Lizard75
Nanny in London: Islington (also available for babysitting)
Female Member since Oct 2012 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login Oct 2024
My Summary
About Me
I AM NOT CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR WORK DUE TO PHYSICAL DISABILITY. I have been working in childcare for over 20 years across 2 continents.
In my free time I enjoy excercising, cooking, singing and art crafting.
I regularly update my DBS and First Aid training and I am in continuous professional development.
My name is Elisa
My Experience
Employment history
November 21-up to date, Barry-Moro family. Twin girls 26th month old. Full-time position (it was initially a part-time).
December 21- June 22 Sendama Family, London. Boy 6 month old and girl 5 (full-time, 4 days a week)
• baby appropriate activity planning (i.e. messy play, treasure baskets, rhymes and rhythms, motor skills training, weaning, visits to libraries, playgroups and music, sensory classes etc.), assistance with homework, art and craft etc. for the older one.
August 20 - December 2021, Gadjeree-Gupta family, boy 15 month and a girl 4 year old (full-time Monday to Thursday)
January ‘20 - July (7 months), Sharma-Langer family, girl 2 year old (part- time, after nursery, 1pm-7pm, (Monday to Friday)
October ‘19 – January ‘20 (4 months) Legg, Radzevica family - Girl 2, Girl 5, Boy 8 (full time position, after school and Sundays)
September ‘19 - Hemingway family - G5 -G5 (temporary position, before and after school care)
April 18-October 18 (6 months) - Frost family - G 8, G 3.5 (school and nursery drop offs, extra hours in excess to those set up in my main contract)
June 17- February 18 (9 months) - Thakur, Mukerji family – toddler, 13 month old (Early mornings and nursery drop offs 7.30-9.30 am - extra hours in excess to those set up in my main contract)
• Potty-training, rhymes
June 15-up to date (4 years)- Capiluppi, Rosso family- twins, newborn boys and 6 boy (intermittently volunteering at weekends, shared charge)
• Feeding, entertaining and stimulating with rhymes (sounds), weaning, potty-training and entertainment - supervision at the park
November ‘16- March ‘20 – assisting a childminder in looking after 10 babies and toddlers at her day-care (Intermittently volunteering to keep the skills current, 6am – 8.30am)
• Weaning and potty-training
• Rhythms and rhymes singing (with actions). -The repetitive language makes it easier for
babies to learn language skills and for toddlers to keep consolidating their vocabulary with
fun.
• Soft toys baby playing- concentrating on one activity to encourage the child attention and
ability to focus.
• Assistance with Mark Making (Drawing)
• Storytelling and reading
• Learning of boundaries through play and the relationship with peers and childminders.
• Cognitive stimulation through the use of interdisciplinary tools - wooden shapes
and numbers, animals pictures (i.e. parents and their offspring matching), tapes and videos
• Dressing up and role playing
• Encouraging of sharing, acts of kindness and reassuring/repairing behavior after
disagreement and arguments (or fights).
• SEN experience with autism, paralysis, no verbal old children and nursing treatment.
Dec '16- up to date (3 years and 8 months) Csink family - regular evenings/holidays babysitting of a girl initially aged 2
Aug ‘15 – August ‘19 (4 years) Sandford, Kriel family- twins, boy and girl aged 9 yo (part-time after-school care)
• School pick up, supervising and organising play dates, Networking with parents, Cooking for the whole family, taking the children to after-school classes, homework assistance
Aug 14- July 15 Odgers (1 year) - 4 children, boy 10 years old, b 12 yo, twin girls 16 yo (after-school care)
• School pick up, school clothes and materials preparation, shopping, cooking, sewing (repairing), ironing
August '14- December '14 - Simms family. Saturday care of a girl aged 5 with severe Rett Syndrome and a baby boy aged 9 months
• Swimming and park fun with the girl on a wheel chair, feeding both children, assisting the girl's education using a computer interface based on electro-oculography (EOG) that allows interaction with a computer using eye movement. Nursing and physical treatment.
August ‘13-August ‘14 - Longberg family in Little Venice. B2 (wrap around nursery care)
• Waking up in the morning and cooking him breakfast. Dressing and get him ready for nursery. Collect him and entertainment, playing at the park, story telling, supervising play dates, cooking dinner, feeding, age appropriate activities at home.
Mar’13 – July’13 Gordon Family. Crouch End, London. Nanny live-out of three boys (13 yo – twins 9 year old).
• Childcare, Cooking, driving the kids to their tutor and after-school activities, light housekeeping.
Sept 2012 De Moudt Family. Barnes, London. Temporary live-out position of a boy (6 years old) and a girl (4 years old).
Feb 2008- up to date (14 years) Logical Medical Systems Ltd, Medical Software Company, LONDON. Cultural mediator.
• Interpreter, Translator, Supporting Administrator (Current part-time position on Wednesdays).
Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 (4 years) BROWN Family. LONDON Live- in Nanny (two boys 4 year old and 6 year old) and Housekeeper for 6 months.
• Childcare, helping with homework, playing, cooking, tidying up, night babysitting proxy parenting. Key Responsibilities: Childcare, Planning activities with the children. Providing play areas, materials and equipment. Giving them the choice and freedom to spend their leisure time in their own way. Encouraging fair and caring behavior. Encouraging independence and self- esteem. Talking to children about their concerns or worries. Dealing with injuries (happened at school). Looking after petty cash. Liaising with parents. Organising entertainment for both boys and their friends. Make sure that play is safe, and encourage children to be aware of their own safety and that of others. Building up campsites, playing chess, drawing, drama, storytelling, singing, playing recorder, reading books, poems and fairy tales. Movement games such as hide and sick or football (lots of outdoor). Supervise them when playing and tidying up playroom and toys. Assist with general housekeeping, laundry, cooking, helping with homework, cleaning, laundry, ironing, accompany to errands (school, doctor, art, swimming).
