Part-Time Child Care Provider Available in Elkhart, IN: Mary K.

$40/hr

6 years of paid experience

A little bit about me

I am number 9 of 13 children (with 12 additional foster babies). I have 72+ nieces and nephews. I worked for 5 years at Child Abuse Prevention Services supervising infants and toddlers. Upon graduating from Notre Dame, I worked in the missions all over the world, including many orphanages. I would often be left with five or six babies to care for at one time. Infants and toddlers are my specialty.

I was the full-time caregiver (on and off) of my brother's five young children as he struggled with cancer three times over seven years.
I also spent about 6 months helping a friend with nightcare of her adopted newborn twin grandbabies -they were sickly and on heart and breathing monitoring machines.
For a year I worked 80 hours a week as a night/day nanny for newborn triplets.
I also have done a nanny share between 4 families- one with 6 children (2-13), one with 10 children (6months-14), one with 8 children (18 months-13), and one with 3 children (8 months-5, plus foster children).

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Availability

Start: TBD

Part-time

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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

6 years of experience caring for:

Infants (0-11 months)

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...

I worked for 5 years at Child Abuse Prevention Services supervising infants and toddlers and helping in child/parent interaction. I’ve lived a very unique life. Upon graduating from Notre Dame in 1999 I spent almost 20 years in the missions serving the poor (including orphanages) as well as praying as a consecrated hermit all over the world –Siberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Philippines, Mexico, the Holy Land and all over Europe as well.
Infants and toddlers are my specialty, although I have experience with children of all ages, cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. I volunteer taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade for one year in South Texas, including children with disabilities. I developed and taught a Pre-school CCD program at a church as well as taught Sunday school to troubled teens at a juvenile prison. I also was the full-time caregiver (on and off) of my brother's 5 young children as he struggled with cancer 3 times over 7 years.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I am a clean person (which made the missions difficult at times) and prefer organization, although I am flexible, patient and laid-back, especially with children. Love is always my rule. I speak Russian and Polish pretty well and other languages poorly –they come and go for me. I love to paint, especially icons. I love to cook and bake, although I rarely follow recipes exactly. I garden, write, play guitar and keep books with me. And I love to be outside. My heart is very sensitive, especially to anyone suffering. These are all parts of my life that I share with the children around me (crafts, reading, singing, outdoors, baking, etc.) My approach with children tends to be the attachment parenting style –babies cry because they need something. I don’t ever remember not being able to calm a crying child.

The most important part about being a nanny...

It is important to be patient, peaceful, kind, fun, creative, honest, clean and punctual. But it is most important to love the children that you are caring for!

My experience with special needs children...

I spent about 6 months helping a friend with night-care of her adopted newborn twin grandbabies -they were sickly and on heart and breathing monitoring machines.