Melanie
Household Help in East Northamptonshire (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 3 hours
Female Member since Mar 2012 Last Updated Jul 2025 Last Login 22 Aug 2025
My Summary
About Me
I worked as an OFSTED Registered Childminder for 10 years providing childcare for families in and around the Stamford area working full time within my own home setting. I continued my own professional development through numerous workshops and appropriate training sessions such as Paediatric First Aid, Health and Safety, Safeguarding Children as well as obtaining a CACHE Level 3 in Childminding Practice from New College Stamford. I also studied for a Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Services graduating with a Distinction. At my last Ofsted inspection I was given Outstanding.
My Experience
In 2013 I registered with OFSTED as a NANNY and enjoyed the experience of providing one-to-one sole childcare and working closely with families in their own home.
My last childcare position entailed providing PA support and after school care to a family with children aged 5, 9 and 11 whose mother, very sadly, was terminally ill. I remained in this role for a further year after she died until a live-in nanny was required.
Following this I decided to retrain at college studying Counselling Skills and became involved with Cruse Bereavement Support and also Sue Ryder Hospice Care as a grief counsellor. I continue to provide this support around my work commitments.
I am reliable, discreet and have several years of experience of working within private households offering high-quality housekeeping services tailored to your individual needs.
Services include:
• Light & deep cleaning
• Laundry & ironing
• Bed changing
• Meal preparation
• General tidying
• De-cluttering to maintain order
• Grocery shopping & ad hoc errands
• After school childcare
I hold a DBS certificate, Food Hygiene, First Aid, a clean UK driving licence and have my own car, making it easy to run errands.
My Qualifications
1999/2002 - Casterton Community College
• GCSE English Grade A
• Speaking & Listening Grade A*
• Counselling Skills and
Counselling Theory
• Developing Counselling Skills
• Managing the Behaviour of
Children
2002/2004 - New College Stamford
• CACHE Level 3 in
Childminding Practice
2008/2010 - New College Stamford
• Foundation Degree in Early
Childhood Services
(DISTINCTION)
2018/2019 - New College Stamford
• Certificate in Counselling Skills Level 3
My Availability
Upon request
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Afternoon | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| After School | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Evening | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 20/07/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
- Household Help from £22.50 per hour
My Documents
- Basic Disclosure Check (added 23/07/2025)
- DBS Check (added 12/01/2018)
- Other (added 23/07/2025)
- Exam Certificate: BTEC LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN COUNSELLING SKILLS (added 23/07/2025)
- Reference (added 23/07/2025)
- Training Certificate: Cruse Bereavement Support Foundation Course (added 23/07/2025)
- Reference: Housekeeper Reference (added 23/07/2025)
- Training Certificate (added 23/07/2025)
- First Aid Certificate (added 23/07/2025)
- Reference: most Recent Reference (added 06/08/2018)
- Exam Certificate: Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Services (added 12/01/2018)
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Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Melanie. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members 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.
Melanie joined us to provide after-school care when my wife was suffering from terminal cancer. She stayed with us throughout my wife’s decline and death and for a period of a year thereafter.
Her duties have included parental support, managing the children’s affairs, an organization of school and home clothing, babysitting, managing petty cash and general after-school support including pickup, laundry, and food preparation.
Mel has been an outstanding support for our family. She has always been on standby in case of an emergency and has always been both reliable and flexible.
She joined us during a very difficult period of our lives and was tremendous throughout difficult times, building a strong bond with the three boys and providing steady, sensible and practical support for me as a single parent. She has enabled me to maintain a healthy, happy and strong family life with a calm, caring and compassionate air throughout. She works with the children brilliantly, anticipating and meeting their needs whilst encouraging independence and personal organization. She's great fun to work with and absolutely to be recommended
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by
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on 23/07/2018
I feel extremely fortunate to have found Melanie to care for my baby daughter. She always puts the child's interests first and provides a safe and truly caring and enjoyable environment - I have always felt assured my daughter was in goods hands from day 1.
In addition to requiring good quality childcare, which every parent looks for, I also needed quite demanding hours. Melanie has been very easy to get along with in negotiating these, she is very well organised and totally reliable and dependable.
In summary, Melanie is a credit to her profession and I only wish our family wasn't moving!
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by
Najwan
on 06/08/2013
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