KELLY BUCKHORN

• Working in a private home setting, meeting the needs of the whole family to ensure the household runs efficiently.
• Caring for the child's physical, mental health and well being.
• Personal care, nappy changing progressing to potty training, teeth brushing, dressing, bathing, nail cutting and hair appts.
• Maintained a clean environment, promoting hygiene standards and cleanliness.
• Establishing and upholding routines and schedules.
• Preparing healthy snacks and meals.
• Planning and implementing age appropriate activities that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following child's interests.
• Attending various clubs and groups.
• Administered medication when necessary, maintaining optimal health conditions, including attending medical appointments with and without parents.
• Providing parents with daily reports (written, verbal and photographic) keeping them abreast of the child's progress and behaviour patterns.
• Implementing positive behaviour strategies, diffusing situations calmly and assertively.
• Promoted language development skills through reading storybooks and interactive games.
• Ensured child safety by implementing appropriate child safety measures.
• Handled emergency situations efficiently, ensuring immediate medical attention if needed.
• Coordinated playdates for social interaction amongst peers.
• Modelled appropriate social behaviours, promoting empathy, kindness and concern for others.
• Babysitting and overnight care
• Transported Child safely to all engagements in own car.
• Accompanying the family on an international trip.

• Worked in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with EYFS, national curriculum, codes of practice and school policies and procedures.
• Implemented planned learning activities and teaching programmes, also delivering intervention sessions where needed.
• Established positive relationships with pupils
• Promoted positive pupil behaviour in line with school policies and helped keep pupils on task
• Interacted and supported pupils according to individual needs and skills.
• Promoted the inclusion and acceptance of children with SEN within the classroom
• Participated in planning and evaluation of learning activities, providing feedback to the teacher on pupil progress and behaviour.
• Monitored and recorded pupil activities, writing records and reports as required.
• Provided feedback to parents in relation to attainment and progress.
• Attended to pupils personal needs, including help with social, welfare and health matters.
• Assisted with the preparation, maintenance and control of stocks, materials and resources.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of IEP/EHCP's
• Liaised with staff and outside agencies providing information about pupils as appropriate.
• Nursery lead in the absence of teacher.
• Respected confidentiality at all times.
• Participated actively in team meetings and trainings; stayed updated on latest childcare best practices.
• Provided support during meal times, encouraging balanced diets for better health.
• Ensured and maintained a clean safe, nurturing environment for children through consistent supervision careful monitoring of play areas, disinfecting toys and surfaces regularly.
• Supervised and coached staff to deliver high-quality child care provisions.
• Key holder, responsible for closing the setting and all security requirements.

• Helped both Mum and child overcome separation anxiety.
• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine including transition of contact naps only to cot sleeping.
• Weaning and preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Maintaining reusable nappies
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment inc rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written and photographic.
• Transported child safely in my own car.

Family Relocated

• Maintained a consistent sleep routine.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• All personal care nappy changing, potty training, dressing, teeth brushing, bathing and bed time routine.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents shift work (15 hours day)
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parent verbal, written, photographic.
• Transported child safely in my own car.

I Relocated

• Personal care nappy changing, potty changing, haircuts.
• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written, photographic.
• Nursery drop off and collections.
• Transported child safely in my own car.

I Relocated

• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine
• Weaning stages and bottle feeding.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Personal care nappy changing and bathing when required.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written, photographic
• Supporting Mum through second pregnancy
• Transported child safely in my own car.
• Cover care for both children when new carer unavailable.

Mum started maternity leave

• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine.
• Bottle feeding.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Personal care nappy changing, potty training, hair care, bathing if needed.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written, photographic
• Transported child safely in my own car.
• Collaboration of care with maternal grandparents, paternal grandmother and extended family.
• Supported Mum and child through Marital breakdown.

Family Relocated

• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine including transition of contact naps only to cot sleeping.
• Weaning, bottle feeding and preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Implementing various strategies successfully to gain interest in a wider variety of foods.
• Personal care nappy changing, potty changing, bathing if needed.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written, photographic.
• Transported child safely in my own car.
• Proxy parenting whilst parents attended a wedding abroad.

