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How WeNanny assessments work

WeNanny is a technology platform and professional directory — not an agency. Assessments help families compare nannies on structured signals before interviews. This page is the methods and limitations note for those scores.

Purpose

Assessments surface professional readiness and caregiving style preferences in a consistent format. They are decision-support tools for families and self-reflection tools for nannies — not background checks, medical exams, or legal clearances.

What we measure

Readiness Assessment

Practical ability, traits & behaviour, and mindset & motivation relevant to professional childcare work. Results include dimension scores, an overall score, and a band (for example Expert) when the nanny meets the platform pass threshold used on profiles.

Caregiving Compass

Four preference dimensions that describe how a nanny tends to approach care, communication, and structure. Outputs a style profile families can compare to household values — not a “better/worse” ranking.

Scoring and the 75%+ threshold

Where WeNanny messaging refers to a readiness threshold around 75%+, that describes the platform’s current pass bar for presenting a completed Readiness result as “passed” on a profile. Exact scoring weights and item banks may be updated as instruments improve; profile cards always show the candidate’s latest completed result.

What we do not measure

  • Criminal history, visa legality, or attestation completeness
  • Medical fitness, contagious-disease status, or vaccination records
  • In-home observation of the nanny with your children
  • Guaranteed match quality or hiring outcomes

Validation status and limitations

  • Instruments are structured and internally consistent for marketplace matching; they are not presented as peer-reviewed clinical personality diagnoses.
  • “Scientifically validated” marketing language should be read as: structured psychometrics-inspired design with operational thresholds — see this page whenever that claim appears.
  • Self-report bias, language barriers, and coaching effects can influence scores.
  • Human interviews, references, and family judgment remain essential.

Privacy and governance

Assessment responses and derived scores are processed to operate matching and profiles under our Privacy Policy. Families see summary cards on nanny profiles; raw item-level answers are not exposed as a public feed.

How families should use results

  1. Shortlist using readiness + style fit alongside experience, languages, and logistics.
  2. Interview to validate real-world behaviour and household fit.
  3. Run your own reference and document checks before hiring.

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