Dawn
Childminder in Southampton (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 3 hours
Female Member since Feb 2025 Last Updated Feb 2025 Last Login 20 Feb 2025
My Summary
Mature, Experienced Retired Foster Carer
About Me
Personally;-
Upbeat, positive, flexible, ‘can do’ attitude towards work and life. Natural problem solver and always happy to get stuck in and help wherever needed and necessary.
I am extremely flexible and happy to negotiate to suit your needs.
I have my own car, (Volvo XC60) high level of safety, plenty of space & comfort - to pick up/drop off with public liability insurance. Generally, nothing is too much for me to help & support with.
I’m a mature mum/foster mum and know the strains and stresses parenting brings .If I can eliminate any of those, there’s my life satisfaction.
Education & professions :-
Degree educated, well spoken & presented. Carry myself with high values and standards.
Retired therapeutic led care foster practitioner. Worked self employed and took placements from local authorities across the south coast. Generally children with highly challenging behaviours and where either foster carer placement or adoption has broken down.
As a teenager kicked off my passion for children with nannying for high profile families and enjoyed wonderful holidays homes and lifestyles.
That soon ended when I had my own family… then took a year out to retrain as a foster carer. An extremely intense and challenging role to train for and experience.
Accommodation :-
I have my own central city apartment presently, however, looking to buy larger home. As well as needing fulfilment. Babies. Toddlers are my soft spot and joy. Although, school age care also.
My Experience
15 years as a TLC (Therapeutic led carer) for complex need children. Multiagency liaise led. Professional meetings. Supervised contact advocator. Emergency placement. Foster carer mentor.
Private nanny for high profile families in London, Austria & France.
My Qualifications
Attachment Therapy
Contact
With Birth
Families
20/10/2021
Introduction
To Safer
Care
20/10/2021
Mental
Health
Awarenesss
14/02/2020
The
SEND Code
of Practice
13/02/2020
Diversity and
Inclusion 13/02/2020
Unconscious
Bias 13/02/2020
Active
Listening 13/02/2020
Email
Etiquette 16/02/2020
Food Safety
Introduction 14/02/2020
Dealing With
Stress 13/02/2020
Decision
Making 16/02/2020
Dealing with
Conflict 16/02/2020
Value and
Purpose 14/02/2020
COSHH in
the Home 13/02/2020
Environment
Sleep Well -
An
Introduction
14/02/2020
Relaxation 13/02/2020
Resilience 14/02/2020
Suicide
Prevention 05/05/2021
Carbon
Monoxide
Awareness
29/04/2021
COVID-19 -
Personal
Protective
Equipment
(PPE)
29/04/2021
Missing
Children 20/10/2021
Safeguarding
Children -
Basic
Awareness
My Availability
24/7 availability although flexibility there - do have my own commitments to juggle in. Alway open for discussion.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 20/02/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £14.00 per hour
- Childminding from £14.00 per hour
To be discussed as most jobs individual and contain a very client led support and need. Therefore prefer to consider fee at time of details of role.
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 17/02/2025)
- UK Passport (added 16/02/2025)
- Other (added 19/02/2025)
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