Virginia Zumaquero

Key Responsibilities:

• Matching families with suitable nannies and babysitters based on their specific needs and preferences
• Managing candidate selection processes, including screening, interviewing, and evaluating childcare professionals
• Presenting shortlisted nanny and babysitter profiles to families and advising on the best fit
• Coordinating bookings, schedules, and communication between families and childcare providers
• Maintaining up-to-date records of candidates and client requirements
• Providing ongoing support to both families and nannies to ensure high-quality service

Additional Childcare Duties:

• Providing babysitting and holiday nanny services in local hotels and private homes during high-demand periods
• Delivering attentive and nurturing care to children of various ages
• Organising engaging and age-appropriate activities
• Assisting with homework and daily routines
• Following parents’ instructions to maintain consistency in routines and schedules

Responsible for the care of a 5-year-old boy during after-school hours, with a strong focus on both educational support and personal development. Key responsibilities included:

• Teaching Spanish through engaging and age-appropriate activities
• Assisting with English homework and reinforcing school learning
• Planning and organizing structured afternoon routines
• Creating and leading developmental games to support cognitive and social skills
• Taking the child to extracurricular activities
• Encouraging positive behavior, discipline, and good manners
• Providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment

• Responsible for looking after a baby boy 6 months
• Duties involved: sleep training, swaddling, feeding, balanced playtime, creating a safe and loving environment, stimulating cognitive development.

• Responsible for looking after one girl 15 months
• Duties involved: promoting language development, organizing activities, making healthy snacks and meals, supporting daily routines.

• Responsible for looking after one boy 18 months
• Duties involved: safety and wellbeing, discipline programs, communicating with parents, feeding, playing games, doing laundry, preparing meals, educational activities, supporting daily routines.

• Responsible for looking after one boy 8 months
• Duties involved: safety and wellbeing, stimulating activities, arranging play dates, bathing, preparing bottles and meals, tidying up.

• Full time position as a nursery teacher in the toddler's room
• Duties involved: providing a stimulating and safe care environment, planning curriculum activities, participating in meetings, following policies and procedures, preparing meals, assuring proper care.

• Full time position as a nursery nurse in the baby and toddlers room
• Duties involved: looking after babies and toddlers, stimulating children, preparing bottles and meals, maintaining toys and equipment, observing children and writing reports, settling in new children, teamwork, liaising with parents.

• Full time position as a nanny with sole share responsibility for one girl 9 months, later a newborn
• Duties involved: dressing, feeding, meal preparation, laundry, arranging play dates.

• Temporary position as a nanny with sole share responsibility for 2 children aged 3.5 years and 2 years
• Duties involved: dressing, taking to nursery, meal preparation, laundry, arranging play dates, teaching crafts, general care.

• Joined family as an au pair, helping with three children aged 1 year, 3 years, and 6 years
• Duties involved: dressing, bathing, meal preparation, ironing, collecting from school, taking to the park, general play and care.

• Providing childcare and babysitting services in local hotels and private homes
• Duties involved: general assistance, teamwork, liaising with parents.

• Worked as a general kindergarten assistant
• Duties involved: working with children, teamwork, liaising with parents.