Babysitter

Hannah’s professional experience

• June 2015 - Today

  I’ve worked for this particular family for over the last 6 and a half years ever since their son was 7 and even now that he’s 13 they will still occasionally call me for the odd job in the evenings if needed. I cooked for the child, helped him with his homework. We played, watched films, laughed, baked varies different things and I gained a fantastic bond not just with this child but with his parents and extended family too.

• September 2016 - September 2016

  In 2016, as part of my Health and Social Care GCSE, I took part in a two week work experience placement at Woodland Children’s Centre. While on this placement, I was mainly based in the Crèche the centre had for parents/guardians to use while the were in the group sessions or courses the centre had to offer. I worked with a range of different ages from 3 months old up until 7. This allowed me to gain a lot of different experiences with children of all ages and meant I had to be very quick thinking when it came to activities to play to keep them occupied and at ease at all times. The experience I had with this company is what further developed the passion I have towards my future career and was my deciding factor in what I have now chosen to do at University.

• January 2018 - Today

  Much like my first reference, I have also worked with this particular family for around nearly 4 years now and will still again get called for the occasional job here and there now that their children have grown up. My roles within this job included: cooking for the children, helping with homework, following bedtime routines and just overall entertainment while the children were in my care.

• February 2018 - September 2020

  Even though my experience at Clarks never left me in care of the child 1:1. I still believe that my time with the company is relevant to my personal experience. Clarks is a well known company that connotes family values and is aimed at parents with young children. I worked at Clarks for around 18 months and in that time I became a trained fitter, a cashier, a “buddy” and most proudly the seasonal supervisor of the children’s department. Like previously mentioned, this never gave me one to one experience with the care of a child but it provided me with knowledge in how to successfully keep families happy with my service and gave me a starting understanding in the development of children. Both of which I believe are key when taking care of a child and working with a family.

• May 2019 - September 2021

  I’ve been working with this family for just over two years now. They have two children both under the age of three. Though it’s been a very hands on experience with them it’s been fantastic. This family gave me the deeper understanding and experience I needed with early years children. I started working for them when their youngest was around 5 months old and they’re soon to be 3 within a couple of months. My roles and responsibilities of this family included: feeding, nappy changes, bath time and bed time routine and just general requests the family would ask for as well as general care and entertainment.

• March 2015 - April 2017

  The Diamond Centre is a horse riding centre that allows people will all different disabilities the opportunity to learn to ride horses - this included both children and adults. My time here allowed me to gain a great experience with all different kids of children and adults from all different places of life.