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Writing a Personal Statement for Childcare: Tips and Tricks

"Writing a strong personal statement for childcare is all about highlighting your skills, experiences, and passion for working with children."

If you're looking to pursue a career in childcare, writing a strong personal statement is a crucial step in the application process. Your personal statement is your chance to showcase your skills, experiences, and passion for working with children. To help you craft a compelling personal statement, we've put together a list of tips and tricks:

Start with a strong opening: Begin your personal statement with a strong and memorable opening. You could start with an interesting anecdote or a personal experience that sparked your interest in childcare.

Focus on your skills: Your personal statement should highlight your skills and qualifications that make you a great candidate for a career in childcare. For example, you could mention your patience, creativity, problem-solving skills, or your ability to communicate effectively with children.

Share your experiences: Don't be afraid to share your experiences working with children. Whether you've volunteered at a local daycare, babysat for family and friends, or completed an internship in a childcare setting, sharing these experiences can help demonstrate your passion and commitment to working with children.

Highlight your education : If you have any relevant education or training, such as a degree in early childhood education or a certification in first aid, make sure to mention it in your personal statement. This can help set you apart from other candidates and demonstrate your dedication to the field.

Be specific: Use specific examples to demonstrate your skills and experiences. For instance, you could describe a time when you used your problem-solving skills to resolve a conflict between two children, or a time when you used your creativity to come up with a fun and educational activity for a group of children.

Show your passion: Finally, make sure to convey your passion for working with children. Explain why you are drawn to this field and what you hope to achieve in your career. Your enthusiasm and commitment can help make you stand out as a candidate.

In summary, writing a strong personal statement for childcare is all about highlighting your skills, experiences, and passion for working with children. By following these tips and tricks, you can craft a compelling personal statement that showcases your strengths and sets you apart as a strong candidate for a career in childcare.

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How To Write An Apprenticeship Personal Statement

So you’ve found your dream apprenticeship and decided to apply for it. Great news! 

As part of the application process, you may need to write a personal statement to help employers find out more about you, your skills and why you’re applying for that specific role. 

But how do you write one? Don’t worry, we’ve got the answers. Read on to find out how to nail your apprenticeship personal statement…

What is an apprenticeship personal statement?

What to write in an apprenticeship personal statement.

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• What are your qualities?

An apprenticeship personal statement is a brief written summary alongside your CV or application form that outlines your skills and experience to employers. It shows off your personality and allows them to assess your suitability for the job.

Why is an apprenticeship personal statement important?

Your apprenticeship personal statement is the first time you’ll introduce yourself to an employer. So it’s crucial you make a good first impression. Think of it as your moment to shine. An opportunity to highlight your interests and career goals. 

Employers want to get to know the real you. So don’t be afraid to include your thoughts, feelings and opinions. It might help to ask yourself these questions:

• Why am I right for this role?
• Why me over another candidate?
• What can I offer in terms of my abilities and interests?

The first thing you’ll need to tell an employer in your apprenticeship personal statement is why you want to work for them. Have you done your research? Are you familiar with the company and its values? Employers want candidates who know about the business and its products.

So the more you show this in your written statement, the better your chances of impressing them and getting an interview. Research the company website. Read through any press releases or social media posts for all their latest news. It pays to be prepared.

Next thing an employer will want to know is what is it about the apprenticeship that appeals to you? If you’re applying for a nursing role, mention how much you love taking care of others and looking out for their needs. 

You’ll find a list of all your responsibilities in the job description. Revise them carefully and express your interest in carrying out daily tasks.

What are your hobbies? 

After you’ve got all the above down, it’s time to move on to your hobbies. Did you pass any music exams, captain the football team or head up the Film Club?? Got your Duke of Edinburgh award? Definitely include it. That’s an amazing achievement.

Transferable skills

Transferable skills are skills that you’ll have developed at school, socially or professionally. Skills that are helpful and relevant, and able to get you a job. Most people demonstrate their transferable skills when applying for a role or changing careers altogether.

Employers look for candidates who can show a good set of transferable skills in their application. Examples of these skills include:

• Communication
• Problem solving
• Critical thinking
• Attention to detail

If you haven’t got work experience, but developed transferable skills through hobbies or extracurricular activities, this is just as good as working a job. And it totally counts. 

