Live-In Part-Time Child Care Provider Available in Chantilly, VA: Jillian H.

$21/hr

4 years of paid experience

A little bit about me

Hello there! My name is Jillian and what has always connected me most to children is that I am one at heart. I adore crafts, painting/scribbling, water sports, board games, brain tricks— anything I used to once enjoy is still my vice.

Aside from that, I’ve been a babysitter on and off for over four years whilst manning an online business. In my free time, I do lots of traveling & yoga, and I look forwards to becoming a yoga instructor once I can balance standing on my own two feet.

I’ve been told I have a very soft and forgiving way of experiencing life. I’ve spent the better part of the past couple of years learning about neurophysiology on my own to acquire more awareness of myself and how to overcome daily challenges. Learning about the human’s regulatory system has also helped me understand children’s emotions as well, and has opened my eyes on how they experience life.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Everyday 5:00AM - 4:30AM

Part-time

Live-in

Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a child care provider?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s License

CPR

First Aid

Other

Car

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

Work Experience

4 years of experience caring for:

Toddlers (1-3 years)

Preschoolers (4-9 years)

Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)

High-schoolers (13-17 years)

More About Me

Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...

Alongside being a babysitter for 2 different families, I worked as a children’s art teacher at my mom’s shop! I would teach kids how to follow a specific paint regime, and would make sure they were all painting on their canvas and not each other!

With my babysitting experience, I took care of a child whom was diagnosed with autism. After watching him for years, him and I became best friends! I also have experience working with 7+ kids at once for family birthday parties or church gatherings. I’ve worked with toddlers with separation anxiety and young siblings that have vendettas for each other.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

Anything they enjoy!

I’ve done trips to the park, trampoline games, hide & go seek, kinetic sand, stick fights, forts, drawing, water balloon fights, storytelling, reading, tag, horribly-made-up-games, and even dancing— there isn’t an activity a kid couldn’t make me do.

The most important part about being a nanny...

The way you speak to them. It’s everything.

My experience with special needs children...

I cared for a boy who was adopted from Georgia (the country) and spoke no English. He suffered from autism and a lazy eye, in addition from coming from a home of severe neglect.

When I first met him, he was acting out towards his adopted parents— mostly out of fear and confusion, I’d say— but I slowly was able to see love transform his behavior. He slowly began to speak broken English and understand the permanence of the relationships that were holding him upright. He was introduced to his childhood all over again, but this time, it was with nature, friends, community— and not with the abandonment of the electronics that he was left with.

Being able to be such a big part of his life as he grew past such a hard time was one of the most rewarding experiences for me. Watching him grow into who he is today, knowing that I had the honor of seeing him being introduced to a completely different lifestyle than what he once knew, changed both our souls for the better.