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nanny in nw london now available..

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ahappymummy · 18/10/2008 16:41

hi! i am a 31 year old nanny who has approx 12 years experience which includes sole care charge of twins.i also hold a GNVQ in health and social care diploma as well as a BTEC national diploma in nusery nursing.
i also have a CRB check and a food hygiene cert.
i also have LOADS of patience and am extremely flexible!!!!
i am looking for a position that is approx 20 hours or 2-3 days.
i live in the hendon/colindale borders and am flex on areas ,hours,days and ages of children!
i am also mum to a happy,cheeky 2yr 5 month old boy so am only looking for families that are totally happy with a nanny who brings their own child!
thanks for reading!

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danceontherun · 21/10/2008 18:59

Chillax people!!Lots of people would be ok with a nanny bringing her own child to work. Also some people do work part time so may need a sole charge nanny only a couple of days a week.Agree with champselysees give her a break.

mummypoppins · 21/10/2008 17:38

I dont think my post was rude at all and it certainly wasn't intended to be that way.

In actual fact I think I was doing the OP a favour.

Nbee84 hit the nail on the head. The second post set the tone and as a nanny employer myself the CV would go in the bin.

nbee84 · 21/10/2008 16:54

Lots of people struggle to find Nannies that only want 20 or so hours of work. They are much more likely to find a Nanny with a child of their own that is willing to work part-time or afternoons only etc.

I think the only thing ahappymummy has done wrong is writing her 2nd post - I agree with mummypoppins about the way it has come across. She would have been much better to just write 'bump'

PurlyQueen · 21/10/2008 16:20

Plenty of people work shifts and may only need childcare for afternoons/mornings.

champselysees · 21/10/2008 15:15

FFS! Give the girl a break!

Plenty of families are looking for childcare for afternoons only or one or two days a week.

What a very rude response to a perfectly reasonable post.

mummypoppins · 20/10/2008 22:18

their not there ! grumpy and I cant type !

Mandelbrot · 20/10/2008 22:03

Agree with mp about penultimate sentence. Sounds rather imperious.

mummypoppins · 20/10/2008 21:58

ok so I am probably going to be shot down in flames for this but I find posts like this unbelievable.

Read on but bear in mind I have had a bad day....

AHM your second post screams disbeleif that us nanny employers have not snapped you up within days of you posting.

For a start you only want a nice little part time role 20 hours a week. I dont know a single person who earns enough in a 20 hour a week job to afford a nanny.

And then you say that you will be bringing your 2.5 year old to work. There have been several posts on here of late from Nannies who mention in passing that there children will be with them on shift as though its the most natural thing in the world for women to return to work with their children in tow.If that was the case then none of us would need nannies at all.

I may be wrong but I think you need to amend your style. You may be lucky enough to find a family that are prepared to accept that as a condition but I wouldnt bank on it in todays job market.

As I said am in a grumpy mood so dont take this personally. Just as it was something I had been thinking for a while and your post made me want to write it down.

MP

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ahappymummy · 20/10/2008 21:30

HELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO??????xxx

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