Childcare in Sidmouth

| I am a nanny/babysitter looking to work part time. I have seventeen years experience working alongside children aged between 0- 14. I first started in Childcare in 2001 when I joined an After School Club and qualified in 2002 as a Play Worker. I loved it, especially as it gave the children some way of 'letting off steam' at the end of a long school day. After this, I joined a Family Community Workshop as a Child project worker. Here I introduced Arts & Crafts and did lots of other activities with the children and young mums. I was then asked to join a Day Nursery where I spent six years in a baby room as a Nursery Key Person and was responsible for my own group, aged 1-2 years. I also had experience with the toddlers and rising 5's. I have always enjoyed working with children as I find it very rewarding. I take childcare very seriously, and I am very passionate about what I do, and do it to the best of my ability. I believe it should be a fun and enjoyable experience, and also in 'old fashioned values' such as the importance of p's & q's and respect for one another. For the past two years i have been a nanny in private families. Being a nanny in a local family unit would be my ideal job.

| In June 2018 I completed my level three childcare and education diploma at College. Part of the diploma required us to do over 365 hours of placement work in a variety of settings such as nurseries and primary schools. I have done placements at College nursery, Clyst Heath Primary school and Primary school and their nursery. Working in these placements over the two years gave me so much experience as my college tutor would come in regularly and assess my work with the children and I was also required to plan and do different activities for groups of children based on the EYFS framework which in turn helped me really understand the different areas of development and also to make sure the activities that I did with the children were suited to their ages and abilities. When I finished college I worked at Sid mouth nursery as a nursery practitioner where I had responsibility for caring for babies and also toddlers. I have also baby sat from the age of 16 for family friends which has ranged from babies to children. As well as taking children to and from different activities and after school clubs. References available if needed just ask :)

| I have grown up taking care of younger cousins and nieces, so have experience with taking care of my immediate family. As well as this, during my time at college where I studied for and received a CACHE Level 2 qualification in Childcare and Education, I did work experience with 20-30 children each day in Sidmouth Primary School and Clyst-Valley Pre-School