About Me

Hello, my name is Leanne and I am English mother tongue.

I have a BTEC National Diploma in Early Years and over 22 years of experience working with children and young people, including working for the NHS (National Health Service) in England.

I am a IAIM (International Association of Infant Massage) certified Infant Massage Instructor.

I have completed a Cambridge CELTA intensive course to teach English language.

I am a Cambridge English Trainer Agent and I can offer preparation for Cambridge English Certifications.

I love working with children and young people and I enjoy teaching English language to all ages and levels.

Here below you can find a list of completed training courses:

1. CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults). The course provides the essential skills and knowledge to teach English to adults and older teenagers. During the course I completed six hours of assessed teaching practice at two levels: pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate.​

 2. BTEC National Diploma in Early Years

• Values & Personal Development;

• Play and Learning Activities;

• Supporting Literacy and Numeracy Skills;

• Professional practice (Year 1);

• Professional practice (Year 2);

• Applying Sociology;

• Special Needs;

• Communication & Interpersonal Skills;

• Safe Environments;

• Child Care Practice;

• Learning in the Early Years;

• Human Growth & development;

• Protecting Children;

• Child healt;

• Development Psychology;

• Physical Activities.

3. Children, Families and Healthcare Training Courses

• Baby practical (parenting skills);
• Breast feeding;
• Speech and language;
• Learning about food;
• Weaning (starting solid food);
• Nutritional requirements of preschool children;
• CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation);
• ASQ-3 Ages & Stages (a tool to assess the developmental progress of children);
• Perinatal mental health;
• Level 3 safeguarding children (Neglect);
• Contraception and sexual health;
• Solihull approach (provides parenting programmes to develop emotional health and wellbeing);
• CAF (Common Assessment Framework) practitioner;
• Identification and Brief advice (alcohol);
• Domestic Violence and Abuse, Routine & Selective Enquiry and MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference).

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4. Makaton (A language programme using signs and symbols to help children to communicate);

5. Certified Infant Massage Instructor (International Association of Infant Massage);

6. Child Safety Officer (to ensure the safety of the children in early years education settings);

Here is my Linkedin profile where you can find a resume of my working experience.