About Oppass.nl

Oppass.nl is a free platform where parents find a babysitter near them and babysitters aged 16 and up get found. Babysitters create their own profile with their experience, availability and rate. Parents search by postcode or town, send a contact request and then make their own arrangements with the babysitter.

Why Oppass.nl

You ideally want a babysitter close by: someone who can get to you quickly and see your children regularly. Yet it is hard to find out who wants to babysit in your own area. Oppass.nl makes that visible, without paying first and without phone numbers or addresses out in the open.

For babysitters it works the other way round. You do not need to apply: you create a profile, parents near you find you and you can respond to babysitting requests from families. You decide when you can work, what you charge and who you meet.

How it works

Parents search by postcode or town and see babysitters nearby. You can also browse by town.
A parent with a free account sends a contact request.
The babysitter accepts or declines. The parent then confirms.
Only then are email addresses shared, and they make their own arrangements about times, tasks and rate.

Parents can also post a babysitting request. Babysitters respond with their profile and the parent chooses. The public page shows no name or address, only the town.

More explanation is on finding a babysitter for parents and finding babysitting work for babysitters.

Privacy and safety

There is deliberately no chat on the site. Parent and babysitter only receive each other's email address once they both agree.
Phone numbers, email addresses and links in profile texts are refused or hidden. Addresses do not appear on profiles.
Babysitters must be at least 16. We keep babysitters under 18 out of search engines: their profiles are set to noindex and they do not appear on pages that reach Google. Parents only find them through the postcode search.
Anyone can reporta profile or review. We review every report and act where needed, for example by blocking a profile.

Oppass.nl does not check identity, VOG or references. So we give parents tips to do this well themselves: read choosing a babysitter safely and the guide about the VOG for a babysitter (in Dutch).

What we do

Offer a place to discover babysitters near you.
Give babysitters the chance to make themselves visible.
Help parents and babysitters with guides in the guides (in Dutch), for example about rates, first meetings and making arrangements.
Review reports and act on the platform where needed.

What we do not do

Provide babysitting services or arrange babysitting ourselves.
Select, check or approve babysitters.
Act as employer or client of babysitters. We are also not a childminder agency or childcare organisation.
Get involved in arrangements about rates, working hours or payments.

What does it cost?

Oppass.nl is currently free for parents and babysitters. Searching, creating an account, posting a profile and sending contact requests cost nothing. Parent and babysitter agree directly what the babysitter earns.

Reviews and contact

Read what parents write about their babysitter on parent reviews. You will find answers to frequently asked questions in the guides (in Dutch) and on the help page.

Good to know: Oppass.nl puts parents and babysitters in touch. We do not provide babysitting services ourselves and we do not check or guarantee how suitable or reliable users are. Parents and babysitters make their own arrangements. Choosing a babysitter and agreeing the details is the responsibility of the people involved.

Also read the terms and conditions and the privacy statement.