Ruby O.
Looking for work as a special needs caregiver.
- 9 years paid experience
- Special Needs Caregiver in Brooklyn, NY 11216
- 20 miles, will travel 4 mi
Meet Ruby
- Comfortable with pets
Hey there, I have extensive experience with children from being both a nanny in my high school and college years as well as being a case manager doing skill based therapy with teenagers and children integrating creativity to effective decision making. I have been CPR certified since I was 18 and am trained in crisis management. In addition to recently receiving my masters in mental health counseling I have been awarded several grants through my work doing creative expression therapy with children emphasizing the usage of dance, drama, movement, art, wilderness and music therapy to help children work through emotions and develop healthy ways of coping. As a babysitter and nanny I encourage kids to engage with expanding their worlds through the outdoors, movement, and the arts. Originally from coastal Maryland I moved to Denver after living in Baltimore for two years where I worked with children and adolescents at Read more a psychiatric hospital, thus giving me limitless patience! I love interacting with kids and think it's really important to have creative and educational outlets so I'm totally comfortable taking them to the library, park or museums. I love to cook so preparing meals is not an issue.
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Enhanced Criminal
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Basic Criminal
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Motor Vehicle Records
Never run.
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First aid certification
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CPR certification
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Availability
- Daytime care availability during summer months
- Before and after school care availability
Experience
Willing to care for 3 children per sitting
$25-$35/hr for the first child, $20 for each additional child
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Infants (age 0-11 months) expand
- Swaddling
- Feeding
- Changing
- Bathing
- Assist with setting a routine
- Occasional care
- Toddlers (age 1-3)
- Preschooler (age 4-5)
- Grade School (age 6-11)
- Pre-teen/ Teenage age (12+)
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Special needs expand
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Medical/Special Healthcare Needs
- Social/Emotional
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
- Down Syndrome
- Mental Illness
- Administering Medication
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Grooming and Hygiene
- Recreational Music or Art Therapy
Education
Masters in Mental Health Counseling
Graduated 2015
References
- Former Employer Join to contact reference
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Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Laundry
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- Travel with Family
- Willing to run errands as needed
- Willing to drive children to events, school, appointments, or carpooling
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Homework expand
- Finishing homework
- Checking answers
- Studying for a test
- Proofreading
- Basic math
- Pre-algebra
- Elementary science
- Earth science
- Science
- English
- Essay writing
- Social studies