Live-In Full-Time Child Care Provider Available in Birmingham, AL: Erin O.

$18/hr

A little bit about me

I am very creative, loving, kind, and fair. I love to get kids outside or reading and crafting and putting on plays from things we've read. I love taking the kiddos on fun outtings to the Zoo, Botanical Gardens, to get ice cream, swimming, etc. Anything I can do to keep TV's OFF and phones out of their hands is GREAT! I have been a tutor many times so I can help there as well. I speak French and am currently brushing up on it myself so that I can possibly help tutor or teach in French also. I'm a very positive person whom loves children but is divorced for two years now and has no children of my own. So I would love to find a family I can feel I am truly a part of. I have been a nanny for ten years total but it has been many years since I have done it as a job. I'm very eager to begin again! Most recently I have been a care taker for disabled young adults teaching them the skills they need in order to live on their own. It has been very rewarding but I'm ready for something new 💞

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Full-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

First Aid

Other

Car

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

More About Me

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

I have worked with children from a very young age, as I had an ill mother so I raised my younger brother by nine years. I also began babysitting every weekend when I was only in junior high! I had my first full time nanny job summer after my senior year of high school for two awesome and precious girls & have worked as a nanny off and on ever since when the right job and family presented itself! I ran an afterschool program my junior year of college at the private school Oxford University School & started their summer day camp Summer Adventures that following summer. I was a full time camp counselor at Camp Skyline Ranch for two summers where I had twelve to fifteen girls for two week sessions with another counselor. I was the junior counselor who slept and lived with them full time and did not have my own room as the senior counselors did. I grew up at Camp Skyline since age 8. I was also a Leap Frog tutor through my sorority AOPi in college.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

See my "about me" section 💞🙏💜

The most important part about being a nanny...

For me I like to always remember that I am first and foremost there to be the bridge between the parents and their children. What I mean by this is that I'm there to do and be what the parents can not be while they are at work. Thus the most important part about being a nanny is enforcing all rules set forth by the parents while still being seen as an advocate and safe place for their children while they are away. It is also of utmost importance to me that the parents and I are enforcing the same rules even when I am not there so that there is a seamless transition and the children see that their parents and I are on the same page and always working together in their best interest. A united front is the quickest way to have a successful and "perfect fit" and most important step towards the nanny becoming part of the family and not merely an employee.

My experience with special needs children...

I have direct experience working with children and young adults with autism, paralysis, Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, learning and attention deficit disorders, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.