What are your qualities? 

This one requires a bit of self awareness and analysis. Are you hard-working, driven and ambitious? Shy, but fiercely passionate about achieving your goals? Mention these qualities and back them up with specific examples.

If you’re unsure, ask a parent, friend or sibling for advice. While you’ll ultimately know yourself best, getting someone else’s opinion on you always adds a new perspective to the mix. 

And gives you extra clarity.

Share any work experience

What about work or volunteering experience? 

This could be directly related to your apprenticeship or transferable skills you’ve picked up from something else. Say you did some babysitting for two hours on a weekly basis. This shows commitment and responsibility – traits employers are always looking for.

So…Ready to go out there and smash your apprenticeship personal statement? We think so!

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Early childhood studies degree personal statement example (1a)

Jesuit says ‘Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man’

Of all the work experience I have done there is one particular experience that has stuck with me. While spending seven weeks at a local pre-school I met a young boy who didn't interact with anyone, none of the children or the staff. I was asked if I could spend some extra time with him. Over the course of the seven weeks, I managed to draw him away from the cars that he was so fond of playing with, and encouraged him to do his first drawing, which then led to his first painting. This was my biggest achievement and one that gave me immense satisfaction.

This experience made me question a child’s development; how do they draw? What do they draw? Can we tell anything about a child's life from their drawings? How do children perceive the world around them at various ages? Are there aspects of our modern world that affect young children’s development? Such questions fascinate me and the more I study them, and the more complex I realise a child's development is.

From reading the work of Victor Lowenfield and Betty Edwards my first question can start to be addressed. They believe that you can tell a child’s level of development by the way that they draw. The one stage that really caught my eye was at three years which is known as the ‘the pre-schematic stage’ they are beginning to form people. I think this has a lot to do with who they socialise with, as children are always surrounded by people and are rarely left on their own. They draw what they know and at this age all they really know is people. Young children are social beings; they develop physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially, increasingly in socialising and becoming less solipsistic.

I have enjoyed my range of A-level subjects. I currently study health and social care, which relates well to an early childhood studies course. It has allowed me to study a unit in early childhood development where I learnt about factors that affect a child’s development, as well as a topic about caring for the elderly. The Communication topic has allowed me to study the different ways that people communicate and how some people struggle with communicating effectively. I feel that this has given me a general idea of the care required for people of all ages.

As well as health and social care, I’ve studied psychology, where I have particularly liked the units on attachment and certain behaviours and where they come from. This has given me a good understanding of how important early childhood experiences are on our adult personalities and emotional and psychological wellbeing.

I feel that I am an organised person and although I like to have fun, I can be serious when it comes to completing work and meeting deadlines.

In the future I aim to work with children with disabilities as this is where I am most interested; I look forward to studying a course that will provide me with the opportunity to do this and give me the opportunity to the progress to a really fulfilling career.

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You don’t always need a personal statement to apply for an apprenticeship, but you may have to write a cover letter with your application. Think of it as applying for a job rather than a place at university and sell your suitability for the role.

Your cover letter should be a job-focused personal statement detailing your best qualities and attributes. It should tell your prospective employer who you are, why you are interested in the apprenticeship and, perhaps most importantly, the benefits you will bring to the company. 

Not all apprenticeships will require a lengthy personal statement, but you should include at least a few short paragraphs about yourself alongside your CV and a portfolio of any related work. You may also have to complete a test or task related to the role. Apprenticeships are competitive, so you want to do everything you can to stand out in the best way. Your personal statement is your prospective employer’s first impression of you, so you need to make it good. If you’re struggling, you can find apprenticeship personal statement templates online and tips in our guide to writing an apprenticeship personal statement .

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage before giving an address on national security, June 2, 2016, in San Diego, California.

Speaking to supporters in San Diego on June 2, Hillary Clinton, now Democratic Party nominee for president, “defined her hawkish foreign policy” said Breitbart News Network (a syndicated news and opinion website), in an apparent attempt to sharpen differences with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for her electoral college.

