Rachael

My Summary

My Experience

Through my role as a Student Nurse I have worked with children and young people of all ages ranging from newborns to teenagers. I have worked with children in a wide array of clinical areas including urgent care, continuing care, mental health and learning disability settings. As such, I have experience of caring for children who are generally unwell and those with varying degrees of serious health problems including learning disabilities, cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological problems, skin conditions and those with PEG, NG and NJ feeding tubes. My role is to support the child and their family through difficult times as well as maintain their safety and wellbeing. Although this role is clinical, I enjoy getting to know the children I care for though games, building, painting, dancing and talking. I feel that in order to best care for a child, it is important to get to know them and to tailor my work to their needs. Additionally, I regularly babysit for friends and relatives where the children enjoy arts and crafts, baking and day trips to parks, museums and libraries.

Prior to this, I completed an A-Level in Health and Social Care. As part of this course I spent a week completing work experience in a local primary school. I spent the week with Key Stage 1 students and supported them in their learning. I worked with small groups of children who were struggling to aid in improving their reading and mathematics skills. I had to ensure that the children were fully engaged in the activities, understood the tasks and aided them if they were struggling. This was an extremely rewarding experience which gave me insight into working alongside children. Furthermore, I volunteered as a Scout Leader at 1st Prescot Scout Group during my time in college. This was a position of both trust and responsibility as well as being a fun and informative experience for myself and the children. I worked with the Beavers (ages 6-8 years) and the Scouts (age 10-14 years). In this position, I developed further upon my teamwork and communication skills. My main responsibilities included planning lessons, organising trips, arranging guest speakers and safeguarding, as well as awarding the children with the badges they had earned. I thoroughly enjoyed my work with the Scout Association and feel it helped me to develop both personally and professionally.

My Qualifications

At present, I am in the final year of my Adult Nursing degree. As part of the degree, I have completed additional training including;
Conflict resolution
Equality, diversity and human rights
Fire safety
Health, safety and welfare
Infection prevention and control
Moving and handling
Resuscitation adult and paediatric
Safeguarding adults and children
Preventing radicalisation
Flocare Infinity enteral feeding pump
Intermediate communication skills

Prior to this, I studied A-Level Health and Social Care which included modules in learning and development and educating children and young people. This gave me a firm basis of child development and the educational structures schools follow. Furthermore, I was examined on the work of child education theorists Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky and Steiner and as such am familiar in their work. I able to apply a specific method to my own work at parents request.

I also have an enhanced DBS on the update service.

All certificates can be provided upon request along with a full DBS certificate.

My Availability

Due to the nature of my degree, my availability varies on a weekly basis.

At present, I am available full time until March. When at university, I am available every evening and weekend and some weekdays. When on placement my availability will vary week to week. Please contact me directly for specific dates and I will do my upmost to ensure I am available. I apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £7.83 per hour

Weekday (7.00am-6.00pm) - £7.83/hour
Weekday evenings (6.00pm onwards) - £8.15/hour
Weekends and bank holidays - £8.90/hour
Overnight* - 9.50/hour

*Overnight only available at clients home

I am flexible with hours and negotiable with rates of pay. If you would like more information please contact me. Thank you for taking the time to read my profile.