SNAP CHILDCARE
SNAP! Childcare (Special Needs Agency Partnership) was started by Sally Britton, an NNEB nanny with 18 years experience (12 years with special needs), and Andrew Knight, whose daughter has cerebral palsy. The combined experiences provide an understanding to both nannies and families.

We only deal with special needs placements and place nannies, carers , facilitators, enablers and support workers throughout the UK and abroad. We place professional people to work with babies, children and young adults with additional needs, including those with mild learning difficulties to profound and multiple disabilities.

SPECIAL NEEDS KNOWLEDGE
We are very familiar with all types of special needs. We are able to understand the needs of both parents and potential candidates. Our two main recruiters have 24 years special needs experience between them.

OUR JOBS
Because we only deal with special needs placements, all of our positions are within this field, we are able to offer some great jobs. We have positions throughout the UK and even some abroad. We have positions both within private families and in other settings such as respite centre and schools. Our jobs can be seen on our website. We visit all our full time placements and many part time ones so we can give you a real sense of the job and what the family's needs are.

WHO CAN WORK THROUGH SNAP?
Because all of our positions are with babies, children and young adults with additional needs, we will only recruit people who really want to work in this area - it is not an easy choice! You will ideally have experience with children with additional needs, this may come from a variety of settings: schools, voluntary work or even having a sibling with additional needs. If you have great mainstream experience, but no special needs experience, we still maybe able to help you. Every child is different and nannies and carers needs to learn about each individual child's needs. Training is very often available.

Applicants will need to provide information as below. All applicants must have a valid work permit.

REGISTRATION PROCESS
To register you will need to complete an on-line registration form, send in a copy of your CV with full employment/education history (Ideally by e-mail), provide two professional references. We will need to interview you - where ever possible we like to meet you face to face, if you really live too far away, we can conduct a telephone interview. We will need to see your original documents (If you are doing a telephone interview, you will need to post them to us). See also registration process.

All applicants must have an in date CRB police check. See Police Checks

AFTER PLACEMENT SUPPORT
We understand that working with children with special needs can be very demanding. We will call both the nanny/carer and parent on the first day of work and then a couple of weeks later to check that all is going well. You are of course welcome to call us.

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
We will provide a contract of employment that is agreed between employee and employer. This is a formal document that covers both employer and employee against specific events, & includes details that are specific to nannies/ childcare workers. Working in a personal environment means that there are issues that are often not covered in a regular employment contract, especially for nannies who live in.

NEWSLETTER / INFORMATION
We produce our own on-line newsletter, SNAP!News, that is for both nannies and families. You are welcome to contribute articles relating to childcare & special needs. We also have a library of information regarding specific special needs, as well as details of organisations who will be able to help you further. Recruiters have experience in the areas of both childcare and special needs.

We are open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm. If you would like to come and see us, please call beforehand 020 7729 2200.