Nanny Profile – Despina

Despina is an Australian who has been living in the UK since 2000, she has a Greek passport and is looking for a permanent live in or daily position and is available ASAP.

Despina has worked as a live in nanny in London since Aug 01 and finishes her last position in Dec 06 – she travel back to Australian to spend time with friends and family and has recently arrived back.

Despina has a UK licence and can drive manuals. She applied for an Australian police check when she was at home and is expecting it to arrive in the next couple of weeks. She does not have an up to date first aid certificate.

Resume

Fit, non-smoker, confident swimmer.
Current UK licence, manual and automatics
Australian / Greek Passports

Education / Certificates

Flinders Peak Secondary College (Aus)
Successfully completed Victoria Certificate of Education

Geelong Regional Group Training
Certificate in Education III
Integration Aide

Work History

May 05 to Dec 06   Full time live in nanny, Flora Fraser Soros, Notting Hill
     Ages of children – B8, B7

Duties: All nursery duties including children’s laundry, cooking meals, school drop off and pick up, organising play dates and children’s diary, weekly shopping, supervising after school activities.

Nov 02 to Feb 05   Full time live in nanny, Ruth Newton Jones, Chiswick
     Ages of children – B8, G5

Duties: Sole charge of two children. Responsible for school runs, cooking all meals for children, nursery duties, weekly shopping, running errands, organising play dates.

Sep 01 to Sep 02   Full time live in nanny, Mark & Carol Foster, Ealing
     Ages of children – B10, G7

Duties: Sole and shared charge of both children, housekeeping, school runs, weekly shopping, cleaning, washing and ironing, organising children activities, assisting Mrs Foster who has Multipul Sclerosis.

Aug 01 to Sep 01   Full time temp nanny, Caren Spencer
     Ages of children – B7, G3

Duties: Sole charge, nursery duties, driving, cooking, organising social activities for children etc

Oct 01 to Feb 01   Bar Maid 
     Bass Taverns, Soho, London W1

Jun 00 to Aug 00   Camp Counsellor
     International Sports Training Camp
     1100 Twin Lakes Rd, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
     Children’s Ages – 8 to 18 years

Duties: This position involved supervising and living in cabins with up to 20 girls aged between 8 – 18 years. As a counsellor I was responsible for supervising children, organising their recreational activities on a daily basis and participating in various sporting and recreational activities.
Counsellors are also responsible for making sure cabins are kept clean by organising a timetable for the girls and me to follow.
I was a mountain biking assistant for several weeks and took over the position of Director for the final few weeks of camp.
The main aim of a counsellor is to make sure that every child at camp feels safe and welcome and overall happy.

Feb 95 to Jun 00   Integration Aide, Teachers classroom assistant
     Lara Primary School, Flinders Ave, Lara, Australia

Duties: My position primarily involved working with children with special needs. The main being Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Part of my role included assisting the classroom teacher with work planning and perforation, group work and 1-1 assistance. I also moved around the school assisting in the library, sports days and training, yard duty and in the main office taking on secretarial duties.
I attended speech therapy sessions with children who I found most interesting and beneficial.

Interests / Hobbies

Running, Gym, Swimming, Theatre, Movies, Travel, etc

Personal Qualities

Trustworthy, Reliable, Fun, Caring, Supportive, Confident, Flexible