Here at Happy Nest we have teamed up with Project Action who provide training to nannies. Think of them as the step before Happy Nest – they provide the training, we assign you to a family. Both, however, provide unconditional support in a friendly yet professional way. We can also help you gain more knowledge and expertise as you progress in your career.
There are a wide variety of online courses and an Ofsted recognised paediatric first aid course. More details to follow.
Additionally, Project Action are also able to do enhanced DBS checks for nannies – how great is that?
As promised here’s the list of some of the courses that they do.
- M1 – Understanding The Family Home Environment
Covered topics include defining the role of a nanny in a child’s learning and development, understanding parent expectations when recruiting a nanny and the Modern Data Protection law and how this impacts your role as a nanny.
- M2 – Professional Relationships
Covered topics include different communication methods appropriate for parents and children, development of skills to aid the child’s learning process and learning to handle challenging situations presented by the child.
- M3 – Health And Safety As A Nanny
Covered topics include identifying risks in everyday environments and establishing necessary changes to make to minimise risk.
- M4 – Providing Healthy Meal ideas
Covered topics include understanding the level of influence a Nanny has over a child’s diet and how to harness this to create health habits, developing meal plans tailored to the needs of the child and discussion around the dangers of allergies and how to avoid a reaction.
- M5 – Child Development
Covered topics include recognising the crucial role of a nanny in a child’s development trajectory, how to plan different activities to inspire different types of learning and different methods of delivering learning activities in a fun fashion.
- M6 – Employment Matters For Nanny’s
Covered topics include correct employment documentation (what to include and what to leave out), setting expectations for yourself and managing that of the parents, exploring important contacts for useful services to be used throughout your career and future development.
Additionally, Project Action provide a range of First Aid courses:
- Essential First Aid For Babies
- Paediatric First Aid
- First Aid For Babies
- Childhood Accident
Have a read of what Project Action have to say for themselves:
Our Founder and Director, Margaret, has a rich history in people management and plays an active role in the focusing the strategic direction of Project Action. Proactive by nature, her witty personality brings joy to her tutorials and is sure to lift the spirits of any team.
With a career spanning over 35 years, Margaret trained at Bexley College in 1982 to gain a Nursery Nursing Examination Board qualification (NNEB) to go on to become the manager of a local day nursery. She then discovered her passion for recruitment which led her to re-training and opening her own recruitment agency specialising in the recruitment of nannies and child carers which also led her to write her own Ofsted compliant course for nannies.
Margaret has gained a Diploma in Education and Teaching (DET) from Canterbury Christ Church University 2018 to ensure she is delivering the best possible content in your coaching sessions. Sessions are always informal and interactive when delivered by Margaret; participants always leave feeling inspired and empowered.
Our course is online, but we offer individual help and assistance for every student. We will guide you to gain the information and confidence in the core skills to work professionally as a nanny in a family home. This will help you gain Ofsted registration and in addition will show families your commitment to train and work in this role caring for their children.
As a CIC company our profits go back to help the community and reach out to help people have confidence in their life’s. Together we help others.
Need more persuading? Why Project Action?
- Awareness of mental health at work
- Your own online portal account (easily accessed by their website)
- Professional standard training
- Affordable with different payment options available
- Unite blog with informative articles such as home cooking and coping with change
- Free consultation
At Happy Nest we would encourage you to mention if you have been involved with Project Action.
Imagine how great you’d feel doing your dream job with the reassurance you have the qualifications to do it to the best of your ability.
