Tonya Pekel
Cairns, QLD
Hello to all families ☺️ I am 27 yr old female, with nearly 3 years of a Bach. of Primary Ed completed. I have over 8 years of working with children. ages from 5 months to 13 years. I am passionate about providing children the best experience I can and always ensuring they are comfortable, safe and secure. I have my current first aid and asthma & anaphylaxis for children training, working with children card and current Child Protection Training certificate.
WHAT PARENTS LOVE ABOUT ME: Parents love my reliability, my flexibility, my punctuality, my respect and kindness and care for the children, my willingness to do any task asked of me and doing things such as cleaning and tidying without being asked.
WHAT KIDS LOVE ABOUT ME: my voices in story-telling, my willingness and eagerness to always play games, chat, help with homework or assist in any other activity, my humour, that I love going outdoors and to the playground etc.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS WORK: I learn so much from the children; discussing so many different things with older children, watching the younger children learn and learning from them as well, creating art and playing outdoors I love working with and caring for children because it makes me so happy to be surrounded by so much light and creativity and wonderful energy that all children have.
Babysitter, Parent helper, Nanny, Au pair $25 / hour
Child ages I'm comfortable caring for:
- Newborns (0 - 2 months)
- Babies (3 - 12 months)
- Toddlers (1 - 2 years)
- Preschoolers (3 - 4 years)
- Small school kids (5 - 8 years)
- Tweens (9 - 12 years)
- Teenagers (13+ years)
- Up to 4 children at once
Childcare duties I can do:
- Light meals
- Full meals
- Bottle feeding
- Transporting kids
- Taking kids on outings
- Toilet training
- Changing nappies
- Bathing kids
- Help with homework
- Care for special needs kids
- Care for twins/multiples
Household duties I can do:
- Housekeeping
- Laundry/washing
- Grocery shopping
- Running errands
Other services I can provide
- Pet sitting
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- Yard work
- Cleaning
- Tutoring
- Elderly care
My availability
I'm looking for Casual/temporary, Part-time, Full-time employment.
I can travel a few suburbs/towns away from Cairns for work.
Here's my weekly availability:
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- - - - - - -I'm available for:
- Last minute bookings
- School holidays
- New Year's Eve
- Valentine's Day
- Overnight jobs
- Full weekends
- Vacations with the family
My credentials
I'm happy to provide written documentation of my qualifications and credentials:
- 9 years experience working with children
- CPR training
- First aid training
- First aid training for babies
- I carry a first aid kit
- Asthma training
- Anaphylaxis training
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Pet credentials:
- I'm comfortable with pets
- General credentials:
- 29 years old
- Police check
- Non-smoker/vaper
- Permanent resident
- Covid vaccinated
- Languages I can speak: English
- Email verified
I have nearly 3 years of a Bach. of Primary Education completed. I have over 8 years of working with children, from ages 5 months to 13 years, as a nanny, babysitter, and child care educator.
Most recently for 2 years as a manager of a before & after school care, and vacation care service where I was always on the floor with the children, interacting, bonding, learning and creating weekly programmed activities for them based on the learning framework, their personal interests, requests, and areas where they may need a chance to improve etc. I am passionate about providing children the best experience I can and always ensuring they are comfortable, safe and secure.
My skills and interests:
- Reading/storytelling
- Drawing/painting
- Arts/crafts
- Sports
- Fitness
- Swimming
- Nature
- Gardening
- Cooking
- Video
- Computers
- Writing