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If you used to employ a nanny - how much info can they put on their CV

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snapD · 10/04/2008 20:17

Basically I have had a CV from a potential employee

She has put lots of details about the children she used to care for on her CV

Should I tell the family she used to work for that she is telling everyone about their children details/medical conditions/names/ages on her CV

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gagarin · 10/04/2008 20:21

No but you prob should tell her that it's inappropriate and thet's why you won't be employing her!

frannikin · 10/04/2008 20:25

I mention ages at start and any relevant medical conditions (ie autism, severe allergies etc) on my CV but I don't think you can identify any of the families on there from the information I give.

Can see why what she's said might be a bit much though!

snapD · 10/04/2008 20:27

Names of parents/children/ages/medical conditions/medication taken/address & a judgement that a child developed more slowly because of a medical condition

I thought it was damn rude/inappropriate tbh

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Stars22 · 11/04/2008 09:45

I as a nanny think that is very unprofessional and even if she did have permission from the family to identify them is there really any need to go into so much detail. I think in most contracts there is something about confidentiality i know this was discussed when i started my job.

nannynick · 11/04/2008 10:45

Looks to me as though some of the information should not have been provided, but for a CV to be of use, the more information it contains the better.

On my CV, I do include the surname of the family, along with ages of the children.

Here is a typical example:

[From Date] ? [To Date] Nanny for three children aged 3, 4 and 5 at start
[Surname] Family

I was responsible for taking and collecting the older two children from school and the younger child to/from morning pre-school. During school holidays I would have all three children all day and we would enjoy outings such as walks in the countryside, visits to museums, steam trains, parks, National Trust properties and science centres (Intech & Lookout Discovery). The children especially enjoyed computing activities and we made an audiovisual presentation of a poem they liked. I spent 1:1 time with the youngest child in the afternoons, encouraging creative play and physical activity, which included a local playgym, Swimming and Ice Skating.

It does not contain the children's names. Where the children had specific medical conditions, then those may be mentioned - IF it was relevant to the job for which I was applying. A CV should be customised to fit the specific job for which the applicant is applying, thus if applying for a job working with children who have SEN, then providing details of previous experience of caring for such children, is relevant.

"judgement that a child developed more slowly because of a medical condition"
I feel that one is going a bit too far. Stating the medical condition would I feel have been sufficient - IF it was relevant to the job for which they were applying.

imananny · 11/04/2008 11:08

I have the ages and the sex of the children on my cv and the dates I looked after them. No names or surnames.

As franikin says, IF they had an allergy etc, would prob mention it

But stating "judgement that a child developed more slowly because of a medical condition" is def inappropriate imo

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