Sophie
Nanny in Durham (also available for babysitting)
Member since Jun 2020 Last Updated Nov 2023 Last Login Dec 2023
My Summary
About Me
FULL AVAILABILITY - BASED IN CAMBRIDGE TRUMPINGTON.
Hello, I am Sophie :)
Based in Cambridge.
Availability: start ASAP | very flexible
I am a creative and emotionally intelligent tutor/nanny who has 3+ years of experience in both tutoring and nannying. Working in childcare roles has enabled me to understand children of many ages, making me very emotionally intelligent and aware of their needs which is vital during tutoring and nannying .
Volunteering helping students with special needs has also helped me to be equipped to help those whom may have learning difficulties and accommodate lessons and activities to suit them. I understand the importance in patience, effective communication and reliability in tutoring and nannying.
I am a fun, friendly and responsible person who loves art, the outdoors, baking, board games and I believe it is important children are present in the real world and take part in activities that benefit them. I also believe that for children to achieve their full potential it is important they find learning fun. Thus I will ensure that I figure out their way of learning and use the best resources to accommodate this.
My Experience
September 2022-2023: Nannying for various family’s including
September 2019-2022: Nannying for a family of 4 children under the age of 11.
September 2019- 2022: Emergency babysitting for various families
October 2020- 2021: Art teaching assistant
August 2020 - August 2022: Online tutoring for students from the ages of 6 to 15.
August 2020: Xiamen, China voluntary helping in a local school, observing
teaching techniques and assisting with lessons.
September 2021: volunteering at a primary school for children with special
needs.
My Qualifications
Academic :
Durham University: Anthropology student
A-levels: A* Art & Design, A* Geography, A* Psychology 2018 - 2020
10 GCSEs A* - A - 2015-2018
Skills & Hobbies:
• Skiing: Maribel Ski Tea, Fleche and Chamois
• Tennis
• Competent sailor
• Duke of Edinburgh award - Bronze
• Duke of Edinburgh award - Silver
• National Pool Lifeguard qualification
• College of St. Hild & St. Bede Mixed Lacrosse, Netball and Rowing Team • Art & Design website focusing on paintings and drawings.
My Availability
I am a very reliable person, I will always put my role working for you first and will make sure I meet you’re and you’re children’s needs. I am very flexible with times and am free most of the days.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 03/11/2023 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £12.00 per hour
- Nannying from £12.00 per hour (gross)
Happy to change these fees depending on you’re needs.
My Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 11/06/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Sophie. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Having had lots of experience with children, Sophie is playful and easygoing.
She was punctual and kept the children engaged from beginning to end.
She was emotionally intelligent and talked with my child about the changes he would face when starting school.
She was easy-going, open and honest.
She was flexible and helpful, offering to help with some housekeeping tasks when my children were occupied.
She was firm when my child did not keep to the rules.
She was generally helpful and resourceful, connecting my family with people and helpful information we needed.
She was open, honest and friendly.
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Sophie came into our home and immediately connected with both our boys. She was engaged in their activities and managed to happily get them off of their devices! Well done Sophie! She went the extra mile and when we arrived home she had gotten them into bed and was reading to them. Very happy with the care that Sophie provided our family.
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Sophie left us down via a text sent 5 minutes before the scheduled start. Allegedly a covid test she was waiting for turned out to be positive. She never mentioned any chance of covid when she agreed to care for our two toddlers. Utterly unreliable. Would absolutely not recommend
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by
Ciocia
about
Sophie
on 01/07/2022
Response by
Sophie
on 03/07/2022:
I am genuinely very sorry, I had covid and didn’t want to contaminate you’re family and wanted to be honest. I feel upset that something out of my control has made you have such a negative view of me. This is the first time I have had a bad review.
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