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Summary
Professional nanny with ten years providing full-time care for families with children from newborns to school age in London. Becomes a genuinely trusted part of a family — caring for children's daily needs, creating a warm and stimulating routine, supporting early learning and development, and giving parents the confidence that their children are safe, happy and thriving. Cared for two families long-term and supported children through key early milestones. Provides attentive daily care, plans age-appropriate activities, supports routines and development, manages the home's child-related tasks, and communicates closely with parents. Warm, reliable and experienced. Looking for a long-term nanny role with a family that values dependable, nurturing and professional childcare.
Work Experience
Professional Nanny
Private Family (Full-Time), London, UK
Jan 2018 – Present
- Become a genuinely trusted part of a family, giving parents confidence their children are safe and thriving.
- Cared for two families long-term and supported children through key early developmental milestones.
- Provide attentive daily care from newborns to school age, meeting each child's needs warmly and reliably.
- Plan age-appropriate activities and play, creating a stimulating routine that supports early learning every day.
- Support routines, mealtimes and bedtimes, giving children the consistency and security young children need.
- Communicate closely with parents, keeping them informed and working as a genuine partner in raising their children.
Nanny / Childcarer
Private Families, London, UK
Dec 2014 – Dec 2017
- Cared for children for several families on full and part-time bases, learning the role hands-on.
- Managed daily care, activities and routines, building childcare skills and experience over time.
- Learned child development, safeguarding and family communication on the job during these years.
- Gained the experience and references that led into long-term professional nanny roles of my own.
Education
Diploma in Childcare & Early Years, Early Years Childcare
London College of Childcare
Sep 2012 – Jun 2014
- Diploma in childcare and early years covering child development, safeguarding, early learning and care practice, with placements. The programme built the foundation safe, developmental childcare requires. It led directly into nannying.
Paediatric First Aid & Safeguarding, Childcare Safety
Childcare Training UK
Aug 2014 – Nov 2014
- Certification in paediatric first aid and safeguarding to a recognised standard. It built safe response to emergencies and child protection awareness. It supported keeping children safe and well in daily care.
Highlights
Long-term family trust
- Cared for two families long-term, becoming a trusted part of their household. Families keeping the same nanny for years is the truest measure of trust, since they only do so when their children are genuinely flourishing.
Supported key milestones
- Supported children through key early developmental milestones from infancy onward. Helping a child reach milestones in their early years shapes their start in life, the most important thing a nanny contributes.
Certifications
Paediatric First Aid & Safeguarding
Childcare Training UK
Nov 2014 – Present
- Certification in paediatric first aid and safeguarding to a recognised standard, which built safe response to emergencies and child protection awareness and supports keeping children safe and well in daily care.
Reference
Former Employer
Private Family
- A family she cared for long-term, available to speak to her warmth, reliability and the genuine bond she built with their children over several years of full-time care.
Languages
- English (UK) — Full Professional Proficiency
- Portuguese — Native or Bilingual Proficiency
- Spanish — Professional Working Proficiency
Technical Skills
- Newborn & Infant Care
- Child Development
- Activity Planning
- Routine & Behaviour
- Early Learning Support
- Safeguarding
- Paediatric First Aid
- Meal Planning
- Household Child Tasks
- Parent Communication
Personal Skills
- Warmth
- Reliability
- Patience
- Trustworthiness
- Communication
Activities & Interests
- Historic places
- Hill Walking
- Wine Tasting
- Sculpting
- Galleries
Key Takeaways for a Nanny Resume
Tenure and sole charge are what a family is really assessing:
- Give the length of each placement, since families read short tenures as a warning before reading anything else.
- State the ages you had sole charge of, because a newborn, a toddler and school age children need different things.
- Say whether you drive and hold your own insurance, as school runs and activities make this close to essential.
- Explain why each placement ended, since an unexplained departure invites a family to imagine a worse reason.
- List clearances and certifications up front, covering background checks, paediatric first aid and CPR.
- Show what the role included beyond childcare, from meals and laundry through homework and activity coordination.
Why This Nanny Resume Works
This sample belongs to a nanny in private household employment, and it answers a family's real questions.
- Placement lengths appear, which is the first thing a family looks for and the fastest reason an application is set aside.
- Sole charge ages are stated, since caring for a newborn alone is a different responsibility from after school cover.
- Driving and insurance are confirmed, because school runs and activities make a driving nanny far easier to employ.
