When a parent advertises for a "sole charge" nanny they mean that the nanny will be responsible for the children's care on their own, not with mum or dad around at home. This is typical of a nanny job where the nanny is working for a family in which both parents have full-time jobs.
However even when a nanny job is advertised as being "sole charge", there may be times when a parent comes home from work early or works from home. In a "sole charge" nanny job such occasions would be rare rather than the norm.
Where a parent works from home, they may consider the nannies job as being "sole charge" as when working the parent is not available to respond to the children. Nannies taking on this kind of job should check with the parent as to where the parent will actually be working, as if they are working in the same building as the nanny is providing childcare, then the children may feel that mum/dad is contactable... even if mum/dad feel they are not. If a child cries then mum/dad may naturally want to respond to their child's cry - it can be very hard for a parent working from home to totally isolate themselves from their children, physically and emotionally.
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