Karen51

My Summary

My Experience

Voluntary work;
Home start, supporting families with children under 5.
Spurgeons; supporting looked after children.
Placement; linked to studying social work, One year at Redcar Families and Children's service. Nursery experience with children from 6 months to 14. Private nanny with experience in shared care and sole charge.
I have many valuable skills devolved through my working life. Of which I understand the importance of working with a diverse group of people, the different expectations and needs, I have excellent organisational and communication skills, I see myself to be self-motivated and capable of working under pressure. I have a clear, logical mind with a practical approach to problem solving and a drive to see things through to completion. I enjoy working on my own initiative. I am reliable, trustworthy, hardworking and eager to learn and have a genuine interest in people and children.
Over time I have developed a friendly approach and ability to put people at ease, I also have the capability to be tactful and sensitive at all times. A good sense of humour is a must in life, simultaneously respect and confidentiality follows for the families.
Throughout my working life I have always had an interest in helping others and have supported both families with children under 5 as well as children who are looked after. Later in my career I decided to follow this interest and took up studies to support this interest. During my studies I spent time working in children and family settings as well within the private nursery sector.
Both settings provided me with an in depth understanding of some of the difficulties which both parents and children are faced with. I developed through studying and working the skills and knowledge to be able to support and encourage the people I worked with to encorporate changes to overcome the hurdles they were facing. Within the nursery I encompassed the daily routines of children aged between 6 months and 14 years.
During this time I became an exceptional listener whilst developing my analytical/research skills. this helped me to be able to plan for the children's next stages and discover ways to support the children reach their next goals. I found this very rewarding.Throughout my training and time at the nursery I maintained flexibility and adaptability as well as managing multiple priorities. I found that working with the children and parents helped to develop my communication and interactive skills both individually and in groups.

Ideally I am looking to join a relaxed friendly family with a good sense of humour.

I am currently available to work for the next 4 weeks, am very flexible, can carry out instruction, but also like to have fun and enjoy what I am doing.



Additional Information.
Single
Two grown up daughters
Full Clean driving licence

My Qualifications

Qualifications gained:
GCSE English B
GCSE Child Development B
GCSE Sociology C
NVQ 2 Health & Social Care
NVQ 2 Diploma Business & Administration
Access to HE Humanities & Social Sciences
Social Work Foundation Degree 120 credits level 4 (1st Year)
Foundation Degree Early Childhood Policy & Practice
Level 1 Principles of Health & Safety in the Workplace
Level 2 Paediatric First Aid
Current CRB
Certificate in Safe Handling of Medicines

Additional home study
Diploma Psychotherapy & Counselling.
Computing – good knowledge of MS word and PowerPoint.

My Availability

All.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £10.00 per hour

£10 per hour +