Sample Child Care Assistant CV / resume

If you are looking for a Child Care Assistant or Nursery Nurse position, then you need a Child Care Assistant CV that will get you the job.

What To Include On Your Child Care Assistant CV

There are numerous CV layouts and formats.  Choosing the style of CV is a personal choice.  What is more important than the layout is the content.

Your Child Care Assistant CV should include the following information:

Personal Profile

Your Personal Profile is an introductory paragraph that highlights all of your most important skills and knowledge.

It is the first thing that a prospective employer will read, so writing a personal profile that sells you is really important.  It should make an instant, favourable impact and encourage the reader to continue reading.

Key Skills And Qualities

Your Child Care Assistant CV should clearly demonstrate that you possess the skills and qualities you require in a child Care role.  Make sure that you include:

• Ability to keep records on individual children, including daily observations,  meals served and any medications administered
• Observation and monitoring children’s play activities
• Reading to children
• Teaching and supervising activities such as painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs
• Experience in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children
• Observing and regulating rest periods.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety

Your Child Care CV should highlight that you are competent in as many of the above areas as possible.

Career Summary

Your career summary should include the last 3 – 5 jobs or 10 years check-able work record.  Start with the most recent job, and work through your older roles.

If this is your first post, then it is strongly advised that you include any experience and or transferable skills that you have.  For example  child minding, any unpaid child care work or babysitting,.

There are a lot of freelance babysitters and professional babysitter agencies who offer babysitting services. However, as in any other job, the competition is fierce and it is hard to get the job unless you stand out in some way. One good way to do that is to make a good babysitter resume, which will stand out of the crowd and highlight your personal skills.

Also include experience gained as part of any courses you have undertaken.

The layout you choose is personal; however ensure that your career summary includes the relevant information.

Achievements

Including achievements on your CV or resume is a great way to highlight your successes.  It shows hiring managers and decision makers what you can add to their school or college.

Hobbies and Interests

Including your hobbies and interests on your CV is not compulsory.  There are differing views on whether you share this information or not and what relevance your external interests may have.

What You Should NOT include on your Child Care Assistant CV

Whether you are applying for a Child Care Assistant, Nursery Nurse or any role looking after children, your CV should include checkable information.

Of course you should be prepared to answer questions that may be considered personal.  However, this can be addressed verbally, in a pre-interview meeting or at interview.

But you should not have to include sensitive personal information on your CV. So you do not need to include…

Your full address – it’s not needed at this stage.  All that should be required is a location.

Your date of birth – Your age should have no say on an interview or hiring decision

A photograph – Employers should only be interested in what skills and knowledge you can bring to their school.  They should not make decisions on the basis of how you look.

The most important advice for creating an effective Child Care Assistant CV / resume is to make sure that it represents YOU.

Here is a sample CV / resume that could be used for a Child Care Assistant or Nursery Nurse role.

Sample Child Care Assistant CV / resume

		Any Street, Any Town, Mobile: 077777777777 E-mail: abodi[@]tpdc.co.uk
Anna Bodi
Profile:
A hard and reliable worker who exceeds targets, able to work both independently and creatively within a group effectively. Works to tight deadlines to ensure targets will always be achieved on time and to the best of my ability. Currently working as a supply for Anytown nursery but now seeking a full time role in child care to further advance my skills and to broaden my experience in these fields as well as work up to achieve an NVQ in child care.
Key Skills:
Good communication skills Time management Excellent organisation skills Reliable and dependable Team and independent worker
Employment Summary:
Supply Nursery Assistant		Jul 09 – date
Anytown Nursery
To assist children during meal times To put the children to sleep at nap times To ensure children play appropriately and learn to share Assist children with reading and recognition of colours, shapes, numbers and letters To clean up after meal times, nap times and at the end of the day To be a respectable role model
Child Care Assistant		Aug 04– May 06
Wendy’s Nest Nursery, Anytown
Assist at lunch times Cleaning up after the children eat, free play and go home Encourage good vocabulary and communication skills Play with the children and teach them about turn-taking Sing songs and join in activities to encourage the children
Child Care Assistant
Andy Pandy’s Nursery, Anytown		Mar 00 – Aug 04
Assist the children while eating and during nap times Encourage the children to play appropriately and teach them to take turns Encourage the children to learn right from wrong Help the children to develop good communication skills while using words such as “Please” and “Thank you”
Relevant Qualifications:
Anytown College	BTEC National Award in Health and Social Care L3 (Merit)	07 – 08
Anytown High School	GCSEs in: English language and literature (C) Science (C) Spanish (C) Media (B) Citizenship (C) Geography (C) Food Technology (C)	01 -06
Interests:
I love looking after children. I sometimes get paid for babysitting for family members and friends. Looking after children is something that I really enjoy as I love to learn about and take interest in their development and growth. I am a member of my local church choir and a keen opera fan.
References available on request

 

Create your own Child Care CV / resume now

 

Before you send it out make sure that your Child Care CV reflects the job you are applying for.

Read the person specification, analyse the advert and make sure that your CV / resume clearly shows you have all the skills and qualities the employer is looking for.

Make sure you have an effective cover letter to accompany your CV.

Once you have constructed a great Child Care CV and a covering letter that will impress, you can search for jobs in your country and overseas, find the latest Child Care jobs and start applying instantly by uploading your CV / resume online

You can also visit specialist Child Care websites like Care.com

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