- Reasons for leaving are given, and an unexplained departure lets a family invent an explanation you cannot correct.
- Clearances and certifications are listed early, which is what allows a family to proceed rather than pause.
- Household duties are described, since nanny roles vary enormously in what they include beyond the children themselves.
How to Write a Nanny Resume
A family is deciding whether to trust you alone in their home with their children.
Lead with placement lengths
Dates for each family and how long you stayed. Families read tenure as the single best predictor of what will happen with them, and a run of short placements needs explaining rather than leaving visible and unaddressed.
State sole charge and ages
The ages of children, how many, and whether you were alone with them or alongside a parent. Sole charge of a newborn is a completely different responsibility from after school cover for two school age children.
Confirm driving
Licence, years held, clean record, own vehicle or driving the family's, and insurance. School runs, activities and appointments make a driving nanny substantially easier to employ than one who cannot.
Explain each departure
Children started school, family relocated, contract ended, position was temporary. One short line each. An unexplained gap or exit invites a family to assume something considerably worse than the truth.
List clearances early
Background and criminal record checks, paediatric first aid and CPR, any childcare qualification, and references available. Families and agencies both check these before a first meeting is arranged at all.
Describe the whole role
Meals, laundry, tidying, homework support, activity coordination, travel with the family. Nanny positions vary enormously in scope, so state what yours included rather than leaving a family to guess.
Families hire on tenure and references more than on anything else. You can build a free nanny resume and keep your placements, ages and driving record in one place.
What to Include in a Nanny Resume
Beyond the standard sections, families and agencies look specifically for these:
Placement dates and length with each family, stated plainly rather than summarised across several households.
Children's ages and numbers, and whether you had sole charge or worked alongside a parent at home.
Driving details covering licence, years held, record, vehicle arrangement and insurance position.
Reason each placement ended, given in one short line for every family you have worked with.
Clearances and certifications including background checks, paediatric first aid, CPR and any childcare qualification.
Full scope of the role covering household duties, homework support, activities and travel with the family.
Extra tips
Give the reason each placement ended, even where it is entirely ordinary such as children starting school.
Families read unexplained departures as the most worrying thing on a nanny resume, and one line removes it.
Nanny Resume Summary Examples
Two summaries at different stages, both leading with tenure and sole charge:
Entry-level resume summary example
Nanny with two years across two families, the most recent a two year placement that ended when the youngest child started full time school. Has sole charge of children from eighteen months through school age, covering meals, naps, activities and the school run. Holds a full clean driving licence with five years held and drives the family vehicle for school and activities. Paediatric first aid and CPR certified with current background clearance. Manages children's laundry, tidying and meal preparation alongside the care itself. Communicates daily with parents about the children's day including the difficult parts. References available from both families.
Senior-level resume summary example
Nanny with eleven years across four private households, including a five year placement that ended when the family relocated overseas. Experienced with newborns through school age including sole charge from the first weeks, and has supported two families through the arrival of a second child. Drives with a clean licence and own insured vehicle, handling school runs, activities and appointments. Holds paediatric first aid, CPR and an early years qualification alongside current clearance. Comfortable travelling with families, and manages the children's diary so a working parent does not have to hold it. Written references available from every placement.
Nanny Work Experience Examples
Three sets covering the shape of the role, since care, household work and the family relationship separate.
Childcare and development
- Held sole charge of children from the first weeks through school age across four households, managing the full day rather than supporting a parent who remained at home and available throughout.
- Established and held routines around feeding, sleep and activities, since young children settle into a day they can predict and unravel fairly quickly into one they cannot anticipate at all.
- Supported development through play, reading and age appropriate activities rather than screen time, which is what most families are actually paying a nanny to provide rather than supervision.
- Managed the school run, homework and after school activities, coordinating a schedule that frequently involved several children with commitments in different places at overlapping times.
- Supported two families through the arrival of a second child, where the older child's adjustment matters as much as the newborn's care and is the part that most often goes unattended.
Household and practical work
- Managed children's meals including planning, preparation and dietary requirements, since a nanny position almost always includes feeding children properly rather than only supervising them eating.
- Handled children's laundry, tidying and room organisation as part of the role, which is normal in nanny work and worth stating explicitly so that a family knows the scope you are expecting to cover.
- Drove the family vehicle for school runs, activities and appointments with a clean licence and appropriate insurance, which is close to essential in most private household positions.
- Managed the household's children's diary including activities, parties, appointments and term dates, so that a working parent did not have to hold all of it themselves alongside their job.
