Chloea

My Summary

My Experience

- Currently working with a little 2 year old girl, 3 days a week in Cheltenham. We attend different groups, go to the local parks and shops regularly, and practice some gentle parenting techniques.

- February 2022 - June 2023 : Full time, plus occasional Saturdays, Senior Activities Leader in a local private residential home. Caring for the mental well being of a variety of long and short term client in a private home, organising events, listening and emotionally supporting, providing and organising entertainment, befriending and encouraging a group of adults with varying needs (alzeihmers, dementia, special needs, disabilities, trauma, grief, anxiety, fear, etc). Also leading a team and supporting our Head of activities staff in the daily running of our activities schedule.

- 2019 to 2020 : Ad hoc care for two boys, aged 1 and 3. Supporting a mother with daily tasks, taking the children for walks, to local children’s groups, helping make tea and playing with both of them.

- 2017 to 2019 (Monday & Tuesday): Two days a week with a 2 year old little girl, tending to her needs, naps, meal times, play and socialising. Sometimes attending a baby group at a local church, and often going for walks with the pram. I pick up her eldest sister at the end of her after-school clubs, and then cook tea for them both. I was with this family for almost two years.

- Nannying 2016: at least 34 hours a week, with two different families. One family with one little girl of almost a year old, on Mondays and Fridays (at least 10 hour days), and another family with a little girl of almost a year, on Wednesdays and Thursday's (7hr days).

- Live In AuPair: Experience as a live-in au pair/lodger, in Bournemouth. School runs, mothers help, care of youngest while mother runs errands etc.

- Nannying 2014: 46 hours a week, with two different families a week. One family with three boys (ages 1, 4 & 6) on mondays and thursdays (10hr days), another family with two boys (ages 1 & 5) on tuesday and wednesdays (9hr days).

- Home teaching assistant: Helping to support, encourage and educate a 5 year old boy from Bangladeshi. This involved me helping him with his maths and English homework, spellings, reading, and general understanding of the English language.

- Work experience at Christchurch Winchester 2012: tasks from cleaning bathrooms, being a leader in the weekly toddlers group (running crafts, leading songs and nursery rhymes, and assuring the safety and happiness of the children), being a part of running multiple primary school assemblies, to cleaning and cooking in the kitchen.

- Special Needs Experience : This entailed days out with an organisation called KIDS, where I was made responsible for one child, all day. I have also worked in 2016 with a girl for a few hours who is 40% deaf, born extremely premature, with special needs, and a brilliant boy with severe autism.

- Voluntary youth work 2010: Over four years as a youth worker in a church, looking after children from 6 months, to the age of 11, at Sunday school. This involved interacting and entertaining the children, which I really enjoy. It also gave me lots of babysitting!

My Qualifications

Have a current DBS for my present employment, and happy to do another for whatever job lies ahead.

I have a paediatric FIRST AID qualification that ran out, no previous or current employer has had an issue with this, but if you would like me to and can pay, I am more than happy to take the course again.

I have a variety of ‘care skills’ certificates for some online courses I have completed with my previous employer - safeguarding, mental health, moving and handling, health and safety etc

*** I am not Ofsted registered, so cannot accept childcare vouchers - sorry! ***

My Availability

Any DAYTIME weekday!
Happy to split my full time hours between two families, so if you only need a couple of days a week, do still get in touch!

My Fees

• Babysitting from £12.00 per hour
• Nannying from £15.00 per hour (gross)

My fees are a reflection on the standard of care that I give, and the quality of the love and attention I share with your child.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch!