Lauren, child care : Redcar and Cleveland

Hi, I'm Lauren, a 21 year old Private Daycare Nursery worker.
I am a bubbly, friendly person with a love for animals and children. I am reliable, punctual, hard working, well organised and calm under pressure.

I work in a private nursery which employs the two year provision. I have three years professional experience working with children among the ages of 18 months to 4 years, and personal experience with children 5 years and older.

Skills and qualifications.
- Completed Level 2 in Childcare, and I am halfway through completing my Level 3 as an Early Years Educator.
- A CACHE Level 2 in Dealing with Children with Challenging Behaviour.
- 13 GCSE's, all C and above. English, B and C grades, Mathematics, C grade, and Sciences, B and C grades.
- An excellent understanding and awareness of Safeguarding, Child Protection and Confidentiality.
- An excellent understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS)
- A Paediatric First Aid certificate;
- A Food Hygiene and Infection Control certificate.
- Completed training with the HENRY initiative. (Healthy Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young)
- Prevent Duty and British Values training.
- A full driver's license.

I enjoy doing arts and crafts activities, such as painting and gluing, and I enjoy giving children the opportunity to experience sensory and messy play, such as jelly, ice, sand and water, gloop and slime.

I am more than willing to carry out care routines including: changing clothes, bathing, feeding and nappy changing. I am also willing to aid with potty training.

I have some experience with working with children with mild cases of Autism, and I have experience with working with children that have hearing and sight impairments, as well as children that are immobile. I have a basic understanding of Makaton.

I love to give children new learning opportunities through their play, by focusing on how best I can educate them using their interests. It is important for children to be given learning experiences both indoors and outdoors, and for this reason, I like to keep a balance of outdoor and indoor play no matter the weather; rain, snow and sunshine.