Rebecca

About Me

Hello, I'm Rebecca

I’m 34, I’ve been looking after babies on and off for several years . The majority of my experience has been looking after newborns and young babies mostly in Italy where I have lived for several years. I would also be comfortable tutoring young people; teaching them to read and beginning numeracy, up to A-level standard according to the national curriculum and exam boards (I have six A-levels all at A grades, I'm comfortable with most academic work).

I'm an English Literature graduate (Queen Mary’s 2014) and am currently in training to become a psychodynamic therapist at Birkbeck, which involves some infant observation and theoretical work. I find looking after children extremely rewarding, and I feel privileged to have been involved in developmental stages of babies I've looked after so far.

My approach is enthusiastic and gentle, I like to be a very soothing presence for young babies informed by studies into craniosacral therapy and reiki energy work. I enjoy creating a comforting holding environment, and figuring out the kind of ambience needed at any given time. I'm confident keeping children safe and helping parents maintain their rules and boundaries set for children or babies, I am not someone who loses patience or makes rules without explaining why they're necessary to young people.

I'm looking for work that reflects my ongoing interest in the care, and development of young children. I am comfortable, warm and enthusiastic with children of all abilities, confident teaching and tutoring young people who are particularly gifted intellectually and/ or artistically, as well as children who have learning idiosyncrasies/ diagnoses such as ADHD and dyslexia, and neurodivergent children.

In my spare time I read, study, work for a refugee charity and do occasional work with mental health centres at the NHS. I am well versed in naturopathic medicine and have a sound understanding of mental and physical health, nutrition and the physical constitution, and am confident and calm with helping parents to assure the general wellbeing and development of their babies and children.