Melanie

My Summary

My Experience

I have spent the past two years working for a lovely family in Wokingham with 11-year-old twins who, as of September, will be starting secondary school and no longer require childcare. My typical day would begin at 7am, with my main task being to direct the children to get themselves ready in a timely fashion. As they were preparing for secondary school, facilitating independence was a key theme in my role. I would drive them to school for 8:15am and spend the rest of the day at university. Pick-up was normally around 4pm and my evenings would often consist of preparing snack, helping the children with their prep or driving them to various extra-curricular activities.

In the academic year 2016-2017, I worked in a St Francis CofE Primary School in Oxford as a TA for years 5-6. My main role was preparing the students for their SATs and I conducted interventions for small groups and one-on-ones in Maths and English. I am very familiar with the KS2 curriculum and confident in assisting children through their education. During my time at St Francis I also had the opportunity to undergo several different training programmes. I was First-Aid trained, with specific attention to paediatric first aid, completed the Oxfordshire Play Association training course and attended various training programmes to assist children who had specific needs for my role as key worker.

My Qualifications

No formal qualifications relating specifically to childcare

My Availability

As a post doctorate student, I have the luxury of often choosing when I work most of the time. I am incredibly flexible and find it helpful to incorporate the schedule of the children I care for into my daily routine. Below are my ideal working hours. I prefer to study during the normal working day, however if there are children who for example do not attend institutional schools at normal working hours, I would be happy to discuss alternative weekly arrangements that could suit us both. The timetable on this profile is only a suggestion. I also am able to provide full-time half term/school holidays childcare; working at a university generally keeps me at the same pace as the school term times, so I generally take my holidays at the same time as most children. In terms of hours, I would not be able to regularly exceed 20 hours a week (with the exception of the school holidays, which I am able to work 40 hours). During the weekends, I work in hospitality although I am happy to move things around on the odd occasion to provide weekend childcare. I am available to start in September 2019.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £13.00 per hour
• Nannying from £13.00 per hour (net)

My salary is negotiable dependant on if childcare is required for out-of-term time, the level of flexibility necessary and the different types of services needed. I am happy to base my pay on an average hourly rate per week, although I will require a consistent and reliable income as I am a self-funded student; i.e. I will need an income spread over the school holidays. Therefore, I unfortunately am not in a position to accept ad hoc hourly pay. To this end, I anticipate the following to:

Minimum monthly net £900:
Based on 15-hour weeks, term time only, nannying only and includes childcare for sick days and occasional over-night or weekend babysitting. Average state schools work 39 weeks a year, so the pay would amount to roughly £18 an hour.

Maximum monthly net £1,400:
Based on 20-hour weeks, including full-time childcare during the school holidays. Tutoring, light housework, overnights, sick days, babysitting all available. Average school holiday would be 9am-5pm days at 40-hour weeks. The pay would amount to roughly £13 an hour.