CRB Checked Nanny Availiable

[aimeejdavies]

I would like to be your temporary Full/Part time Nanny I am Aimee, 18,

I am home for my Easter Holidays from university from the 28th March to the 26th April. I am from Croydon
(but can also work in nottingham and loughborough as i have places to stay) so i can travel on train into london or drive.

I hold a Full Drivers License and CRB Check available, i am trained in pediatric first aid. I have Experience with children from 3 months old and older.

References are avaliable.

Please Email [email protected]
or
call on 07821587640

Look Forward to hearing from you,
Many Thanks
Aimee

Aimee, you are on the wrong board - you should post this on the childminders/nannies section.

Also, if you call yourself a nanny, you will not get any responses. You are a student and presumably will not have had any prolonged sole care experience of a child? As someone who has employed nannies and au pairs I can assure you that any mother reading your ad will think you are an au pair trying to up your experience in order to charge more. And there are so many 'real' nannies out of work and looking for jobs that to be honest we would be able to pick up someone with a full NVQ level 3, or 5 or more years experience for a reasonable wage even for a temporary period over Easter, so the only 'unique' appeal that you may have is that you would presumably be cheaper than a nanny (though still over minimum wage of course).

The best way to attract interest is to title your thread "Easter Holidays - do you need extra childcare?" and then explain what you are looking for without using the term nanny (you don't have to use the term au pair either if you don't want). Personally I think mothers help a better term.

Final thing - if your degree is relavent to childcare then state what you are doing.

I have had prolonged experience of looking after a child thank you for your concern, Looking after 3 children and including a 3 month old baby for 6 weeks and other children all adding up to over 6 months experience i think gives me the right to say I have got relevant experience.

Definition of a nanny is a woman who's job is looking after young children, i am advertising for this kind of job, therefore by definition I am a nanny.

I never stated any charge for my services therefore a Mother/Father can ask any price which is how I work.

I believe you are very patronising replying to my post, with no kind of job offer, but just to be condescending I think your advice would be better off directed elsewhere.

I have advertised in a lot of places and have been offered work with this advert, I am keeping my options open and looking for the right job.

I am studying Civil Engineering at Loughborough University and am trying to make some extra money so i do not need to take loans out of the government which i personally do not think is right as it is the tax payers money. So i think i am working a lot harder than other people my age trying to make something out of my self in the best way possible.

Thank you For Your Concern but with the advice I have been given by other Nannies and Childminders I Think I am doing a Good Job.

Many Thanks Aimee

blown it here now with that reply

i think what shes saying is fair.

even the 'just to be condescending' bit?

Why can't people just be pleasant to one another

I apologise if you have taken offense to my reply, but I am just trying to make an honest wage, which at my age is not easy without being paid under the minimum wage. I enjoy working with children and I work hard, I didn't feel that I deserved that kind of response to my advert.

I didn't feel that Sqiffy was trying to be helpful, just criticising my advert throughout.

But I agree with Squiffy I have put this add in the wrong section.

Kind Regards
Aimee

go ahead and ignore me but you will never in a million years get a job the way you are going about it.

and did you think I spent my time posting a reply in the first place to kick you in the teeth or give you guidance?

You are indeed showing your age (and yes, that is a patronising comment)

WTF? she didn't ignore you

i think she replied very profesionally and maturly.

I would employ her

and i agree with her, there was no need to post if you didn't want to offer her work.

I do appreciate your feedback but, I feel your concerns are in the minority, as in past holidays I have received work with similar adverts.

I am not immature because I do not agree with you. I have not lied in my advert and I am good at what I do.

Rightly Said, I did not ignore you, but I do not think i can improve my advert, I want your help. If you want to help, please re-write the advert how you think is suitable.

Would you employ me if the advert said "CRB Checked Student wanting to look after your children".

Does my ability to look after children differ if the wording of my advert differently? The wording of my advert was written with help of a child minder and a previous employer, You have picked on this advert and I have been offended by your comments.

I do not think I deserve this kind of criticism from trying to earn an honest wage. I feel you have kicked me in the teeth and if your aim was to give me guidance I can not say, with the way you did this was suitable.

