Need to find childcare work!

[PorphyrophillicPixie]

I had my first day in a care home for the elderly and mentally ill and on one hand I loved it, on the other, I'm obviously not emotionally capable to do it.

So I'm going to start on my endeavour to find Nanny/MH work again (or even nursery work).

I'm registered with an agency near Colchester (Essex) but they won't put me in for any kind of sole-charge work because I'm unqualified. I've posted on the MN Local, contacted people advertising on gumtree and nannyjob and signed up to childcare.co.uk.

I have first aid appointed persons, am willing to take the 12hr course to register with Ofsted and extremely willing to study (are there courses that are not NVQ but qualify one to nanny?) and I have over 1000 hours experience with 7+ yr olds, 250hrs in early years settings and was a mother's help for a year with 2 kids aged 7 and 12.

What else can I do? Very open to suggestion!

Do Unit1 of the Diploma in Home Based Childcare, this is often referred to as the ICP. That plus the Early Years First Aid will enable you to be Ofsted Registered, that will also get you a CRB check from Ofsted.
Get experience working with young children, such as by volunteering to help at a pre-school. Not a nursery! Pre-schools were what I knew as Playgroups many years back, they typically run for the morning only and take children aged 2.5 to 5yrs.
Try to do evening babysitting, you may then get asked to do some occasional daytime care.
Make your CV presentable including as much detaill as possible about childcare related work, demote importance of non-childcare work.

Do Unit1 of the Diploma in Home Based Childcare, this is often referred to as the ICP. That plus the Early Years First Aid will enable you to be Ofsted Registered, that will also get you a CRB check from Ofsted.
Get experience working with young children, such as by volunteering to help at a pre-school. Not a nursery! Pre-schools were what I knew as Playgroups many years back, they typically run for the morning only and take children aged 2.5 to 5yrs.
Try to do evening babysitting, you may then get asked to do some occasional daytime care.
Make your CV presentable including as much detaill as possible about childcare related work, demote importance of non-childcare work.

That's what I couldn't remember! ICP. I'll start looking into that tonight.

My experience in nurseries and schools is all 2-5yos really, mainly in reception/early years classrooms at primary schools though I have some nursery experience too (I have little experience with infants unfortunately).

Thank you for that info, any more? Especially regarding full level threes that can be done at home?