Oh my god, it’s a minefield!
When we moved here about fifteen years ago, I approached s local agency, got on really well with the people who ran it, and had every confidence it would work out ! I had about half a dozen girls, one brought her child, others were hopeless, I started leaving little traps for them to see if they were moving things, they weren’t! Eventually I said, I could do what they were doing in half an hour, so I’d leave it Thankyou, the owner then said they’d just taken someone new on, would we give her a try? Well we struck gold, she was great, she took over so many things, she was a bit more like a housekeeper, the agency closed, and I employed her privately, then a couple of years ago she moved away to be closer to her family.
Since then, I’ve tried every local agency, rang people who advertise in shop windows, but nothing, I’ve given up at the moment, but if I found someone reliable I’d bite their hand off
Good luck with your search