Our third INA Nanny of the Year Nominee is Helen McCarthy. Helen is a Qualified National Nursery Education Board (NNEB) Professional British Nanny with over 24 years’ experience as a Nanny, Newborn Care Specialist (NCS) and Childcare Consultant. She has devoted her career to the care of children at all stages of life, with all levels of needs. In 2000 Helen developed an exclusive focus on caring for newborn’s. As one of the pre-eminent NCS’s she amassed a deep understanding of the needs and development of newborns including premature infants, twins, triplets and babies with allergies and heart defects.
In 2015 Helen returned to nannying after attending the 2014 Nannypalooza conference. Helen now organizes weekly meet-ups, hosts parties for Nannies and their charges. Helen finds great pleasure in baking Birthday cakes for her fellow Nannies charges. This year she has planned London’s first National Nanny Training Day and Nanny Night Out. In 2017 she will see face her biggest challenge a 2-day Nanny Conference.
Helen was nominated by Christine Miyagishima who shared that “She has quickly become an indispensable member of our family and I rely heavily on her expertise regarding baby sleep patterns, baby weaning and baby development.
Join us Monday, May 3 when we announce our 2016 INA Nanny of the Year, which we will honor at the 2016 INA Conference, Friday, May 13, 2016.