The standard of care Denise provides has been nothing short of outstanding. She has worked as a nanny for over twenty five years now, and has a calm temperament and a natural affinity with children (including those with Special Educational Needs).

She is also highly proactive and child centred in her approach –accordingly she can organise a good variety of structured and free-play activities and social events that my children actually enjoy and wish to repeat.

Furthermore, by involving my three children in animal care (she has a love for animals and a menagerie of pets including giant land hermit crabs, tropical fish, parrotletts, a cat, a dog and rabbits) - she has helped both my sons conquer their fear of dogs, so much so that they now actively seek and enjoy playing with them - including petting the neighbour's rottweiler (under close supervision of course).

In addition to the fun things, I found her to be good with teaching the children how to behave well and found the children were calm and happy in her presence at all times.

She also has a very strong work ethic and is very accommodating. I have consistently found Denise to be extremely flexible - prepared to cover unsociable hours (including very early mornings and overnights) when necessary and often making herself available at very short notice (eg. at times she has been able to be there within the hour!).

She was also prepared to become OFSTED registered at my behest and was entrusted to deal directly with the school or medical professionals in my absence. I also entrusted her with money and she took her responsibilities very seriously. I could always rely on her to manage my kids even when away on work assignments on the other side of the country including dealing with some quite delicate situations.

In essence, I cannot recommend Denise highly enough (particularly when it comes to working with children and families with complex needs - such as was the case with one of my sons).