Amy W.
Looking for work as a babysitter.
- 30 years paid experience
- Babysitter in Plano, TX 75024
- 6 miles, will travel 15 mi
Meet Amy
- Comfortable with pets
- Has a car
Hey there, my name is Amy and your best friend is my best friend! my BESTIES are always BEASTIES! For nearly 25 years I have lived in/around the Dallas metro. I am a graduate of both Richland College and UNT with an AA & BA’s English Literature & Technical Writing and American History with a special emphasis on African American Women in both Lit and in History and I basically minored in everything else offered in the college of the humanities. I have been a teaching artist, a poet, a painter and busker (street performance artist) and also a great, loyal and diligent personal assistant, consultant, Respite & Home healthcare provider people with disabilities and Special needs and personal business manager/consultant for the managing partners of ZJ Construction, Fortitude Multifamily, and Veterans Construction Supply, LLC (various property management and investment firms) since 2001. I communicate with clearly, thoughtfully and with Read more respect, I am flexible and think critically while also adapting;I am details-oriented and I am a lifelong believer in continuing education. I have a positive impact on people & build relationships for the future by providing support & loyalty and security for customers/clients with a sense of agency, urgency, humor & human decency. I have also worked providing Care/Respite for children with special needs since 1999. I have a baby brother with Down’s Syndrome, he is on Autism spectrum, predominantly Deaf, bipolar and anxiety and moderate/severe developmental delays. Since he was born I have been one of his most trusted caregivers and often continue to offer sitter services to help out at home. His needs are extensive d often continue to offer sitter services to help out at home. His needs are extensive and require patience, intense support, and routines. As a result of or connections with other parents and friends who too have differently abled kids, I have provided a variety of services for families similar to my own. Transportation to/from schools, tutoring services and cooking, cleaning.
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First aid certification
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Availability
- Generally available mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights and weekends
- Before and after school care availability
Experience
Willing to care for 3 children per sitting
$15-$22/hr for the first child, $5 for each additional child
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Infants (age 0-11 months) expand
- Overnight care
- Mother's helper
- 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
- Alzheimer's
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- Delayed Speech
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Down Syndrome
- Dwarfism
- Dyslexia
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Defects
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Illness
- Mobility Challenges
- Administering Medication
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Assistance With Transportation
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Bladder and Bowel Assistance
- Blood Glucose Testing
- Dressing Assistance
- Feeding Assistance
- Grooming and Hygiene
- Injection Assistance
- Lifting and Transferring
- Mobility Assistance
- Positive Behavioral Support
- Recreational Music or Art Therapy
- Repositioning
- Respiratory Care
- Sign Language
- Specific Meal Preparation (foods to avoid, etc.)
Education
Dual English Literature and American History
Graduated University of North Texas 2006
References
- Co-worker Join to contact reference
- Family Join to contact reference
Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- 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