Natalie G @ Abracadabra Childcare Services

April 2016 – December 2017
Live in Nanny
Yeates family in Sydney

I provided care for two children; a four and a half year old girl and her three year old brother. The boy required an EpiPen (treatment of anaphylaxis) for his allergy to peanuts.

Nanny Duties:

• Assisting the children with getting dressed and brushing their teeth in the morning
• Driving or walking the children to daycare, kindy, school and back home in the afternoon
• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day
• Ensuring a bag is packed with all of their necessities for outings (the boy required an Epipen due to his allergies)
• Taking the children on outings to the beach, city, library, parks, and occasionally the cinema to watch a movie as a special treat
• Creating activities for the children throughout the day such as constructing a cubby house, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, completing puzzles, building with LEGO blocks, playing inside and outside games, painting, play dough making, and imaginative playing (cooking, dress ups)
• Reading books to the children at home and at the library
• Supervising the children whilst they were playing and swimming in a children’s pool at home
• Washing, folding and putting away their clothes
• Bathing the children in the evening and during the day if there were soiled incidents
• Cooking dinners for the family 3-4 times a week
• Occasional and arranged babysitting for the parents
• General domestic cleaning

September 2015 – March 2016
Live in Nanny
Leverett family in Geelong, Victoria

I provided care for an eight month old baby boy.

Nanny Duties:

• Dressing him for the day
• Walking him in his pram to daycare and back home in the afternoon
• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day (bottle feeding, purée and eventually solid foods)
• Ensuring a bag is packed with all of his necessities for outings
• Taking him on outings to the city, library, parks, mother’s group and music class
• Creating a home made sensory toy for him to play with (pasta or rice in a water bottle)
• Interacting with him by dancing, playing baby games such as peek a boo or with age appropriate educational toys, singing with music, playing musical instruments, and talking to him
• Reading books to him at home and at the library
• Soothing him by creating a calm and safe environment whilst in my care
• Improving his sleeping routine during the day and at night for the parents
• Encouraging him to crawl and eventually walk
• Washing, folding and putting away his clothes and reusable nappies
• Bathing him in the evening and during the day if there were soiled incidents
• Occasionally cooking dinners for the family
• Occasional and arranged babysitting for the parents
• General domestic cleaning

January 2015 – August 2015
Live in Nanny
Fadian family in Brisbane

I provided care for three children; a four year old boy, his two year old brother, and their three and a half year old cousin.

Nanny Duties:

• Assisting the children with getting dressed and brushing their teeth in the morning
• Driving or walking the children to kindy and back home in the afternoon
• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day
• Ensuring a bag is packed with all of their necessities for outings
• Taking the children on outings to the city, library, parks, occasionally the cinema to watch a movie as a special treat and other local activities
• Creating activities for the children throughout the day such as constructing a cubby house, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, completing puzzles, building with LEGO blocks, playing inside and outside games, painting, play dough making, and imaginative playing (cooking, dress ups)
• Reading books to the children at home and at the library
• Washing, folding and putting away their clothes
• Bathing the children in the evening and during the day if there were soiled incidents
• Occasionally cooking dinners for the family
• Occasional and arranged babysitting for the parents
• General domestic cleaning
• Live in Nanny for the Watson family in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

June 2014 – December 2014
Live in Nanny
Watson family in Brisbane

I provided care for a two year old girl.

Nanny Duties:

• Assisting her with getting dressed and brushing her teeth in the morning
• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day
• Ensuring a bag is packed with all of her necessities for outings
• Taking her on outings to the city, kids club, music class, swimming lessons, parks, and play dates with her friends
• Creating activities for her throughout the day such as constructing a cubby house, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, completing puzzles, playing inside and outside games, painting, play dough making, and imaginative playing (cooking, dress ups)
• Reading books to her at home and at the library
• Washing, folding and putting away her clothes
• Occasionally bathing her in the evening and during the day if there were soiled incidents
• Cooking dinners for the family 2-3 times a week
• Occasional and arranged babysitting for the parents
• General domestic cleaning
• Live in Nanny for the Warwick family in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

May 2013 – May 2014
Live in Nanny
Warwick family in Sydney

I provided care for three children; a two year old boy and his eight month old twin brothers.

Nanny Duties:

• Dressing the children and brushing the two year olds teeth in the morning
• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day (bottle feeding, purée and eventually solid foods for the twins) and standard meals for the two year old
• Ensuring a bag is packed with all of their necessities for outings
• Taking the children on outings to the city, library, parks, and playgroup
• Creating home made sensory toys for the twins to play with (pasta or rice in a water bottle, gel bags with different items inside)
• Creating activities for the children throughout the day such as constructing a cubby house, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, completing puzzles, building with LEGO blocks, playing inside and outside games, painting, play dough making, and imaginative playing (cooking, dress ups)
• Interacting with the twins by dancing, playing baby games such as peek a boo or with age appropriate educational toys, singing with music, playing musical instruments, and talking to them
• Reading books to the children at home and at the library
• Soothing the twins by creating a calm and safe environment whilst in my care
• Encouraging the twins to crawl and eventually walk
• Washing, folding and putting away their clothes
• Bathing the children in the evening and during the day if there were soiled incidents
• Occasional and arranged babysitting for the parents
• General domestic cleaning

January 2012 – September 2012
After School Care Assistant at Gabbinbar State School OSHC Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

I provided care for children from prep to year seven; four to twelve years old. Some children were from different ethnic backgrounds, had disabilities and special needs such as Asperger’s syndrome, Autism, Down syndrome, ADHD, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes and a young boy was in a wheelchair.

Child Care Assistant Duties:

• Nutritional meal preparation throughout the day
• Arranging various daily indoor and outdoor activities
• Assessing the hall, playground and toilets for hazards
• Collecting children from their classrooms or from a taxi
• Encouraging children to practice personal hygiene (washing their hands before and after eating, going to the toilet etc)
• Encouraging children to clean up after themselves and the areas they played in
• Interact, observe and supervise the children whilst maintaining a safe play environment at all times
• Write down weekly observations on a selection of children varying each week; including pictures and diagrams of the experience
• Help children with school work and homework