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We are a family of five with three young girls (aged 6, 4, 2). My husband and I work full time, and my husband travels a lot. We would love someone to help out with the kids. This could include before/after school care, evening care, and weekends (25 hours/week; 5 days a week. Ideal candidate would also be able to drive kids to/from daycare and to various activities. We would welcome someone that can be flexible as you never know what children's schedules will look like! Since you'd be primarily dealing with young children, we would need someone to commit to a minimum 3 months.
In addition to helping with our kids, we would appreciate if you could cook a couple of meals for the family a week (we will cover food costs), and help out with laundry, organizing, and light tidying up.
Our home is very spacious with 5 bedrooms, large gourmet kitchen, gym, and good sized backyard with a trampoline, golf, and a swim spa so u can swim all year round.
We live close to the city centre with fun amenities all around. There is a lot to do in Ottawa throughout the year, including fun festivals, sporting events, and other local attractions. Our place is close to a bus stop to get you all over the city, and we have extra bikes that you can use. Ottawa is very bike friendly with many bike paths throughout.
We can offer a bedroom and bathroom in a fully finished and furnished basement. We will provide food and board in exchange for help with our kids, meals, and general house chores. Happy to share one of our 2 cars as well.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We would provide an awesome ottawa experience with hiking, biking, visits to nearby kid-friendly attractions, skiing, sledding, skating, swimming. Take you to sporting events (eg ruby, football, hockey), festivals (bluesfest, winterlude) and skating on the canal. You can experience the Quebec and Ottawa culture complete with Poutine and beaver tails :)
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Help
We need help with childcare. We have 3 young girls, aged 2, 4, 6. They are well behaved but love attention. Candidate would be able to entertain them and care for them (preparing snacks, meals, doing activities, taking them to the park, putting them to bed). We would also appreciate help with laundry (folding and putting it away) and with cooking dinners for the entire family.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
French: Beginner
Accommodation
You will live in a five bedroom house with your own bedroom and full bathroom in the basement so you have your own space. Basement is fully finished and furnished and has tv and lots of natural light.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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our job consisted of looking after the children some evenings after school, helping with the laundry and cooking sometimes. it was a very simple job, with very nice children. Life at Zuza is very, very comfortable and we thank her for that. Thanks to her we were able to… read more
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our job consisted of looking after the children some evenings after school, helping with the laundry and cooking sometimes. it was a very simple job, with very nice children. Life at Zuza is very, very comfortable and we thank her for that. Thanks to her we were able to… read more
