Mariah

My Summary

My Experience

My Childcare Experience

I spent many years as a manager of a youth program, this required the following:
• Working up from an administrative assistant to the manager of the full-time youth program.
• A largely administrative role requiring excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Quick problem solving.
• Extensive safeguarding, and child protection policies, along with mentoring individuals.
• Managing and teaching weekly clubs and communicating effectively with parents.
• Planning and executing large events on a monthly basis.
• Teaching classes and training a large team.
Through this job, I have also been able to work extensively with teenagers from deprived areas and difficult family lives. This involves weekly groups and one-on-one meetings. This taught me to give supportive advice in unstable situations, to build friendships, while remaining professional, to carry an administrative role while keeping time management and organisational skills at the forefront. I also worked alongside many other departments of the charity such as the accountant and the safeguarding coordinator. This job provided me with a wide-ranging level of experience with children and young people with various learning difficulties. This included and is not limited to SEMH, SEBD, ASD and ADHD. Along with various mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.

Child Minder for 3 years, this required the following:
• Changing nappies
• Helping with homework/tutoring
• Making dinner, lunch and snacks
• Being competent in first aid and child protection policies
• Making fast decisions with parents in mind
• Working alongside parents
• Recording incidents
• Preparing enjoyable age-appropriate activities?
• Being responsible and identifying risk factors.
In this job, I worked alongside families to provide care for children as young as 3 months and as old as 7 years old. I have also assisted in running a crèche for 6yrs and ran a mums & toddlers group.

Along with this, I have been involved with a lot of voluntary work such as:
Spending 6 months working in Africa:
• Teaching English classes
• Cleaning houses
• Assisting in midwifery wards and health centres
• Shadowing Nurses and Midwives in a busy hospital setting
• Running kids programs

What do I love the most about babysitting and childcare?
I thoroughly enjoy working alongside families to see children flourish, grow and learn. Working in childcare is truly my passion! I love thinking creatively to create tailored activities for each child. Along with this, the relationship built with a family and children while working alongside them is so fulfilling.


What makes a for a great nanny?
They are:
Playful and fun, who will create fantastic games, activities and truly entertain each child. This includes being passionate about creating a healthy, fun and active environment.
Active, someone who is prepared to match the children's energy and is prepared for however the day or night unfolds.
Responsible, being someone the parents can trust in while they are away. Showing that they have what it take to create a safe environment for each child.
Experience and Skills, having real-life experience in childcare and gaining the hands-on skills required to take care of children.
Adaptable and Flexible, able to work around the parent schedules and understand that sometimes plans can change.
Compassion and Care, able to deal with sensitive situations with kindness. Never doing anything our of anger or harshness.
Trustworthy, someone who will follow the parent's rules, pay attention to each child and their needs.
Skilled professional, has certain qualifications such as first aid and has put time and dedication into learning about childcare.
Ready for Anything, prepared and ready for any emergency or need.
This is exactly what I plan to bring to each family I am with.

What are your favourite activities to do with kids?
I am an adventurous person and therefore enjoy taking children on adventures. This often simply looks like a walk with an imaginative spin or a trip to the park.
Along with this, the book ‘Einstein Never Used Flash Cards’ breaks play down into five core elements of fun and enjoyable, have no set goals, be spontaneous and voluntary, involve active engagement, involve an element of make-believe. This alongside my skill and experience will allow me to create tailor-made activities for each child.

My qualities and what I can bring to your family.
I am a joyful person and enjoy bringing brightness into other peoples lives. I am fun, adventurous and extraverted with the right amount of caution and care. I am ready for anything and up for everything. I am smart and have an NVQ 3 in Nursing and Midwifery along with A* GCSEs. I will create a safe environment allowing your children to learn, grown and be themselves. I am highly organised and enjoy cleaning and tidying. I won't sit down until the job is done and I'll find extra jobs if I've already completed all the chores needed that day. I am a hard worker, skilled and ready to join your house. I am inter-culturally competent, flexible and happy to learn new ways of doing things. I am very well-travelled and have lived in many different cultures along with having travelled to over 15 countries in the world and have done extensive foreign aid work.

I will provide you with a completely individualised service with services ranging from preplanned activities, tutoring up until year 4, cleaning, dinner and baking and more. I can cook for all forms of dietary requirements. I have a clean drivers licence and full access to a car. I am also DBS checked. Additionally, I carry a safeguarding certificate and food hygiene certificate.


Name: Mariah Howgill

Location: CT20 - happy to travel

Hourly rate: 10-15 per hour

My Qualifications

ICCE Foundation Qualification
GCSE’s Math and English
NVQ 3 Nursing and Midwifery at Distinction
Safeguarding, First Aid and Food Hygiene Certificates

My Availability

Looking to start with a family as of April-May working Monday-Friday either full time or part time. Weekends and nights available at an additional cost. Emergency Nannying also available.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
• Nannying from £10.00 per hour (gross)

Negotiable depending on times, days and family size. Generally £10-£15 depending on families size and needs.