Leon

My Summary

My Experience

I have just finished a position as a live in nanny looking after 3 lovely children who are 2,5 and 9 years old so I have experience with looking after children, making nutritious meals, planning fun activities and multitasking.
My previous role consisted of:
•Making sure all 3 children are fed and ready for school and nursery.
• The school run- picking up and dropping off.
• Picking up the youngest from nursery, feeding him lunch, keeping him happy ( we love to sing and dance together) whilst maintaining his nap schedule as well as his toilet routine- I have managed to successfully help potty train him.
• Keeping on top of light household duties such as kids laundry, tidying toys, loading dishwasher, hoovering etc...
• Preparing nutritious, filling and varied meals! One of my favourite parts of the job as I love cooking !:) ( I’m very happy to provide weekly meal plans ahead of each week)
• Organising fun, engaging activities both in and out of the home such as arts and crafts or play dates with the children’s local school friends/ other nannies.
• Taking the children to extracurricular activities and clubs.
• Helping the children with homework.
• Supporting the children to explore imaginative and creative play.
• Encouraging healthy and positive communication with each other and with me i.e articulating emotions/feelings , simple manners and kindness towards each other as I believe these are really important.
• Maintaining a warm, open and happy environment for the kids and myself so we can enjoy everyday!
• Most importantly- making sure the children felt happy, healthy and supported.

Thankfully this role came naturally to me as I've spent my whole life around younger children. I have two very vivacious, funny( and sometimes naughty!) younger brothers I have helped with since they were born, they are now 8 and 10 as well as a big family with lots of little cousins. I have a lot experience babysitting for friends and family. From newborn to young teens.
Last year I spent 2 months volunteering at a school and orphanage in rural Cambodia teaching disadvantaged children as young as 3 up to 15 English -planning exciting and engaging activities and lessons for them on a daily basis. I absolutely loved it! I worked closely with one of children who had severe cerebral palsy and was immobile so I have some experience and am comfortable working with special needs.

I also spent a season working at Legoland in the entertainment department, overseeing activities and interactions with the costume characters. This involved working with a range of ages from as young as toddlers up to secondary school years.

Before my previous position as a nanny I was working with vulnerable elderly people with Dementia and Alzheimer's as an Activities Coordinator, constructing monthly activity timetables, planning excursions and daily stimulating activities for a group of around 30. This is a perfect example of my organisational skills and creative side and ability to connect to people no matter how young or old. Although I loved this job my passion lies with children and babies and I have loved being able to take the adaptable organisational, engagement and care skills that I have learned and transfer them to childcare.

My Qualifications

I have an up to date DBS for my job in a care home. I’m currently working full time with children as a nanny so I am well experienced with sole charge. Also, I am a recently qualified full spectrum doula so have good understanding of newborn babies and new mothers.

GCSE’s
Maths :B
English Language: B
English literature: B
Science: B
French: A*
Spanish: A*

My Availability

Available now throughout half term until the 22nd Feb

My Fees

• Babysitting from £12.00 per hour