# TrustedCarers.ie

> Trusted Carers Ireland — find childcare, home care, and senior care providers, or post and search care jobs across Ireland.

TrustedCarers.ie is a membership marketplace for families, carers, and care businesses in Ireland. Services include childcare, babysitters, au pairs, elderly care, special needs care, nannies, housekeepers, pet minders, tutors, and cleaners. Canonical host: https://trustedcarers.ie

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://trustedcarers.ie/): Main landing page and site navigation.
- [About us](https://trustedcarers.ie/about-us): Company mission, story, and background.
- [Find carers by location](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-carers): National hub for caregiver and care job location search (all countries).

## Search and discovery

- [Find a carer](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-carer): Search carers by care type and location.
- [Find a carer — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-carer/childcare): Childcare caregiver search.
- [Find a job](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-job): Search care jobs by care type and location.
- [Find a job — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-job/childcare): Childcare job search.
- [Find a school](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-school): Search schools for childcare planning.
- [Find a business](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-a-business): Search care-related business listings.

Care type slugs for find-a-carer and find-a-job: au_pair, babysitters, childcare, cleaners, elderly_care, house_keeper, nannies, pet_minders, special_needs_care, tutor (URL uses hyphens, e.g. au-pair).

## Public profiles (search only — not in sitemap)

Discover via find-a-carer / find-a-job / find-a-business search; URLs use server-encrypted IDs and are excluded from sitemap.xml.

- Carer profiles: `/view_carer_details/{encrypted_id}`
- Job posts: `/view_job_details/{encrypted_id}`
- Business profiles: `/preview_business_profile/{encrypted_id}`

## Location SEO (find-carers funnel)

Browse path: find-carers → find-{care} / find-{care}-jobs (country/county) → find-a-carer / find-a-job town search (`{country}/{county}/{town}`). Legacy `/childcare_finder` and `/find_a_*/*/town/county/ireland` 301 to canonical URLs.

- [Caregivers in Ireland — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-childcare/ireland): National city index for childcare caregivers.
- [Care jobs in Ireland — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-childcare-jobs/ireland): National city index for childcare jobs.
- [Caregivers in Carlow — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-childcare/ireland/carlow): County-level caregiver landing page (lists localities).
- [Care jobs in Carlow — childcare](https://trustedcarers.ie/find-childcare-jobs/ireland/carlow): County-level care jobs landing page (lists localities).
- Example town search (canonical): `/find-a-carer/au-pair/ireland/cork/adrigool` — country → county → town; legacy `/find_a_carer/au_pair/adrigool/cork/ireland` 301s here.

Directory prefixes: find-{care} (carer) and find-{care}-jobs (jobs). Country index: `/find-au-pair/ireland`. County index: `/find-au-pair/ireland/cork`. Town search: `/find-a-carer/au-pair/ireland/cork/adrigool`.

## Business providers

- [Business information](https://trustedcarers.ie/business-information): How care businesses can list on TrustedCarers.
- [Business pricing](https://trustedcarers.ie/business-pricing): Business membership and listing pricing.
- [Business signup](https://trustedcarers.ie/business/signup): Register a care business account.

## Account entry points

- [Sign up](https://trustedcarers.ie/signup): Create a family or carer account.
- [Login](https://trustedcarers.ie/login): Member login page.
- [Forgot password](https://trustedcarers.ie/forgot_password): Password reset request page.

## Trust, safety, and legal

- [Verification and vetting](https://trustedcarers.ie/verification-vetting): Identity verification and vetting overview.
- [Garda vetting](https://trustedcarers.ie/garda-vetting): Garda vetting information for carers.
- [Pricing](https://trustedcarers.ie/pricing): Family and carer membership plans.
- [FAQ](https://trustedcarers.ie/family-faq): Frequently asked questions for families and carers.
- [Terms and conditions](https://trustedcarers.ie/terms): Terms of service.
- [Privacy policy](https://trustedcarers.ie/privacy_policy): Privacy and data handling policy.

## Contact

- [Contact us](https://trustedcarers.ie/contact-us): Support and general enquiries.

## Blog (published)

- [Elderly home care tips Ireland](https://trustedcarers.ie/elderly-home-care-tips-ireland): Tips for elderly home care in Ireland.
- [Finding pet care](https://trustedcarers.ie/finding-pet-care): Guide to finding trusted pet care.
- [Hiring a housekeeper in Ireland](https://trustedcarers.ie/hiring-a-housekeeper-in-ireland-makes-sense): When hiring a housekeeper makes sense.
- [Hiring a babysitter](https://trustedcarers.ie/hiring-a-babysitter): Babysitter hiring guide.
- [Smart tips for hiring a nanny](https://trustedcarers.ie/smart-tips-for-hiring-a-nanny-ireland): Nanny hiring tips for Ireland.
- [Staying safe as a carer](https://trustedcarers.ie/staying-safe-as-a-carer): Personal safety checklist for carers.
- [Tips for employing a childminder](https://trustedcarers.ie/tips-for-employing-a-childminder): Advice for families hiring a childminder.

## Discovery files

- [LLMs index](https://trustedcarers.ie/llms.txt): Human- and LLM-readable site map (this file).
- [XML sitemap](https://trustedcarers.ie/sitemap.xml): Canonical machine-readable URL index (referenced in robots.txt).
- [Robots.txt](https://trustedcarers.ie/robots.txt): Crawl rules for search engines.
- [News](https://trustedcarers.ie/blog/): News and announcements.

Do not index: legacy `/signup?referrer=` query strings (use path-based locality signup URLs instead), member dashboards, messaging, payments, webhooks, or login-only account tools. Locality signup paths are not listed in sitemap.xml (city pages are the SEO entry points).