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If you're bored with your current job or just want to kick-start your career in childcare, pack up your bags, put on your bikini and prepare for a summer working with children in one of Europe's hottest resorts, says Nicole Curnow In as little as three months' time, you could be waking up to sunshine, sandy beaches and the sound of the sea. The only umbrella in sight will be the one that sits daintily in your pina colada, a distant reminder of the January blues back home.

In as little as three months' time, you could be waking up to sunshine, sandy beaches and the sound of the sea. The only umbrella in sight will be the one that sits daintily in your pina colada, a distant reminder of the January blues back home.

Tour operators are now recruiting people with childcare qualifications to work in Mediterranean resorts from April to October. An NNEB, NVQ in Early Years Care and Education or Playwork, or equivalent, is your passport to working as a summer season children's representative. Most companies also take on people who are not qualified but have a year's experience working with groups of children.

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