Lyn is a 32 year old Australian nanny who has recently completed her NZ National Nanny Certificate. She is currently working in Westmere in a daily temporary contract until the 5th May 2007. She is then looking to head to the UK as has a British passport so is arriving in London on 28th June, ideally Lyn would like to visit family in Statford for the first few weeks then look to start a position mid July onwards based within London. She is interested in live in positions to start from this date is wanting is commit long term to a family.

Her qualification in NZ was a year long course which covered the care of children aged from newborn to 12 years.  She is happy to commit to 12 months for the right family.
 
Lyn is confident with children aged newborn plus. Lyn is a confident driver (manual and automatic) and holds a full NZ drivers licence and has her own car. She has a current first aid certificate gained through Ashton Warner Nanny academy in October 2006 and has a current NZ Police Check issued in February 2006.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Lyn

Nationality: Australian

Health: Very good – Non Smoker

Drivers Licence: Full

JOB OBJECTIVE

I am keen to work as a nanny and to become part of a caring family environment.  I would like to use my skills in baby and childcare, health, nutrition, home and time management to provide a nurturing environment in which children can thrive.

SUMMARY OF TRAINING

In 2006 I completed the NZ National Nanny Certificate at the Ashton Warner Nanny Academy.  It was a Level 5 course and is NZQA accredited.  The course was very comprehensive, including fourteen weeks of fieldwork.  This fieldwork comprised practical work with children, including ten weeks of residential work with families of young children.  Some of the areas covered by the course include:
Child Development, Infant/Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Communication, Home Management, Child Safety, Behaviour Management Skills, Nutrition and Health.

QUALIFICATIONS

• NZ National Nanny Certificate
• Police Clearance
• First Aid Certificate
• Water Safety Certificate
• Self Defence Certificate

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2007 Jan 31 – May 3 Temporary placement of approximately three months looking after 3˝ year old girl and 20 month old boy.  This was a sole charge position and my duties included changing nappies, dressing and bathing children, getting them ready for and taking them to school/play centre/mainly music etc, preparing nutritious meals and snacks, organising fun and stimulating activities and attending to the varying home management tasks.

2006 Temporary placement three days per week over four weeks looking after one 4 year old boy while his mother worked from home.  This required me to keep the boy fully engaged with entertaining activities while at home and take him on excursions away from the house thus allowing his mother uninterrupted work time. And also included the provision of nutritious snacks and meals.

2006 Temporary placement of 3 days at a childcare facility to relieve staff as needed.  In this role I worked with both the toddlers and in the baby room and required me to assist staff with supervision, feeding, toileting, helping to setup activities and cleaning up after the children.

2006  Fourteen weeks (500 hours) of practical placement with early childhood centres and families:

 Christopher and Robin Early Childhood Centre (3 weeks)

 My duties included: Observing children, assisting teachers with care, feeding, cleaning, assisting involvement with activities for children aged from birth to two years.

 Bailey family:  (3 weeks)
 Three children aged 3˝, 2 and three weeks.
 Whilst with the Bailey family I changed nappies, bathed and dressed all children, prepared family meals and snacks, organised activities and did home management tasks required of me.  Assisted mother in taking children to various doctors and specialist medical appointments. And, repaired the vacuum cleaner.

 Glover family:  (2 weeks – live in)
 Two children aged 4 and 14 months.
 Whilst with the Glover family I changed nappies, bathed and dressed the children, prepared family meals and snacks – taking the youngest child’s special food needs into consideration (she had allergies), organised activities and did home management tasks required of me.

 Motuora Special Needs Unit – Red Beach School (1 week)
 During my time at Motuora I was responsible for assisting in the feeding of the children, encouraging participation of activities, assisting staff with stimulation of children’s senses using touch with various objects to music, cleaning and generally being of assistance in any way I could.

 Storey family:   (3 weeks)
 Three children aged 5, 3˝ and 22 months.
 During my time with the Storey family, I changed nappies, bathed and dressed the children ready for school/playcentre, prepared family meals and snacks, organised activities and did home management tasks required of me.

2006  Nannied the Shribman-Brown family’s 11-year-old daughter overnight.  This required me to ensure that the child was up and ready in time to catch the bus to school, be there when she arrived home from school, prepare nutritious snacks and meals, and organise entertaining activities for her during the day on Saturday and that she went to bed according to her parents instructions.

2005 Live in relationship with 11-year-old step-son (fulltime) and 12-year-old step-daughter (part time).  My role as step-parent included getting the children ready for school, preparing nutritious meals and snacks, assisting with homework, organising entertaining activities, ensuring housework was done and school uniforms cleaned and ready to wear.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

1989 – 2006  Prior to commencing the NZ National Nanny Certificate course I have held various Customer Service and Help Desk Support roles.  In these roles I was responsible for face to face and over the phone customer service. This involved taking and fulfilling orders and giving assistance to both internal and external customers who were having difficulties with their computer systems.

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

I enjoy keeping fit and healthy and spending quality time with family and friends.