Child moved to Nursery

• Introduced a sleep routine and sleep training.
• Supported Mum and child through a marital breakdown.
• Established and maintained a consistent sleep routine including transition of contact naps only to cot sleeping.
• Personal care nappy changing and bathing if required.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Implementing various strategies successfully to gain interest in a wider variety of foods.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and toy rotation.
• Daily communication with parent verbal, written, photographic.
• Communicating child's wardrobe needs.
• Collaboration of care with maternal grandmother and great grandparents.
• Babysitting.
• Transported child safely in my own car.

Mum received redundancy.

• Supported family whilst mum was in the final stages of pregnancy,
• On call and over night care during birth of second child.
• Nursery collection.
• Maintaining daily and bedtime routine.
• Meal prep.
• Personal care nappy changing teeth brushing, bathing, and dressing.

• Maintained established routines and schedules.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks / warming pre cooked.
• Personal care nappy changing and potty training.
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and rotation of toys.
• Daily communication with parents verbal, written, photographic.
• Transported child safely in my own car.

Child moved on to Nursery

• Maintained established routine and schedules.
• Preparation of healthy meals and snacks.
• Personal care nappy changing, potty training, teeth brushing, bathing, hair care, and dressing
• Working in accordance with the EYFS to plan and implement age appropriate activities / experiences that enhance the child's physical, emotional and social well-being, following the child's interests.
• Attending various groups, coordinating play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
• Supporting parents work commitments.
• Maintaining a safe, tidy environment and cleanliness of all child related equipment and Children's laundry.
• Daily communication with parents verbal and written.
• School and preschool drop off and collections.
• Attend extra curricular activities.
• Public transport.

Mum received redundancy.

Catering to 52 Children 26 each AM and PM.

• Worked in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with EYFS, national curriculum, codes of practice and school policies and procedures.
• Implemented planned learning activities and teaching programmes, also delivering intervention sessions where needed.
• Established positive relationships with pupils
• Promoted positive pupil behaviour in line with school policies and helped keep pupils on task.
• Interacted and supported pupils according to individual needs and skills.
• Promoted the inclusion and acceptance of children with SEN within the classroom.
• Participated in planning and evaluation of learning activities, providing feedback to the teacher on pupil progress and behaviour.
• Monitored and recorded pupil activities, writing records and reports as required.
• Provided feedback to parents in relation to attainment and progress.
• Attended to pupils personal needs, including help with social, welfare and health matters.
• Assisted with the preparation, maintenance and control of stocks, materials and resources.
• Liaised with staff and outside agencies providing information about pupils as appropriate.
• Respected confidentiality at all times.
• Participated actively in team meetings and trainings; stayed updated on latest childcare best practices.
• Ensured and maintained a clean safe, nurturing environment for children through consistent supervision careful monitoring of play areas, disinfecting toys and surfaces regularly.
• Run a successful language development group for children with speech delays, selective mutism and EAL.

Maternity Leave

Worked in each room: Baby Room 3 - 18 months, Apple and Pears 18-2 years, Orange and Lemons 2-3 years and Sunshine Room 3-5 years.

• Cooked for whole Nursery when chef was unavailable.
• Bottle feeding and weaning.
• Allergy awareness.
• Implemented nursery policies consistently; maintained standards expected by management team.
• Key worker system maintaining comprehensive records of each child's progress; noted developments at regular intervals.
• Liaised effectively with colleagues during shift changes; guaranteed seamless continuity of care for all children.
• Facilitated nap times as part of routine care duties, contributing to overall wellbeing.
• Planning and implementing, age and stage appropriate activities / experiences.
• Collaborated with parents on potty-training methods, resulting in consistent approach between home and nursery.
• Administered first aid when required, ensuring prompt attention to injuries or illnesses, attending hospital to support parents.
• Delivered high-quality childcare by maintaining a safe, clean and nurturing environment.
• Christmas Show, Summer Fete and Birthday Teas.
• Annual seaside trips and visits to Hamleys for Father Christmas.
• Ad-hoc babysitting for families.