Tally

My Summary

My Experience

I first babysat at the age of 14 and have helped my siblings when their children were born and continue to have a huge imput in their lives.
My eldest niece is almost 40 and the youngest is 16.
I have 11 nieces and nephews.
For the last 21 years plus ,I have been a God Mother and I have helped to raise and discipline them, guide them & support them as they’ve reached adulthood.
Their mum was a lone parent and I have experienced them from new born babies, going through sleepless nights, teething, weaning,illnesses, bed wetting, tantrums, baby massage, which also included emotional support to them and their mum at any time of the day or night. I have also supported & encouraged for them to have regular contact with their father after the break up of their parents relationship.
I began my career in Social Care over 30 years ago, working in a Rest Home for the elderly at the age of 16, living & working away from family & friends.
I began my Childcare Career In 1990 when I took up a succession of placements working as a Nanny.
In 1995 I decided to expand my skills to work with older children and young people. I joined Calderdale M.B.C. Social Services Dept as a Residential Worker.
In my first post as a Residential Worker I worked with young people aged 14-18 years with complex needs and challenging behaviour. Here I took on Key worker responsibilities and helped to develop care plans and liaised with several different agencies including Youth Offending Teams and The Look After Children In Education Teams. I worked within 4 different units until 2002 when I was deployed to the Looked after Children Team in the role of Social Work Assistant. Here I supervised contact, conducted risk assessments and did report writing.
I then worked for the Leaving Care Team where I worked as a Tenancy Support Worker helping young people leaving the Care System to secure appropriate tenancies through good letting agents or private landlords, manage their first tenancies and support them to be a good tenant. This included applying for their Leaving Care Grant and applying for the benefits which they were entitled to. I supported them to get the items for their home on a limited amount of money and worked out a budget plan for them.
I then began working for Beresford Blake Thomas as an Education Welfare Officer with Education Leeds; here I was supporting young people at risk of being excluded from mainstream education.
More recently, I was on a temporary contract with Calderdale Social Services. This role involved carrying a case load, facilitating and supervising contact sessions between children and families and liaising with Social Workers.
From August 2009-July 2010,I went on to work for Barnardos as a Family Support Worker and in this role I worked with Teenage Parents and Parents to be from the age of 16 -24 and carried a case load of 16. I worked with a variety of pregnant teenagers, their partners, children and young parents and their partners and children or single parents and parents to be. This involved working on a one to one at times or group basis if they are being supported by myself to either Ante Natal or a Young Parents group which are held weekly at different locations within my district area. They are also supported to a wide range of courses which are held by outside agencies and Young Families throughout Wakefield.
I was in my previous role with Action For Children, as a Family Support Worker from December 2010 - March 2012.
I have worked in close partnership with Mid-wives, Health Visitors, Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers, Solicitors , Open Door Homeless Prevention,Teenage Project, Letting and Rental Agents, Private Landlords, Connexions, Job Centres, Health Trainers, Benefits agency, Utility companies etc.
I have previously been a Specialist Therapeutic Foster Carer for a older child.
I have experience of looking after twin boys and girls. The youngest ones were 5 weeks old.
I am professional and conscientious and supportive in my working practice.
I am therefore able to use my skills and knowledge in a supportive setting and from my own life experiences.
I have always felt that we all need positive role models and good influences and support networks in our lives regardless of our backgrounds or differences of culture and religion sexuality or disability or disadvantages.
I believe that everyone should be treated equally and everyone deserves the right to be heard, listened to & respected regardless of age, and given the opportunities to give them the best outcomes in their lives.

My Qualifications

Training:

I believe that every parent/ cater deserves the chance to be the best parent(s)/ caters that they can be. I understand the difficulties faced with parenting and appreciate that it may sometimes take a helping hand and support to help families flourish and thrive through their difficult times. 
I also share the beliefs outlined in the Every Child Matters (2004) which gives the universal ambitions of each child; 
* To be healthy 
* To be safe 
* To enjoy and achieve 
* To make a positive contribution 
* To achieve economic wellbeing

Aug'09 Introduction to Barnardos
Aug'09 Health & Safety
Aug'09 Safeguarding Policy Procedures
Sept'09 Introduction to Barnardos
Nov'09 Safeguarding Young Families
Dec'09 Condom Distribution & C Card Scheme
Feb'10 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
April'10 NCT Toolkit
April'10 Running Effective Groups for Young Parents to be
May'10 Safe Zone (Better working practices with Lesbian/Gay Service users and Colleagues)
June'10 Sexual Health (2 day course)
Dec'10 Food Hygiene Level 2
Feb'11 Breast Feeding Management
Sept'2011 Feeding The 21st Century Child
Oct'2011 The Child's journey
Nov'2011 C.A.F Level 2
Dec'2011 C.A.F.Level 3
Dec'2011 Awareness of Child Abuse & Neglect
Dec'2011 Safeguarding Children Foundation Programme / A.F.C
Jan'2012 Brief Interventions & Core / Brief Lifestyle Interventions
Aug'2012 First Aid- St.Johns Ambulance Paediatric
Ofsted Registered Feb'2013
C card training
Introductions to Barnardos
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Safeguarding Policy Procedure
Health & Safety
Introduction to Live link
Team Development
Child Protection
Advocacy
Multi-Disciplinary
Team Building
Attachment
Inter Personal Skills
Child Protection (Parts 1 & 2)
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Looking After Children - Good Parenting
Community Delivery Training
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Adoption Law
First Aid
Child Protection Issues
Child Protection Issues for Children with Disabilities
Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
Food & Hygiene
Racism
HIV/Sexual Awareness
Self Harm & Suicide.
Co-run several Young Parents groups across the district
Co-Run x 2 10 week Ante Natal Young Parents to be group through the Children's Centre
Annual Xmas party planning team and participation( I had all the party balloons and decorations worth over £600 organised and co-ordinated for just £30 from a local company)
Annual Easter Toddle plan and participation
2013-2017 Updated Training, please ask for certificates.

My Availability

PLEASE CONTACT ME TO CHECK MY CURRENT AVAILABILITY

I AM ALSO AVAILABLE FOR REGULAR BABYSITTING OR ONE OFFS

PLEASE TRY TO BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, THANK YOU

My Fees

• Nannying from £20.00 per hour (net)
• Babysitting from £20.00 per hour

I AM NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR CHRISTMAS &NEW YEAR
PLEASE CONTACT ME TO GET BOOKED IN ASAP
TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
THANK YOU

I HAVE OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH:
PREM NEWBORNS
NEWBORNS - 18 YEARS OLD
ADULTS 18-99 YEARS OLD

I AM CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR NANNY POSITIONS DAY & NIGHT NURSING

MY AVAILABILITY AT PRESENT IS VARIED SO PLEASE GET IN TOUCH TO CHECK

HOWEVER PLEASE DON’T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME TO CHECK MY AVAILABILITY AS IT CAN CHANGE

BABYSITTING - EVENINGS & WEEKENDS.

FOR ALL BOOKINGS FOR NANNYING & BABYSITTING,PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID


PLEASE NOTE: All hours booked must be paid for as due to cancellation at short notice, I cannot offer these hours to another family, thank you for your understanding.

Please contact me to discuss your families individual requirements and my fees.

I look forward to hearing from you soon,

Kindest regards,

Tally.