She worked for us temporarily from July-November. We hired her because I was recovering from open heart surgery. Due to covid restrictions I was not able to pre meet Holly and show her the ropes. She came in and managed my two boys (2,4) with no problems from day 1. She took over their care from 8-6pm and kept them both very happy. At a very traumatic time for them. It was so fantastic for us as I needed to be able to concentrate on healing and the reassurance they were fine helped so much. It was a seamless transition and such a god send for us.

She did everything you would expect- took them out, prepared meals, tidied up after them, basic tidying of house (from their mess) played with them, read stories, did activities etc. She did some washing, loaded the dishwasher and unloaded it for us.

Because of our situation we needed someone who followed the covid guidelines to reduce our risk and she did this. She even stopped attending the gym for us! We felt very safe.

She always arrived on time and was very committed to her job. She gets pleasure from working with children and adored our boys. They loved her too and are already missing her. They got on with holly straight away. My son has been saying since she’s left - where’s holly? She’s my family. That says a lot really!

She communicates very well. It was a strange set up as we were all in the house and she managed this very well. She works well with parents around and individually(which can be hard to find not everyone wants to have parents hanging around.) She respects the parents opinion and follows their lead on matters (as an example discipline- we talk through conflicts and she did this without hesitation) She takes her job very seriously and again respects what you say.

I would highly recommend Holly. We were unable to keep her on as it was a temporary position but any family would be lucky to have her.

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