KELSEY GANT
Hendersonville,TN
Summary
Highly productive employee with strong organizational skills seeking to impact early childhood growth. As an experienced nanny, communicator, and caregiver, I am driven to collaborate with children on early childhood learning. As a goal, I seek to lead children in a scheduled manner including fun. Having a learning initiative for children and involving parents, is a key to ensuring children achieve their prescribed goals and experience extreme success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Private Nanny
Trinidad Family
09.2023 - Current
- Developed strong relationships with parents, maintaining open communication about each child''s progress and needs.
- Oversaw household duties such as light housekeeping tasks or running errands when required.
- Played games, worked on puzzles, and read books to young children.
- Prepared healthy, age-appropriate snacks and meals.
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
Overnight Nanny/NewbornCare Specialist/Private Nanny
Bryan Family
11.2022 - 08.2023
- Assist with other infant related duties reasonably requested by the parents
- Communicate with parents regarding baby care items that need to be restocked
- Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy nursing care environment
- Employing appropriate Burping techniques
- Providing lactation support
- Baby laundry, sterilize, clean, prepare bottles and assist feeding
- Providing clients with infant nursing care advice/needs
- Helped young patients feel comfortable with procedures and immunizations.
Private Nanny
Share - General /Whitt Family
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Encouraged children to be independent, self-motivated, and determined by demonstrating positive behaviors
- Balanced children’s schedules with regular rest, play, and appropriate development hours
- Cared for a boy 5 months and boy 3month
- Cleaned the house, make meals, and created a balanced environment
- Watched kids for long amounts of time as needed
- Ensured the safety both children maintain daily record keeping and adhere to all needs for children
- Maintained a positive relationship and open communion with both families
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills.
Overnight/Newborn Nanny
Hank Family
08.2022 - 10.2022
- Assist with other infant related duties reasonably requested by the parents
- Preparing home for newborn
- Communicate with parents regarding baby care items that need to be restocked
- Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy nursing care environment
- Employing appropriate Burping techniques
- Providing lactation support
- Baby laundry, sterilize, clean, prepare bottles and assist feeding
- Providing clients with infant nursing care advice/needs
- Helping with sleep training newborn
- Established lasting, professional connections with families by encouraging open communication and delivering positive feedback.
Family Nanny
Elite Nannies, Caden Family
04.2021 - 02.2022
- Creating a safe and stimulating environment for child
- Bathing and dressing
- Childs laundry
- Planning meals,preparing food, and/or feeding the children
- Educational activities and crafts
- Bottle Cleaning,Organization and Maintenance of Nursery
- Transportation for child and Helping to create a regular feeding schedule
- Maintain eating, sleeping, and behavior pattern
- Bottle Preparation ( breast milk and Formula)
- Communicated with children at age-appropriate levels to encourage understanding and foster relationships.
Professional Nanny/Household Manager
Nanny In The City-Beaver Family
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Responsible for the safety, wellbeing, care and development of young children
- Caring for three child all uder the age of 6
- Getting children ready in the morning and then taking them to school
- Reading to and with the children
- Attending any medical appointments or social events with the children
- Helping children with after-school activities like homework
- Being disciplined with the children when required
- Washing and bathing children as well as changing nappies
- Providing healthy meals and snacks for the children
- Providing supervision and constant care to children
- Stimulating children to read and be active
- Playing with the children and taking them shopping & to the park
- Tidying up children's bedrooms and play areas
- General housekeeping duties like cleaning, washing up and ironing
- Planning and organizing age related activities
- Preparing bottles of milk for babies.
- Communicated with children at age-appropriate levels to encourage understanding and foster relationships.
- Assisted with light housekeeping duties as well as running errands.
- Worked with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote positive behavior.
- Established lasting, professional connections with families and children by encouraging open communication and delivering positive feedback.
- Balanced playtime and limited screen time to support development of fine motor, gross motor, and cognitive skills.
- Developed and implemented behavior management strategies to minimize indiscipline and guide children in attaining positive behavior.
Site Director
YMCA Of Nashville,TN
11.2017 - 06.2019
- Overseeing an entire program for school age children from K-5
- Oversaw employee attendance record, and ordered new materials for sites.
- Maintained records and logs of work performed and materials and equipment used.
- Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
- Developed work schedules for team members to maximize shift coverage.
- Provided onsite training to help develop employee skills.
- Prioritized and delegated workload based on available materials.
- Oversaw personnel safety and efforts at work site.
- Resolved issues among team members to keep employees on task.
Education
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Denmark Technical College
Denmark, SCSkills
- Educational support
- Household operations
- Behavior modification
- Activity Planning
- Behavior management techniques
- Early Childhood Education
- First Aid/CPR
- Activity Planning
- Infant care experience
- Schedule Management
- Toddler care experience
Certification
- CPR/FIRST AID CERTIFIED
- INTERNATIONAL NANNY ASSOCIATION MEMBER
- SIDS TRAINING
- SLEEP TRAINING
- FOSTER CARE PARENT TRAINING WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
Timeline
Private Nanny
Trinidad Family
09.2023 - Current
Overnight Nanny/NewbornCare Specialist/Private Nanny
Bryan Family
11.2022 - 08.2023
Overnight/Newborn Nanny
Hank Family
08.2022 - 10.2022
Private Nanny
Share - General /Whitt Family
01.2022 - 01.2023
Family Nanny
Elite Nannies, Caden Family
04.2021 - 02.2022
Professional Nanny/Household Manager
Nanny In The City-Beaver Family
01.2020 - 08.2021
Site Director
YMCA Of Nashville,TN
11.2017 - 06.2019
Associate of Arts - Early Childhood Education
Denmark Technical College
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