2005-2007 Students' Tutor at IUSTO University. TURIN. Faculty of Psychology.
2004-2007 Lo Diacono Family. TURIN. Nanny of one boy (6 months old) and one girl (2 years old).
• weaning and potty-training, feeding, dressing, playing, going to swimming pool and park, singing group, bathing, bedtime.
2000-2007 Rebaudengo Educational and Therapy Centre. TURIN. Clinical and educational Psychologist.
• Consultation, Assessment, use of Psycho diagnostic Tests, Individual Clinical Therapy (adult and children) Group Therapy (Psychodrama), Supervision, Art Therapy, Cooperative learning, Educational psychology (Primary and Secondary school), Teaching experience.
1999-2007 Giordano Family. TURIN. Nanny of one boy (4 year old) and one girl (8 year old). Proxy parenting.
1998-2007 Various Primary schools. TURIN. Additional Needs Locum teacher. Main experience with deafness, cerebral palsy an autistic spectrum.
1996-2000 Bianchi Family. Turin. Nanny of one boy (2 year old) and one girl (6 month old)
• weaning and potty-training. Rhymes learning and singing together
1994 -1996 Podda Family. Turin. Babysitter of a newborn baby boy
1992-1994 Benso Family. Alessandria. Babysitter of a baby girl (5 months old)
My Qualifications
Continuous Professional Development in Childcare (Reading list to forward upon request – i.e. authors like Montessori, Faber and Mazlish, Karmel, Biddulph)
2022 Working towards Cambridge English Proficiency test CPE
2010-13 The Psychosynthesis and Education Trust, LONDON. Post Graduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling
2009 Cambridge Esol, CAE Certificate of Advanced English.
2003 Turin University, Laurea in Developmental Psychology (corresponding to BSc + MSc) mark 2:1
1997-'98 Barcelona Central University, ERASMUS project (1 year)
Languages
Italian Mother Tongue
English: fluent
Spanish Castilian: fluent
French: intermediate (written), basic (speaking)
Portuguese: basic speaking
My Availability
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays, Evenings and weekends
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 10/07/2023 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £16.00 per hour
- Nannying from £15.00 per hour (net)
£15 net. Let's discuss it. The rate depends on the age/amount of children, tasks and number of hours offered
My Documents
- DBS Check (added 14/03/2023)
- First Aid Certificate: 12 Hr Paediatric First Aid - Ofsted compliant (added 10/07/2022)
- Full CV (added 12/09/2021)
- Reference: Parent reference n.6 (added 24/07/2021)
- Reference: Reference n. 5 (added 21/05/2021)
- Reference: Parent n. 4 Reference - Rose Garnett (added 06/06/2020)
- Reference: Parent reference n.3 (added 06/06/2020)
- Reference: Parent Reference (added 06/06/2020)
- Reference: Parent reference (added 06/06/2020)
- First Aid Certificate: Elisa Ferrari at British Red Cross (added 06/06/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Lizard75. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
It is a pleasure having Elisa as a nanny and babysitter. Elisa is always on time. The children look forward to seeing her. She is reliable and very aware of the children emotional wellbeing. I always felt very safe to leave the children with her. She is playful and she really cares about the children. In addition, Elisa cooked for us and did some sewing when she was babysitting and the children were asleep. She is really passionate about her job and therefore she does it extremely well. You cannot be disappointed by her, on the contrary you will be positively surprised by everything she will passionately do.
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We hired Elisa as a part time nanny for our nine month old baby girl, we highly recommend her! It was a particularly hectic time for us, and finding great childcare is always daunting. Elisa was highly responsive, flexible, warm, punctual and great with our daughter - albeit a short tenure she feels like a member of the family!
She planned activities for our daughter (playing nursery rhymes on the recorder, singing rhymes with actions, storytelling), tested for COVID before each visit, and thoroughly cleaned (without being asked!) when our baby napped which I was especially grateful for. We did not need help with cooking but she offered and I have no doubt would be great at that too, she was great at giving our daughter meals and we quickly trusted her to take her our to the park for the day. She also covered one day when our baby was under the weather, a task I would entrust to very few people. Finally, we really enjoyed her company, she has the perfect balance of easy going yet professional - it was a delight having her round.
We will happily be having her back and any family would be lucky to have her!
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Elisa Ferrari has worked with us since August 2020 and we will be sad to see her go. She has looked after our now 2.5 year old in sole charge for the majority of the time and also helps with my 4 year old after school and during school holidays. She has been responsible, reliable and completely trustworthy and has adapted through the lockdowns.
The only reason she is leaving is because my 2.5 year old is going to nursery full time and so we don't need a full time nanny.
Elisa comes up with varied and interesting activities to do with my 2.5 year old and his sister from messy play, singing, exploring the world around you, arts and craft, early math and baking. My children will miss her.
She also helped with laundry, ironing for the children and cooking a delicious meal for the family each day. She is patient and kind and really has adapted to what our family needs. She has worked very hard for us during a pandemic.
She was always accommodating and went above and beyond her duties, never having had a sick day and taking holidays around our schedule.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any further information.
Archana
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