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Our lovely nanny/carer is moving on, and so we are looking for another experienced nanny / carer who may be looking for permanent part-time work, who specialises in working with children to come and join our whānau. Or maybe you are thinking of a career change into teaching or becoming a support worker with children. If you have physio experience, or occupational therapy, huge win, but not essential, training provided!

We have three children, one of which has spastic cerebral palsy, she walks with assistance by an adult or in her walker, and she has a powered wheelchair and trike.

We are a fun, busy and loud household and the carer who works for us becomes family!

It’s really important to build a good strong relationship with our 5-year-old, who is full of sass and cheek, she (and all of them) will push your buttons and boundaries so a strong relationship is key. An understanding of working with children is essential, to be able to get the best version of her.

She thrives well in an encouraging, fun, light-hearted, and funny sense-of-humour way.

The role is:

• After school pick up.
• Taking her and her siblings to activities in the community, and swimming lessons.
• Personal cares.
• Preparation of snacks and light meals, e.g. afternoon tea.
• Tidying up after their activities.
• Supporting our 5y/o at home with functional movement, stretches, positioning, walking and standing, through play.
• Possible additional weekend work when/as needed.

Our values:

• Inclusivity.
• Manaakitanga; respect, care, warmth, trust and most of all, aroha.
• Open communication and Trust.

Our goals:

• Independence and Mobility!
• To have our 5y/o thrive in her environments, use her walker and become more independent through movement and language.
• Inclusivity! Ensure she is included in her activities in her own way, with her sisters, friends, peers and community.
• To be supported well through her activities and play, indoor and outdoor. (Can be quite physical holding/lifting).

About you:

• You will enjoy arts, crafts, music, singing, baking, dancing – all that fun stuff!
• You will need to be fit and be able to lift and carry, transfer in/out of wheelchair. There is a lot of support for her transitions.
• You will be assertive, kind, nurturing, caring, and have a holistic, encouraging, and positive approach to therapy and development.
• Be open to adapt to, and use Explore behaviour skills and techniques and help implement them and maintain them.
• If you understand neuroplasticity and are keen to work with us to retrain, rebuild and hone in on this area of development, absolute bonus! (not essential)
• Quite essential, you need a sense of humour to win this girl and, all three girls.
• Previous experience related.
• You will have a full licence, and your own road-safe vehicle, carseats must be secured. We will provide the car seats.
• You must be eligible to work in NZ.
• Another language is a definite bonus!
• Police vetting will be done, and references to be provided.