Childcare in Castlereagh

| I'm 27 years old and I live in the BT8 area. I currently work full time as a unit head in a daycare, based in East Belfast. As I’m working full time hours, I’m currently only doing babysitting during evenings/ weekends. I would be very open to going back to nannying. For seven years I worked as an Early Years Coordinator in a day care before moving on to nanny 3 amazing children for a year and a half. I also have two years placement experience on top of that in a nursery, day care and primary school. I have experience from 5 months to 11 years old. I'm very nurturing, reliable, responsible and child focused. I'm creative and not afraid to get messy when it comes to painting and sensory activities. I do drive and have my own car. Early Years Unit Head - December 2022 to present Nanny - August 2021 - December 2022 Early Years Coordinator - November 2014 to August 2021. Early Years Practitioner (Placement) - February 2014 to June 2014. Classroom Assistant (Placement) - September 2013 to February 2014. Classroom Assistant (Placement) - September 2012 to June 2013. CACHE Level 3 in Childcare and Education. First Aid. Food safety. Child protection.

| My name is Stacey I am a mum of 3 and I have 5 years experience working in childcare I love working with kids and I know how stressful it is trying to find child care when working as I my self have struggled with this and that's why I want to help other parents.

| I'm an Approved Home Childcarer and provide childcare in your own home. I am self-employed. Currently registered with Belfast Health and social care trust. Insurance is with NICMA

| I have been studying to be a primary teacher and am looking for some babysitting jobs to earn some money to continue my studies. I have worked in a summer scheme at RBAI for 3 years and have learnt many valuable lessons about child care such as how to keep children entertained for long amounts of time. I am DBS checked and have a lot of patience for children. As I am training to be a teacher if the children need any help with homework whilst I am babysitting I would be more than happy to help.

| My name is Alex and I am 27 years old. I live just off the Hollywood road in east Belfast. I am a fun and friendly person and love getting to know new people. I absolutely love working with children and and throughout the past 5/6 years I have had many babysitting duties and have helped out on many occasions in church summer schemes. My previous experience has been working with a charity for premature babies. 2 years ago I got put with a family who had premature twins and during these two years I have gained a lot of experience. I looked after the babies by myself while the mum and dad had time to themselves and they put all their trust in me as the twins were only a month or two old. I have grown close and made brilliant friends with this family and also been able to see the twins develop into lovely little toddlers. A year a go they also put me through a paediatric course which I thought was very important to have especially working with very young children and I took a lot away from that. I would love to be able to help people when needed.

| Hi my name is Kirsty.  I have worked in a variety of different child care settings with a range of different ages from a primary school (p1) nursery and a private day care setting. Qualifications and Training courses   CCLD- level 2 in children's care learning and development CCLD- level 3 in children's care learning and development NSPCC Course- Basic Safeguarding Children and Young People Portable Fire Extinguishers Level 2 AWard in Food Safety in Catering Babysitting £9 an hour I would be available mon-fri after 6pm Saturday-Sunday anytime.  Nannying I currently work a 40hour week in a childcare setting and would require full time hours which could range from 35 hours and up depending on the position, family needs and wage. In the future I would ideally love to set up my own childminding services. I also have younger siblings 3 of them our under 10 years old so I am not afraid of getting my hands dirty.  

| I have worked with children since i was younger with my mum. I have got my level 2 and level 3 childcare and i’m currently doing my level 3 extended diploma to get into teaching at university. I have had two separate jobs as a one to one classroom assistant. I have done childminding before.

| I am 46 years old, been a registered childminder for 25 years. I am now a registered childcare provider. I have also been a foster carer and special needs classroom assistant. Diploma in child Psychology, Cert in health and Social Care. NVQ3 Early years care and education, first aid, child protection, etc.

| My name is Fiona. I grew up as one of 9 children so have been babysitting and looking after children for as long as I can remember. I have been previously Registered with Belfast health and social care trust in 2017 until 2020 and after a small break I am back, re-registered and have been inspected by the Early years Team Sept 2022. A copy of this can be shown on request. I have previously worked as a supervisor in a Belfast nursery and have worked from all ages 0-5. I live with my husband Ben and my 1 year old son, Nico. We also have 2 cats Horatio and Cleo. Both Ben and I have gone through the police checks and Health declaration forms from our GP. All can be shown on request.

| Mother of two young boys aged 1 and 3. Previous experience as a nanny and mothers help for a 3 month old baby girl. This position lasted 6 months before I took up my place at uni and had my children. I am currently studying for a masters degree but looking for casual work in my previous field. No formal qualifications but plenty of hands on experience.