House maintenance, gardening and child minding near Santander, Cantabria, Spain

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  Description

  Hi, I’m Ríona, I’m an Irish Mum living in the north of Spain in a village just outside Santander. I’m a single parent to Three children aged 11, 7 and 3 and I'm looking for someone to help with childcare and general household and garden maintenance (painting, grass cutting, hedge trimming, putting up shelves etc) during the summer. I will be working throughout the summer and will need childcare some weekdays and some weekend days.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We’re an Irish Spanish family and we’re all bilingual and we love languages. The children attend a Waldorf Steiner school and we’ve an amazing international community here. We do a lot of activities together such as picnics, beach dates, mountain hikes, pool dates.
  
  We’re a vegetarian household and we love cooking. We also grow our own veg and always need help with the garden!

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  I will be working throughout the summer and will need childcare some weekdays and some weekends.
  
  Help with general household duties and cooking would be very welcome.
  
  I need someone forsome babysitting and general household help. I need someone energetic and keen to play and have fun with the children. We speak English at home but the children are bilingual. There’s plenty of opportunity to pick up some Spanish around here too.
  
  I have a considerably big garden to manage and I’m keen to find people who can bring their skills and knowledge to help me make the most of it. I also have ongoing minor diy jobs around the house such as painting, fixing things, and reorganisation - which I’d love to have help with!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  German: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  I’d love to improve my German and the children are very interested in learning German
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  Accommodation

  You will have a large double room with en-suite toilet on the upstairs floor of our house.
  
  I will offer food and board.

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  What else ...

  We’re a low screen family and we seldom watch tv and I would expect people to not use their phones or tablets when with the children unless absolutely necessary.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have ample garden space for workawayers to stay on our premises in their own campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

  Ginny

  We have a young cat and may be adopting another kitten over the summer.

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