Barbra O @ Abracadabra Childcare Services
Babysitter/In Home Carer/Nanny affiliated with Abracadabra Childcare Services
About Barbra O @ Abracadabra Childcare Services
- Classification
- Babysitter/In Home Carer/Nanny
- Agency
- Abracadabra Childcare Services
Barbra O is a Babysitter/In Home Carer/Nanny, with 20 years experience caring for children from any age. Barbra O is represented by Abracadabra Childcare Services child care agency.
- Carer Rates (+ Agency Booking fee $33.00)
- 28.00 per hour (daytime)
- 30.00 per hour (evening)
- QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Australian Nanny Association Member
- Child Care Qualifications - Cert III+
- Drivers Licence
- First Aid Certification / CPR
- Lactation Consultant
- LifeSaving Certificate / Austswim
- Mature Aged Carer
- Non-smoker
- Nursing experience
- Own transport
- Public Liability Insurance
- Special needs care experience
- Teaching Experience
- Character references on file
- Permanent Resident
- Police check / Working with Children check
- Temporary Resident
- Written references on file
Education and other courses
1983 Completion of Year 12, Mackay State High School
2010 Certificate III and IV in Education Support
2017 Diploma Children’s Services
Other courses
First Aid Certificate (HLT004)
Blue Card
Employment
2016 -2017
Archer Street Childcare Centre
Educator OSHC co-ordinator
2016
Crescent Lagoon State School
Teacher Aide role in Grade One and Two
2015
Family Daycare Educator
Caring for children in a home environment, which involves planning, programming, observations and portfolios. Working with each individual child to achieve goals in a play based curriculum.
2013 - 2014
Green Beginnings Child Centre
Educator
Toddler room and support role in Kindy room with a student with ADHD and auditory processing disorder. I assist the child in social skills, speech and co-ordination with fine and gross motor skills.
2012
Pacific Lutheran College
Early Learning Centre
Educator in a supporting role
Student with Autism helping to develop social skills, speech improvement and separation. My role was to open and close the Centre with Director/staff, preparing activities and assisting in group time and outside play. Autism helping to develop social skills, speech improvement and separation. My role was to open and close the Centre with Director/staff, preparing activities and assisting in group time and outside play.
Pacific Lutheran College -
Kindergarten as Relief Educator
Setting up inside and outside activities, recording observations, running classroom when teacher is talking with a parent or needed for an emergency. I also assisted children in developing social and communication skills and preparing them in their transition to prep.
2011
Chevallum State School
General Teacher Aide duties
Across all year levels from Prep to Grade seven subjects such as Math, Literacy, and Art. I have also supported student’s with special needs and in learning support. Playground duties were alsopart of my position at this school.
Glenview State School
Teacher aide duties in Prep
Grade 5, supervising groups and individual students with literacy, numeracy and craft activities. Playground duty was also included and setting up activities for fitness rotation, supervising students during the activities and packing away of equipment
2010 - 2011
Talara Primary School -
Teacher Aide (relief) in Prep
Grade 6. I had a supporting role to students with special needs in the Early Childhood Development Program. My other roles included Learning support, preparing students for Naplan testing in Grade 3 and in Grade 1 with Support a Reader and sight word testing. The subjects I have assisted in are Math, Literacy, Science and Art.
Interests
Arts and Crafts, Horse Riding, Travelling
Education & Qualifications
- Australian Nanny Association Member
- Child Care Qualifications - Cert III+
- Drivers Licence
- First Aid Certification / CPR
- Lactation Consultant
- LifeSaving Certificate / Austswim
- Mature Aged Carer
- Non-smoker
- Nursing experience
- Own transport
- Public Liability Insurance
- Special needs care experience
- Teaching Experience
Screening & Background Checks
- Character references on file
- Permanent Resident
- Police check / Working with Children check
- Temporary Resident
- Written references on file
General Duties
- Babysitting nights/weekends
- Bathing of children
- Cleaning of children's area(s)
- Cleaning of family area(s)
- General Errands (Shopping etc)
- Laundry - Children only
- Laundry - Family
- Live in Accommodation
- Participation in family outings
- Participation in family vacations
- Pets
- Plan & participate in childrens outings
- Preparation of Meals/Snacks - Children
- Preparation of Meals/Snacks - Family
- Special Diets
Activities to undertake with the Children
- Art
- Computers
- Cooking
- Drama & Dance
- Exercise
- Free Play
- Language development
- Music
- Outside play
- Planning of children's outings
- Science
- Stories & Reading