Consistent Saturday Babysitter (Downtown)

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flag [?] : miscategorized prohibited spam best of Posted: 2013-04-29, 9:37AM CDT

Job Description:

A family living downtown with a five year old daughter is seeking an enthusiastic, reliable, and professional on call/occasional babysitter. The family has a full-time administrative household manager and childcare specialist, and would like to ensure they have a qualified and consistent babysitter for their daughter on Saturdays. Hours would be 3:30PM-7:30PM generally, but hours may vary depending on events, dinners, etc. Ideal candidate has clean driving record and auto insurance (car is provided by family), flexible schedule, open to working additional hours, and assisting with light tasks around the house (e.g.- child's laundry, picking up around the house, loading/unloading dishwasher, light meal preparation, etc.). As we bring someone into our family, we would hope that the candidate could commit for at least one year and, hopefully, the relationship will extend longer. Please read the job description carefully and kindly apply if you feel that you meet the requirements. We look forward to hearing from you!

About the Family:

We are active and interested parents of one daughter, 5 years old. Our daughter is extremely verbal, curious, creative, sweet and full of life. She attends school on Monday through Friday from 8:20AM to 11:45AM, which is short driving distance from our home. Our daughter is very involved with activities (e.g., dance, ice skating, Spanish, cooking, swim lessons). We are located a short distance to many of the city's museums and cultural landmarks which our daughter enjoy visiting occasionally. We encourage these types of activities as well as less structured exploration of parks, nature and anything else that may create an age-appropriate learning opportunity.

The three of us (mom, dad, and daughter) are a close family unit and also enjoy close relationships with our extended families, some of who live in Chicago and others who live internationally. As a babysitter becomes an intimate part of a family's life, these personal attributes are mentioned so that we can find someone who shares our values and vice versa.

Qualifications:

? Enjoy spending time with preschool-aged girl
? Have a joyful, peaceful, and consistent rapport with children
? Have a mature and respectful demeanor to help reinforce excellent manners, behavior and pleasant interaction with others
? Demonstrate excellent judgment for city living (i.e. safety, activities, etc.)
? View your role as a caretaker by engaging in age appropriate activities and creating opportunities to develop skills in reading, math, language, etc.
? Enjoy playing with our daughter in child-led games and activities
? Engage in and foster imaginary play
? Be able to help with after school routine and walk or drive (inclement weather) our daughter to and from school
? Be competent in the kitchen to prepare fresh, healthy, and natural meals for the child (including our daughter in cooking as much as possible) -- Meal planning templates will be given to you
? Direct daily bedtime routine: bathing, tooth brushing, face washing, and dressing
? Enjoy going out daily on nature walks, city adventures, bike rides, swimming, and trips to the playground (e.g. -- full days when school is not in session)
? Enjoy playing with natural objects, hanging out in the backyard, exploring parks off the path, meeting and observing insects and animals, and getting messy
? Actively engage and include our daughter in day-to-day tasks, such as trips to the grocery store to foster independence, and meaningful learning experiences
? Seek to empower our daughter as much as possible and in every part of the day by regularly challenging, facilitating, and scaffolding her development in a supportive and loving manner
? Provide a rich literacy environment in which words, reading, and language are meaningful, accessible, and fun!
? Have an understanding of the importance in literacy; engage in emergent reading and writing skills (through art, play, etc.); foster meaningful connections with text in the environment and support child-led conversations.
? Handle brief daily nanny/babysitter log (provided for you to complete)
? Have a clean driving record, current drivers license, and proof of auto insurance
? Keep the kitchen, play room, and child's bedrooms tidy
? Grocery shop at least once per week (this would only apply if you were covering for full-time employee for an extended period of time)
? Have an understanding of/interest in child development
? Have an understanding of developmentally appropriate play and how children learn
? Be active and fit
? Open to communication with parents and administrative household manager/childcare specialist

Requirements:

? College graduate from a four-year, accredited institution (or in process)
? Further training in childcare and development such as a formal teaching and/or nanny training programs, early childhood classes and/or in-service training
? Proven child care experience with at least two references
? Driving license and safe driving record
? Eligible to work in the United States
? Fluent in English
Location: DowntownCompensation: Hourly pay is negotiable (depending on experience and credentials)This is a part-time job.This is a contract job.Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.Please, no phone calls about this job!Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.Posting ID: 3773490144

Posted: 2013-04-29, 9:37AM CDT

Edited: 2013-04-29, 9:37AM CDT

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