Our chosen not-for-profit partner
PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia
Placement Solutions is proud to be a major sponsor of PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia).
PANDA provides a vital service across Australia, offering the only specialist national perinatal mental health telephone counseling service. In addition to this, PANDA works to reduce the stigma surrounding perinatal anxiety and depression, while also providing education services for health professionals and the wider community.
Learn more about PANDA by visiting the PANDA website
Our partners
Just Family Payroll
Just Family Payroll (JFP) is a payroll service driven by an experienced team of managers who specialize in payroll, human resources, and work-life services.
Founded in 2012, Just Family Payroll can handle all your employment payroll requirements, ensuring full compliance with the Australian Tax Office. Whether you have a Nanny Educator, Household Manager, or other household staff, JFP manages taxes, work cover, superannuation, and ensures that entitlements such as accrued sick leave and holiday leave are properly paid and accounted for.
We provide peace of mind for you and ensure fair and legal pay for your employee(s). Talk to us about setting up legal employment once you’ve selected your staff through us. We also offer a significant discount on this service for our loyal clients.
Affiliations
Membership of Professional Associations
We have memberships both Nationally and Internationally with the following peak body Associations:
NDIS
We offer NDIS support
If you are eligible under the scheme, please ask us how our Household Managers can assist with the household tasks you require, as well as provide early intervention assistance for children with an NDIS plan.
AHCA
AHCA
The Australian Home Childcare Association (AHCA) was founded in late 2002 as the peak body for DEEWR-funded In-Home Care Government Approved Providers and their in-home child carers, also known as Nannies/Educators (now under the Department of Education).
Agency owner Louise Dunham represented AHCA on the National Senate Steering Committee that developed the National In-Home Care Standards. She also represented AHCA on the Industry Reference Group for the new Child Care Management System (CCMS). In 2012, Louise served on the National Committee as Vice President.
Siânan Tierney, part-owner of this business since 2019, has served as the Vice President of AHCA since that year.
INA
INA
Founded in 1975, the International Nanny Association (INA) brings together a like-minded group of professional agencies, nannies, and other nanny/educator-related businesses, such as payroll firms, to collaborate on informing, educating, and professionalizing the nanny/educator sector.
Louise Dunham attended the 25th Anniversary conference in San Francisco, USA, and has since attended numerous conferences in the USA, as well as the first international conference in Mexico.
In 2012, our CEO became an INA board member, making her the first international member of the INA Board and the first Australian on the board. During her time on the board, she served as Chair of the Ethics Committee and Vice President.
Since 2021, as the Australian Ambassador for INA, we have hosted a series of free webinars for anyone interested in all aspects of the Australian nanny industry.
In May 2022, our CEO was honored to receive the Meritorious Service Award for her contributions to professionalizing the nanny industry.
RCSA
RCSA
The Recruitment & Consulting Services Association Australia & New Zealand (RCSA) is the peak body for the recruitment, on-hire, contracting, and workforce solutions services sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
Employment is an issue fraught with challenges. Whether hiring a new employee, finding a temporary or contract worker, or searching for a new job, you need to be assured that the company you are dealing with is taking the issue as seriously as you are.
RCSA sets the benchmark for industry standards. Our CEO served on the Tax Working Group Committee in 2016 and 2017.
APNA
APNA
The Association of Premier Nanny Agencies (APNA) is a professional membership organization for serious business owners who establish and enforce standards of professional industry practices.
APNA is a regulated membership organization that sets standards in the nanny and household staffing industry.
APNA member agencies have their contracts, applications, and business practices scrutinized by peers to ensure that only the best agencies bear the APNA seal. Placement Solutions is the first and only international member of this U.S.-based association to win both the Leadership Award and the Most Excellent Agency Award in 2018 in Atlanta. They remain the only agency to have been awarded both categories in the same year. The CEO has served as a judge at these awards since 2018.