In contrast to her Republican opponent who pledged not to “seek war or aggression” (“America First” speech at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel), Clinton did not exclude violent actions to disarm Iran, and pleased the military by supporting the presence of US armed forces overseas to avoid what she termed a “vacuum” that would leave other countries free to dictate their will in global affairs.

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If Clinton is elected president, should Moscow forget about any “reset” in the relationship and brace itself for a full-fledged Cold War that could even turn into a hot war? Mikhail Khazin, a well-known Russian economist with strong anti-Western political views, spelt out this view in a recent radio programme..

Fyodor Voitolovsky, deputy director at the Moscow-based Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences,  dismissed such doomsday forecasts as laughable when speaking with RIR.

“A war? With launch of nuclear missiles? Come on, let’s be serious! There is the rhetoric of the election trail. And there are realities on the ground. It is an enormous difference. The context of relations between Russia and the United States dictates a search for compromises, no matter what.”

Do you believe that a President Clinton would be ready for compromises ?

“First of all, it is more important that we are ready. Moscow has vast experience in dealing with all kinds of American presidents. We have dealt with (Ronald) Reagan and George W. Bush. The latter changed the tune in the course of engaging with Putin, as you know.

“Moreover, Hillary’s husband, Bill Clinton, while still president, was on good terms with the (then also) president Vladimir Putin. It all counts. Secondly, Hillary Clinton is an experienced diplomat and politician. This is a positive factor.”

So it appears very unlikely that further worsening of bilateral relations might end up in an exchange of nuclear strikes.

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What is an education personal statement?

Writing a personal statement for education is a chance to sell yourself to the admissions tutors and show them why you would make a good education candidate. It’s a place to describe your skills and strengths, as well as your career plans.

You are allowed up to 4,000 characters to explain why you are applying for an education degree, so you need to make sure your statement is as polished as possible to stand out from the crowd.

How do I write a good education personal statement?

Good education personal statements always use evidence to support their claims. You need to convince admissions tutors that you’re a good match for the programme, so if you claim to be committed or inquisitive, then use examples from your life to back it up.

To write a successful education personal statement you need to start early, brainstorm some ideas, and then begin your first draft.

This will then need to be carefully revised and edited before asking family and friends for feedback. Incorporate their comments and suggestions, and see how it is improved before asking them to look at it again.

Read through our education personal statement examples above to get an idea of what a good education statement entails.

Make sure you proofread your statement for grammar and spelling before sending it off, and if you feel you need a little extra help, take a look at our personal statement editing services .

What should I include in my education personal statement?

Many students choose to start their statement by picking a specific aspect of education and explaining why they enjoy it, e.g. developmental psychology, equality and diversity, etc.

Admissions tutors want candidates that are as passionate about the subject as they are.

As well as your motivations for studying education, think about your hobbies and extracurricular activities too. What skills have you learned from these and how will these help you in your education degree?

Talk about any work experience placements you have completed, e.g. shadowing a teacher or TA. What did you take away from this experience? Do you feel you have all the necessary personal traits and qualities that make a good sociology student?

Your wider reading is also important, so it's worth mentioning anything you've read recently that you found interesting and why. Generally, admissions tutors like students who express their views and opinions, and can back them up with evidence.

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Many Russian women find it difficult to get back into work after having children, but coworking centers with free childcare – the brainchild of P.R. specialist Olesya Kashaeva – are helping many in Moscow. This year Kashaeva is opening centers in 35 Russian cities.

MOSCOW – On paper, Russia is not a bad place to be a working mother. It has one of the most generous parental leave schemes in the world, with new mothers entitled to 70 days of leave before the birth of their child and 70 days after, at full pay. Further leave can be taken by either parent up until the child’s third birthday , at 40 percent pay.

The state protects a mother’s job for three years, and most women in Russia plan to care for their child for at least two years, recent research from the Romir Institute has found. What’s more, while the gender pay gap in Russia is 22–27 percent – above the average for both the European Union and the OECD – there is no significant gap between the earnings of women who have children and those who don’t.

Despite these protections, many Russian women still find themselves struggling after they have children. Some, particularly single mothers, find it difficult to get by on 40 percent of their full pay. They also struggle to get back to work.

