Hi there!
I am very excited about meeting and getting to know you.
To start with I am looking for:
• Casual Babysitting
& in the main
• A Part-time (30 hours min) — Full-time position that starts in February 2025.
As my current families requirements will be changing next year, as a result I will be finishing up with them this year, which is sad, but that’s the life of a Nanny.
Essentials:
- Valid Victorian Drivers Licence
- WWCC: exp. 26/10/2028
- Police Check: exp. 20.09.25
- Level 2: First Aid (inclusive: Asthma, CPR & Epi-pen) exp. June 2027
- CV: with copies of my credentials
- References
Now about me -
Duties I undertake:
morning routines; breakfeast, lunch boxes, school bag packing, day-care/kinder/school drop offs
-For the little ones when at home and not at daycare/kinddy. I like to have our week planned. Be it excursions to the zoo, park an indoor play center, library time or class that helps their development (that the parents have enrolled them into) like Gymbaroo or All Sports, to activities we can do at the house like baking or painting or even a playdate with their best friend.
House management tasks; grocery and maintenance of pantry & basic medicine (ie expiries and organisation), light luandry duties, light house keeping, school holiday and pupil free day planning, meal planning, food prep (dietary requirements taken into consideration, naturlly) multi-tasking
Afternoon rotuine; networking with other parents at the childrens school that the children are friends with or do extra curriculars with, extracurricular taxing,
planning of play dates, supervise-assistance with homework and practice with extra curriculars. With additional extras from me if wanted/needed or time permits (eg. Music theroy, maths etc.)
Evening routine; Shower/bath time, dinner, oral hygiene, an evening game (if time permits) and attend their unique bedtime routine.
I like to play word games and encourage conversation at dinner time.
While walking or driving to school or activities I like to play math games or encourage conversation, I let the children lead as to what they want to do, to encourage confidence in ones own voice.
I try my hardest when sibblings have a squabble to resolve it. But I watch & listen to see if they need my assistant first or if I am needed to interfere or intervene. Sometimes its a spration, other times it a sit down an talk it out with a talking stick. It depends on the children and the squabble, as to what will work or what is needed.
History summary:
I have been providing childcare on & off over the past 22 years. The last 8 of those; I have been a Full-time Nanny.
I was an Au Pair in Paris in 2016, however I started child caring in 2002 when I was 14: for my, then, piano teacher’s son. I cared for him 3 days a week, (after school) from the age of 2-8, while his mother worked from home: I had to master the skill of noise level control!
Once I was 16 I began to babysit for other families during the evenings, nights and on weekends.
When I started my tertiary studies I babysat casually between my part-time job and my studies 2006-2009 (I studied fashion but that world did not feel right for me). Between 2010-2015 I would babysit and assist as a mother's helper when asked, whilst working 4 part-time jobs and trying to find my path in this world, by families that knew me, or who were referred to me.
In 2016 I went to Paris as an Au Pair. And feel in love with France. And started seeing the path I wanted to walk, and what I needed to do to get there.
In 2017 back in Oz; I did causal & part-time child-care positions. For families with babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
Eventual I found an amazing family of 5 (3 girls aged: 7, 10 & 12) to work for, as a full-time Nanny, I was with them from July 2017-July 2020. When it no longer made sense for me to be there whilst they worked from home, and the 3 girls couldn’t do their extra curricula’s because of lockdowns, or go to school.
NOTE: Ages I give are of how old the children where when I finished.
The next Family, was a family of 4; a boy- 9 years old & a girl - 7 years old, providing before and after school care 5 days a week from Nov 2020-Aug 2021.
From Sept 2021-present; I have been working F/T with another Family of 4: 2 boys; 5 & 9 years old.
If you have read this far, I look forward to receiving a message from you. ☺️