After school care - Mon - Wed

We are looking for an engaged and energised person to care for our two boys after school each week, from Monday to Wednesday. The boys are 9 and 12, are active, like playing sport in the park, need help with homework and encouragement doing their piano practice. School is a 15 minute walk from home, and they will need picking up some afternoons, and preparing a cooking dinner. We would like someone who think ahead and helps with the planning.

To summarise what we are looking for:

• Care Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, 3pm – 7pm (regular 3 days a week) starting 29 April.

• Looking after 2 boys, aged 9 and 12.

• Plan, cook (and shop if needed) – dinner meals for the two boys. Cook and clean up after meal.

• Possibly to pick boys up from school and walk home on some afternoons (school is about 15min walk from home)

• Sometimes the boys have afterschool activities, so being flexible about what happens in an afternoon.

• Engage with boys and encourage them to do their piano practice, homework etc.

• Monitor where the boys are, making sure they are doing something constructive (not computer screens)

• Be fun with the boys, we have a park across the road, can play basketball, kick the football etc.

• Take the job seriously, think about what you could do to better maximise time with the boys, but also variety and fun in their lives.

• Suggest the meals for the next week, make a plan for the following week.

• Sometimes the boy’s grandmother may be around in an afternoon to help with homework etc, so working with the family set up

• Communicate with us how the day went, and what we could all do to improve the afternoons.

• Talk to the boys in French around the house, as they are both learning French at school.

• Potential for an extra afternoon, or babysitting on weekend if you are available.

• If any time available, to just do a bit of cleaning and tidying around the home.

If you are available and would be interested, we would love to see a resume so please send that along. And we would like to talk to some references - families or places that you have worked before as a carer, so please provide name, what you did for them and number.

We would also like to meet you to talk it through it person, hopefully see you soon.