Vetted household staff · United Arab Emirates
What a helper actually does
Most families know they need help and are not sure how to specify it. This is the vocabulary — and every page ends at the people who actually do that work, not at a form.
Newborn care
Night feeds, winding, sterilising, and the settling routine that decides whether anybody in the house sleeps.
Read moreToddler care
The years where the job is mostly supervision, patience and knowing when to say no.
Read moreAfter-school help and homework
Collection, the gap between the school run and dinner, and sitting with the homework rather than doing it.
Read moreExperience with additional needs
Helpers who have worked in a household where a child or adult needs more than the usual.
Read moreCooking
Daily family meals, cooked to your household's taste rather than to a general standard.
Read moreDeep cleaning and housekeeping
The difference between a house that looks tidy and a house that is actually clean.
Read moreLaundry and ironing
Kanduras, abayas, school uniforms and shirts — the work that is invisible until it is done badly.
Read moreElderly care at home
Companionship, medication timing, mobility support and the patience the work actually takes.
Read moreHouseholds with pets
Feeding, walking and living comfortably alongside a dog or cat — which not everyone does.
Read moreHelpers who drive
A UAE licence changes the school run, the supermarket and every appointment in the week.
Read moreLive-in help
She lives in your home. That changes the arrangement in ways worth thinking about before you start.
Read moreLive-out help
She has her own home and comes to yours. Simpler boundaries, and a different set of things to agree.
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