I have a Job from this advert I have had 4 Job offers from this advert. Yes, Unfortunately these jobs did not suit my circumstances so I am still looking, but the job offers are still coming in.

If I am not your perfect employee that is ok, everyone is different but please do not go out of your way to make me look bad to other employers.

Many Thanks
Aimee

Hope you get a job soon Aimee - I'm sure you will be brilliant with the right family and given your experience I'm sure you will have a good offer soon. When my children were younger we had one wonderful nanny who stayed with us over 11 years and help from students like you when she was away on holiday and maternity leave so I know what I'm talking about. On mumsnet there is always someone who wants to start an argument or be deliberately awkward or unkind - don't let them get you down - we are not all like that.

Gosh, I'm shocked at how some people have responded to this.

I'm looking for a nanny at the minute and have interviewed people with similar experience to Aimee and have no problem calling them a 'nanny' should they be offered the post.

A very belittling reply from Squiffy - no need at all.

Wish you luck finding a position Aimee.

Many Thanks
Aimee

I was approached by a family with this advert, and have been offered a full time job for my full Easter Holidays.

Many Thanks for your comments.

Aimee

By Squiffy
'but you ll not find job in a million years..' Gosh, how bitter can some people be

Good luck OP, and ignore nasty bitter people

Aimee, I went from finishing university (totally unrelated degree) straight into a family as a 'nanny'. I had had no experience other than family and friends but I was referred to as a nanny by all from the start. In the event I was damn good at the job and stayed at it for a number of years with three different families totalling 8 children, one of which I was asked to be godmother to. But I never had a single qualification, just experience.

There are loads of families out there with different requirements and you'll find the right one as you have in the past.

Good luck! I wish I could afford you and needed you

"I have had prolonged experience of looking after a child thank you for your concern, Looking after 3 children and including a 3 month old baby for 6 weeks and other children all adding up to over 6 months experience i think gives me the right to say I have got relevant experience.

Definition of a nanny is a woman who's job is looking after young children, i am advertising for this kind of job, therefore by definition I am a nanny"

yes a person who looks after children in the home is called a nanny

I also think that ALL nannies should be qualified

looking after children for 6mths doesnt make you a nanny (nothing personal there aimee) just someone who has had children to look after

but glad your ad has found you work, and agree with squiffy next day, word your title slightly differently and you may get more responses

what are you studying at uni?

"I am studying Civil Engineering at Loughborough University"

Why are nannies only women?

I'm with Slug... not all nannies are women, there are some great male nannies around (well at least one )

Aimee... Mumsnet does not permit advertising by users, except on specific boards - nannies can put an advert on the Childminders/Nannies board for example. Employment Issues isn't an appropriate board, thus why you have come across some objections to your posting on here.
Good luck with the job.

I have already acknowledged that I have posted this on the board.

That is personal Opinion whether all nannies should be qualified. Some people have a natural instinct to look after a child. If a mother or Father wants to entrust their child to me, I will do a Damn good job looking after them.

I think it is the employers choice whether they need the nanny to be qualified. This isn't my final profession and i am not wasting money and time to get fully qualified for two or three weeks work a year when I can and have done an amazing job in the past.

I believe in my future profession and in Nannying that experience is valued more than exams. would you hire a Nanny with all the exams but had never been sole care of a child over a nanny with years of experience? Most mothers would agree the experience is worth gold.

I have had total of 8 Job offers in a week and many more in the past. It is personal opinion if you think this advert is good, but it has and will keep working for me.

I believe the only thing that differs from a Qualified nanny and a non-Qualified nanny is their wage packet. I have never lied and I ask the parents to choose what they pay me and we negotiate from there.

I have encouraged many of my friends (Male and Female) to go into nannying as it is a good holiday job for a student.

I have a CRB Check and am qualified in Pediatric First Aid.
That is a lot more than most nannies have.

Kind Regards Aimee

Quoted by aimeejdavies:

"I ask the parents to choose what they pay me".

"i am just trying to make an honest was, which at my age is not easy without being paid under the minimum wage."

In my opinion asking for £7.50 - £9 per hour is well above minimum age and is choosing the pay yourself. (www.childcare.co.uk)