Ways to play

Nanny training and experience fits in well with a combination of skilled childcare jobs, as Helen Kewley hears Childcare professionals today cannot rely on a qualification that may be several years old, but need to continue their professional development and take up-to-date short courses, as delegates to last October's Professional Nanny conference unanimously agreed. At the same time, many of the nanny jobs being offered are part-time and it can be difficult to find enough work to generate a full-time income. So when I talked to Kelly Petriello I realised that her career could provide a model for today's childcarer.