Joanne

My Summary

My Experience

1985 - When if left school I worked and trained to be a hairdresser for 3 years, this was with a YTS scheme. I worked during this time in a local hairdressers in my home town of Woking in Surrey.

1988- Then I went on to work in a large factory (James Walkers in Woking, Surrey. England) in the offices in the invoice department for 2 years, until I left to have my first child Jessica.

1990- Once I had my first child I became a nanny for 2 years in a private household which I loved. I cared for 2 children full time from 7am-7pm weekdays. I also trained to become a childminder during this time. My mother had been a childminder all her working life, so it felt very natural to me to work with children. My 2 sisters have also become childminders, my 2 daughters became childminders, now working nannies, so have a feeling it’s genetic!

I started childminding in 1992 and continued to work as a childminder until 2004. During this time I studied to complete all my qualifications including my Foundation Degree in early years. I cared for many children during this time, and became very established.

2004 – 2008 I worked as a Childminding Network and Development Co-ordinator for the National Childminding Association. Inspecting and advising childminders in the north east area of Hampshire a very large area. I also linked with the local Pre-school learning alliance, offering joint training to childminder's and pre-school staff.

This role was mainly out and about on the road all week, but consisted of 1 office day in the regional office in Basingstoke (where I was responsible for my own office needs and organisation) and to attend meetings and local conferences and support groups.

During this time I worked with lots of local professionals (including social workers and Ofsted) in the childcare field. I worked very closely with these professionals and parents to make sure all children’s needs were met, including working with looked after children on a community childcare scheme (which included children up to the age of 18 years) and children with additional needs. I also worked with foster and adoptive parents offering support and childcare advice.

I also ran several support groups myself to help childminders and their children get full use of the children’s centres in the local areas and worked very closely with the children centre staff. I also trained to teach adults during this time and trained newly registered childminders on the ICP childminding course. During this time I also ran a childminding course to a group of young people at the local Source Centre (Aldershot) in conjunction with NCMA the local council and the Centre, to enable them to further their careers into the childcare field. I completed my BA in Early Years Education during this time which I am very proud of.

After the 4 years I realised that I missed working with the children directly and went back to childminding part time which gradually increased to full time. I still continued to support other childminders during this time and got paid a bursary from the national childminding association for doing this work.

I continued to childmind from 2008 -2011, with my 2 daughters (my assistants). We ran a very busy practice with 15 children, me being the manager, until I moved to Wales. During this time we achieved an outstanding Ofsted Grade which we were very proud of. We were also members of the NCMA Network, a quality assurance scheme. Due to this we drew down the funding and could offer our 3 year olds 15 free hours of care and education and continued to care for children within the community childcare scheme. I then moved to Wales.

In August 2012- until November 2013, I joined a care company in Cardigan (as finding work with children was very hard in Wales as I didn't speak Welsh). I firstly worked as a carer to gain first hand experience then went on to be staff manager. My skills and qualifications from my previous jobs linked very well into my new job role. I look after around 70 members of staff, conducting appraisals, supervisions, support meetings and observations on staff. I also employed staff and worked with clients, social workers and physiotherapists. I attend multi-agency meetings, run staff meetings and taught the manual handling training sessions for staff. I oversaw the manual handling procedures with all staff and clients to make sure everything was in place. I also completed risk assessments on the client’s environment to keep staff and clients safe. My job involved lots of positive communication with staff, clients and their families. I had lots of positive feedback from clients and their families on the work I had been completing. I love to work with people!

November 2013 onwards -I then worked with my partner in his computer business. This includes retail sales and advising customers of service and repairs. We also sold guitars. I carried out invoicing and answered telephone enquiries. I have also helped with advertising the

My Qualifications

First Aid ( I have completed years of first aid courses)
Food Hygiene (level 2)
Initial Child Protection
Advanced Child Protection
Manual Handling
Behaviour Management
Special Educational needs training initial and advanced
Treasure Basket training
NVQ level 3 in childcare and education
Certificate in Childcare Practice level 4
Foundation Degree in Early Years Education
BA in Early Years
PTTLS teacher training
PIPS inclusion training Level 3
Plus much more!

My Availability

I am very flexible, the hours I work are 7am - 7pm.

My Fees

• Nannying from £13.00 per hour (gross)

upon application.