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*️️*️️ UPDATE: Booked Up In June and July, Travelling in August, Booked Up in September and October *️️*️️
Hello !
I'm Jess, I'm a single mum with a lively daughter who'll be 5 years old in July.
I am looking for a FEMALE workawayer to stay with us for up to 3 /4 weeks at a time and become a part of our family.
I need some help with light housework duties: cooking, washing dishes, hoovering etc; also spending some time entertaining my daughter with games, books, etc. and coming to work with me when I organise kids' parties.
My daughter is now attending a school full time Monday to Friday 9am - 3pm so the workawayer would not be expected to spend several hours a day with her.
We live in a small 2 bedroom flat on the first floor. You would have your own room, but access may be required to get clothes/ effects. Your privacy will be respected.
We live in a part of Manchester that is very popular with students and has a thriving Couchsurfing/ Meet Up community with lots of meetings in local bars etc. So, you would have lots of freetime during the day (on weekdays) to explore the area. I am quite flexible. We will be able to spend more time together at weekends.
There is a lovely, large park 5 minutes walk away from our home with a lake, wildlife and a children's play area.
We are a fun loving family, enjoy having people visit, like to go out for walks in the park, go for coffee/ lunch in nice places :), play music / watch movies at home and do many other activities.
Manchester is a great city, with lots of places to visit and explore in your free time. I don't have a car, but live 15 minutes from the city centre and close to a frequent bus. It would be perfect to arrive on a Thursday/ Friday evening or at weekend so we would have time to spend together and for you to settle in before the crazy hectic routine starts on Mondays, lol!!
I don't mind if you drink alcohol - in moderate quantities- but I am looking for a non-smoker please.
*️️️️ You must have a good understanding of English
Babysitting / child care
Cooking / shopping
General Maintenance
Help in the house
Language practice
Art project
Other
Making new friends
Learning about our way of life
Improving their English
Get to know a new city
Travel and explore
You will have 2 full days off which we can discuss and arrange with you on the day of your arrival. It would be useful for us if on your volunteering day, you can split your hours and do 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the late afternoon/ evening. Some flexibility on this would be appreciated though and I can also be flexible if you wanted to change a volunteering day to a day off.
If you speak French or Spanish as a native speaker - that would be great as I am a language graduate and like to practice different languages too.
French, Spanish
As mentioned above.
- Shared bathroom, (bath, shower and 1 toilet so please clean up after yourself)
- Gas central heating
- Kitchen/ diner
- Internet/ Broadband/ WiFi (feel free to bring your own laptop or other devices)
- large plasma TV/Dvd player/ Movie channel
I DON'T HAVE a CAR BUT WILL ARRANGE TRANSPORT TO COLLECT YOU FROM MANCHESTER AIRPORT OR THE TRAIN/ COACH STATION IN MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE.
Meals provided: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I hope that we will be able to make your stay an interesting and enjoyable one where you will experience the benefits of living in a city that's close to countryside and green spaces. There are lots of international students here so we have a very cosmopolitan ambience.
We are a multi-racial family and therefore please don't apply if you are not open to new experiences and different cultures. Racism or any type of prejudice is not welcome. I look forward to hearing from you.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Two
3 - 5 hours a day 5 days a week
