Amelia

My Summary

My Experience

I was born and brought up in a lovely village in Oxfordshire. I am very family orientated and enjoy all family gatherings and celebrations.
In recent years I have become involved with a charity called ‘GO MAD’ (Go Make A Difference), it focuses on helping desperately poor people in Tanzania I was so moved by their situation and knew I had to make my difference. I organized fundraising events to raise money for projects such as building water tanks, toilets, goat sheds etc.
From an early age I have wanted a career in childcare. I have been babysitting for various families for several years and I did a week of Work Experience at a local nursery whilst in year 10 and immediately I knew my vocation was to work with children. I attended Oxford College to do an NVQ level 3 course, and continued my placement at the same nursery, then as a bank staff member between my studies, together with babysitting, this helped me explore and understand child development at different ages. I have welcomed every opportunity presented to me to gather more knowledge and experience.

During the first year of my college course I had two placements, one was at a state school working with Foundation Early Years where I gained valuable experience in learning to respond to each child according to the stage they were at. The other was at a private school working with year 1 for both settings I was given the responsibility to plan and carry out a range of activities and I learned to think on my feet, I also had to evaluate how well these activities worked and observe the children. I have valued the experience of working with babies through to preschool age. I was given the opportunity to go to Poland to experience childcare in a different country, it was an observational work placement for one week, it was very interesting to see very young children learning several languages.

In addition to my NVQ level 3, I undertook additional courses in my own time: I passed a Pediatric First Aid Training, a two week Nannying course, and online courses of ‘Allergy awareness’ and ‘Serving the allergic and food intolerant customer’ , ‘Behavioral safety’, ‘Diversity Awareness’ , ‘Childhood Illnesses’ and ‘Illness, medication and allergy policy’.

Once I had completed my NVQ level 3, this enabled me to attend Norland College in Bath, this is a three year university degree course in all aspects of childcare. Since my time at Norland I have completed work experience in a number of settings, nannied at a wedding and nannied during lockdown over the summer for two amazing little boys, and homeschooled the eldest.

My Qualifications

I took my GCSE exams in spring 2017 in English, Maths, Science, Textiles, PE, French and Geography.
I've got an A* in NVQ Cache level 3 Childcare
Level 5 in Early years
6-hour paediatric first aid course

My Availability

My college hours limit the amount of daytime nannying/babysitting I can help with, but I am available at weekends, evenings and half terms :)

My Fees

• Babysitting from £16.00 per hour
• Nannying from £16.00 per hour (gross)