Kajol

My Summary

My Experience

My first experience of childcare was helping my mother, who was a single mother, with my baby brother who was born when I was 12 years old. I became a second mother to him and as a result my maternal instincts are intrinsic to my character.

A year later, at the age of 13, I became deeply passionate about my community and wanted to provide arts services and educational activities to everyone in my area. With some friends, I set up our own youth organisation, "Blaze Arts", to work with an eclectic range of artists, musicians and athletes and cultivated art exhibitions, festivals, sports challenges and other high profile events. Through this we encouraged children throughout the north west region to improve their mental and physical wellbeing with sport and artistic programmes that successfully encouraged children and young people to gain confidence. Everyone went on to pursue amazing lives and careers. Three years later I was successfully nominated a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer for the lasting impact our organisation had achieved in our town and the rest of the region.

I have been nannying and babysitting since living in London for the past 4 - 5 years and continue to have a trusting and close relationship with the families I have looked after. From looking after newborns, toddlers, children and early teenagers, I have the experience of taking care of a wide range of children, inside and outside the home. I have experience of working as a chef and I'm passionate about healthy eating and cooking from scratch, I am particularly good with children who have dietary requirements.

I have also worked as an outreach ambassador for my university which has involved me going to primary and secondary schools to create workshops to encourage students to be curious, creative and work hard to enjoy education. Through this I have organised my own lessons and lectures in my specialised fields (History, Anthropology and History of Art) for children as young as 8 to 18. I ran workshops (usually in languages such as Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi) within my institution to encourage ethnic minority and/or working class children to appreciate their culture and heritage and study their languages further. This position requires a very organised, passionate and energetic attitude which I had utilised within this role.

I have worked with children in a vast range of environments and offer all of this experience to you and your family. I am more than happy to help achieve academic goals alongside childcare as it is an important time of year and the coronavirus pandemic has made this time particularly difficult for learning.

My Qualifications

• TQUK Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (RQF). Community Care 1st Services, North London Partnership Consorti- um Ltd. 2021.

• TQUK Level 2 Award in Safeguarding of Children (Child Protection). Community Care 1st Services, North London Part- nership Consortium Ltd. 2021. Modules: “What is child abuse, Signs and symptoms of child abuse, Normal child develop- ment and creating a safe environment, What to do in response to concerns about a child, Documentation, reporting strate- gies and sharing of information, Multi-disciplinary team work, Case discussions and exploring professional dilemmas”.

• TQUK Level 2 Award in Common Core Skills for the Professional Childcarer. Community Care 1st Services, North Lon- don Partnership Consortium Ltd. 2021.

• School of Construction, The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London: “Women into Carpentry”. 2021-2022

• B.A. (Hons) Social Anthropology & History. SOAS, University of London. 2015 – 2020

• ACU Stellenbosch International Summer School: “Biodiversity: Plants for the People in the Western Cape”. Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 2019.

• Common Purpose Global Leadership Programme: “How do smart cities ensure they are inclusive?”. Christ University, Bangalore, India. 2017.

• Gold Arts Award: Level 3 Certificate in the Arts Leadership. Trinity College, London. 2012.

• 11 GCSEs A* - B. Highfield Humanities College, Blackpool. 2012.

B.A. (Hons) Social Anthropology & History. SOAS, University of London. 2015 – 2020
SOAS Exemplar Dissertation, 2020: My ethnographic research study, focusing on marginalised women living in London, was awarded and published as one of most ground-breaking anthropological research theses in post-structural feminism and postcolonial studies.

ACU Scholarship Recipient, Stellenbosch University International Summer School Exchange, South Africa, 2019, “Biodiversity: Plants for the People in the Western Cape”:
I was nominated by my university to receive the ACU international scholarship to study alongside top students, world leading experts and academics. I took part in an immersive research project analysing the ecological diversity of indigenous plants of the Cape Flora, South Africa for their medicinal benefits.

Common Purpose Global Leadership Programme, Christ University, Bangalore, India, 2017:
I was selected by SOAS to work with various NGOs, charities, experts, top students and the government of Karnataka to solve complex local problems faced by the most marginalised people in the city. I collaborated with organisations such as: Association of People with Disability, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, World Resources Institute, renowned women’s rights organisation Vimochana, and many more. By the end, I had devised a socio-educational reform plan to increase inclusivity in Bangalore and pitched it to a panel of local stakeholders and government

Introduction to the History of Art, Theory, Method and Archaeology of Africa, Near and Middle East, South, East and South-East Asia. SOAS, University of London 2014 -. 2015.

A-Level Biology, English Literature and History. Cardinal Newman College, Preston. 2012 - 2014.

Gold Arts Award: Level 3 Certificate in the Arts. Trinity College, London. 2012.

My Availability

For the moment, I am available at anytime required.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £14.00 per hour
• Tutoring from £15.00 per hour