I was certainly lucky enough to enjoy a carefree childhood, climbing trees and playing for hours at a time with my two other siblings. Nonetheless, my parents’ friends would routinely leave their children under my care when we got together with other families for play dates and tea parties…they obviously saw something in me that I grew aware of more strongly as I got older.
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If I was always naturally going to gravitate into a role which involved caring for children, I get huge satisfaction from working with people in general, old or young. As much as my current role is to do with how much I love to care for children, there are other important aspects involved in my career path. It is not just communicating well with children that is a vital skill but also how you communicate with the people that are most important to that child.
As a nanny you learn skills which enable you to help children to develop into happy, healthy little people. To be able to show parents how to develop their own confidence and skills to care for their children and see them build the closest of connections, must be one of the best feelings you can get as a nanny.
Since qualifying as a nanny I have pursued many other care interests, including working in developing countries. Earlier this year I was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where I ran a first aid course for staff of a small expat nursery school and helped them with their medical emergency action plan and various other health and safety policies. My trip before that was to Rwanda where I was a teaching assistant at a school in Kigali.
Sarah is a “Norlander”, a Norland College qualified nanny, and a specialist nurse in the areas of cardiac treatment and geriatrics. Her nursing training was completed at the University of Cambridge Addenbrookes’ hospital. She also works in developing countries on a pro bono basis for several weeks at a time, usually with school age children.
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