- Travelled with families on holiday where the role required it, which is a genuinely different working arrangement with long hours, and one worth confirming on the page that you are willing to do.
The family relationship and professionalism
- Stayed five years with one family until they relocated overseas, which is the evidence families weigh most heavily since long placements indicate a relationship that genuinely worked.
- Communicated daily with parents about the children's day, including the difficult parts rather than only the reassuring ones, because a parent who is surprised later loses confidence entirely.
- Maintained discretion about the household, since a nanny sees a family's private life continuously and confidentiality is a professional obligation rather than a courtesy in this work.
- Held boundaries around hours, duties and the employment agreement politely but clearly, which is what makes a long placement sustainable rather than one that quietly becomes unmanageable.
- Handled illness, injuries and emergencies calmly with paediatric first aid training, and reported everything to parents promptly rather than deciding what they needed to know about.
Top Nanny Skills
What families and agencies screen for, weighted toward sole charge capability and reliability:
Hard skills
- Sole Charge Childcare
- Newborn Care
- Toddler Care
- School Age Care
- Routine Establishment
- Meal Planning & Preparation
- Dietary Requirement Management
- School Run & Activity Driving
- Homework Support
- Age Appropriate Activity Planning
- Children's Laundry & Household Duties
- Diary & Schedule Management
- Paediatric First Aid & CPR
- Behaviour Guidance
- Travel With Families
- Newborn Sleep Support
Soft skills:
- Discretion
- Reliability
- Warmth
- Boundaries
- Initiative
- Patience
Certifications for a Nanny
Clearances and first aid are what let a family or agency proceed at all:
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Background and Criminal Record Check
— Your national or state screening authority Effectively required before any family or agency will proceed. State that clearance is current, since a family will not wait while a check is processed when other candidates already hold one.
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Paediatric First Aid and CPR
— American Red Cross or an equivalent provider Expected in private household childcare and directly relevant, since a nanny is alone with children for most of the working day. Keep the expiry visible, because families increasingly check it.
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Early Years or Childcare Qualification
— An accredited training provider Not required but genuinely differentiating in a field where most applicants hold nothing formal. It also supports higher rates, particularly with families employing a nanny for a first child.
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Newborn Care Specialist Training
— An accredited newborn care training provider Valuable for nannies working with newborns, where families are anxious and specific training reassures considerably. It opens the best paid short term placements in the private household market.
Nanny Salary
Private household pay varies enormously by location, hours and whether the position is live in:
USD 35,000 – USD 70,000 · Nanny · US
The O*NET median for childcare workers is around $34,980, which understates private household nanny positions considerably. City rates and sole charge of multiple children sit well above it.
USD 60,000 – USD 110,000 · Experienced or specialist nanny · US
Newborn specialists, nannies with formal qualifications and positions in high cost cities reach substantially higher, sometimes with accommodation or a vehicle included.
Common Nanny Resume Mistakes
These stop a family calling before they have read anything else:
- Leaving placement lengths vague, when tenure is the first thing a family looks at and the fastest reason to set a page aside.
- Not explaining why each placement ended, since an unexplained departure lets a family imagine a considerably worse reason.
- Omitting sole charge detail, because caring for a newborn alone is a different responsibility from after school cover.
- Saying nothing about driving, when school runs and activities make a driving nanny substantially easier to employ.
- Burying clearances and first aid, which families and agencies check before arranging a first meeting at all.
- Describing childcare only, when nanny roles vary enormously in scope and a family needs to know what yours included.
Nanny Resume FAQs
The questions nannies most often search when applying, answered directly:
Placement lengths and reasons for leaving first, then children's ages and sole charge detail. Add driving and insurance, clearances and first aid, household duties included and references available.
Because a nanny leaving is disruptive for children and expensive for parents to resolve. Tenure is the best available predictor, which is why short placements need a plain explanation rather than silence.
State the reason factually in one line, such as a temporary contract, a relocation or a change in the family's needs. Families understand these, and an evasive account reads considerably worse.
Considerably. School runs, activities and appointments make a driving nanny far easier to employ, and many families will not consider a candidate who cannot drive regardless of other experience.
A nanny is employed by one family and works in their home. A childminder is self employed, cares for children from several families in their own registered home, and operates under different rules.
No. Describe the household, the children's ages and the role without identifying anybody. Discretion is a core expectation in private household work, and naming employers signals the opposite immediately.
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