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Although I am a professional nanny who has worked with more than three families and received brilliant references from them, and have also worked in a private nursery, from which I received an excellent reference, I may as well not exist. Why? Because I am 57 years old. It does not seem to matter that I have up-to-date qualifications - a First Aid certificate for babies and children, a Maternity Practitioner certificate and an enhanced police check certificate - and that I can also swim, drive and speak fluent French (being half-French). I am also flexible, as I have only myself to consider and, as such, I am willing to travel, live out, live in or be a proxy parent (as I was in my most recent position). I am completely dedicated to my charges, and totally trustworthy and reliable (written by all my past employers in every job I have done).

It does not seem to matter that I have up-to-date qualifications - a First Aid certificate for babies and children, a Maternity Practitioner certificate and an enhanced police check certificate - and that I can also swim, drive and speak fluent French (being half-French). I am also flexible, as I have only myself to consider and, as such, I am willing to travel, live out, live in or be a proxy parent (as I was in my most recent position). I am completely dedicated to my charges, and totally trustworthy and reliable (written by all my past employers in every job I have done).

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