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A nanny who registered as a home carer and added other families to her employer's children tells Helen Kewley how she did it Alison Goddard gained her NNEB in 1994. After six years as a sole-charge nanny, she moved to the Hutchison family to look after girls aged three and four and twins who were born three weeks after she started the job.

Alison Goddard gained her NNEB in 1994. After six years as a sole-charge nanny, she moved to the Hutchison family to look after girls aged three and four and twins who were born three weeks after she started the job.

Alison says, 'I love to be busy and I certainly was. In the beginning Tracy, my employer, was on maternity leave, so we worked together. We got on really well. She has her own business, so even when she went back to work she could sometimes be at home, in which case we would share the care - which is very easy when there are four children!

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