There is a significant area in which Russian workplaces have not kept up with global trends: Only very few companies – around 5 percent – provide their employees with flexible hours or the opportunity to work from home. Nor is there a well-developed freelance sector in the country. This leaves mothers who want to work flexibly, rather than full time, with few options – a problem compounded by limited places in free, state-run childcare kindergartens. Private childcare is not popular in Russia, due to high costs and a lack of carers.

“On the one hand, there is state support, which [is] in many ways [a result of] inherited Soviet ideas about the importance of mothers’ access to work,” says Janna Chernova, a sociologist at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. “On the other hand, neither the USSR nor the Russian Federation has ever promoted the idea of ​​greater involvement of men in childcare. So in the Russian business sector – based on market logic requiring an effective employee to be one who is willing to work overtime – women with children immediately lose out to male colleagues, who have the opportunity to shift the functions of caring for children to their wives.”

Olesya Kashaeva, a P.R. specialist from Moscow, experienced these challenges firsthand. “Many mothers don’t want to come back to their usual work [after having a child], because they are afraid that they won’t manage both the child and the job time schedule,” she says. “I was one of those who was not sure of their abilities in this situation. But I wanted to go on with my professional career as well as have time with my child.”

Kashaeva decided to establish a foundation, called “Way Into Life,” to help mothers on leave after the birth of a child to work out what they want to do with their careers. She struck on the idea of a coworking space for new mothers. “The idea … came to me with the birth of a second, younger son, who I had to take to work with me,” she says. “It is not always possible to concentrate in such an environment, when the child is around. You can, of course, call a nanny to the child, and then work, but it is economically unprofitable. It turns out that coworking is the best way out.”

Hence the main goal of her project, rebranded as “Working Mommy,” was to give mothers space and time to work, by creating free coworking spaces with carers on hand to look after children.

The first space was created in 2012 in Moscow with the help of a grant of 1 million rubles ($14,000) from Russian charity Our Future . By 2017, there were 10 coworking spaces operating across the city.

“This year we will also start expanding into the regions. By the end of 2018, our coworking centers will be open in 35 Russian cities, from Vladivostok in the east to Almetyevsk in the south,” Kashaeva says.

There are many coworking spaces with embedded childcare around the world, from London to Paris, Berlin and New York. But the difference with Working Mommy is that it is free.

“Free entrance is one of the main reasons for our popularity,” Kashaeva says. “Originally we were thinking about taking some money for it, but then we understood that mothers who can pay for the coworking don’t really need us.”

She says that when opening a new coworking space, the foundation first contacts local government to negotiate the use of an existing free space. That way they only have to pay for the childcare workers – something they fund through grants, fees from corporate training they provide and the proceeds of an associated sewing center, where some mothers are hired to make tote bags for events.

In addition to the free space, Working Mommy also helps women acquire new skills, providing them with online and offline courses and master classes. After completing a course, a specialist from the foundation helps the mothers find a new job, which might better suit their lifestyle. The most popular courses are those that provide introductions to psychology, law and accountancy.

“I give consultations to around 30 mothers in a month,” says Anna Larina, one of the career specialists at the foundation. “In general, most of them have a high [level of] education and are looking for a freelance or full-time job. Around one-third want to start their own business, often in a sphere of children’s facilities.”

This was the case for Ekaterina Syrina. She was working for a printing service in Moscow, when, while pregnant with her third child, she realized that having children was making it hard for her to get back to work. “In my industry, technologies change all the time, and if you are a mother, it is hard to catch up with trends and not lose qualifications,” she says.

Syrina also felt that she wanted her work to be connected with children, so struck on the idea of opening a children’s leisure center. “Specialists from Working Mommy helped me start this project in terms of getting sponsorship, space and essential documents. Now, after two years, I lead two centers in one of the neighborhoods of Moscow, visited by more than 300 people monthly,” she says.

Kashaeva says that, every year, Working Mommy supports dozens of such startups.

“Mothers are great workers – they know how to plan time, they are hardworking and able to organize everything. But sometimes they just need a little help in finding their way in the modern professional world,” she says.

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