deserve the success you have
Shelton Hindley
Glossop, Derbyshire
Jessica Layton
Preston, Lancashire
I just wanted to say Thankyou for finding us our very own Mary Poppins. It is very easy to see that Penny works extremely hard on behalf of her nannies and the families, only the highest calibre of nannies came through my front door. Every nanny that we interviewed spoke so highly of Penny, too. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that Penny has got 20 years of nannying experience behind her or just that she is very intuitive but whatever it is she is amazing at her job!!!
Jennifer Naughton
St Helens, Merseyside
