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Job ID number
377969000

Title
Child Care

Description
Seeing a summer babysitter with possibility of fall hours in North Amherst. Two kids, ages 5 and 2.5 as of September. Anywhere from 1-3 days a week, plus optional occasional nights, mornings, or weekends. Currently we’re most interested in help on Mon/Wed/Fri from about 4:45pm (2:30 pm on wed) to 7-8 pm, but we’ll work with you to find a schedule that works for everyone. We’re also happy to try to work with another family looking for similar care. We are a friendly family who tries to make everyone feel welcome. We want this to be a partnership and will work with you to make sure you are happy and comfortable. In the fall we will likely need more occasional care, but may need more hours (depends on current babysitters who are away for the summer). Foreign language is a huge plus, but our rising kindergartener has gotten into the Amherst Spanish bilingual program, so that is no longer our main goal. Requirements - Experience with young children is a must, but we have some flexibility around how you have gained that experience. Kind, calm, and open to letting childrens’ personalities lead their exploration, but able to enforce appropriate boundaries and engage the children in age-appropriate tasks, such as cleaning up toys, etc. Open and affirming of gender expression. Please send a resume (can be general), general experience, what hours you’d be looking for, pay expectations, and any other information you think we should know, including what you would need from us to make this position work well for you. Children - Our 5-year-old loves learning and exploring. He’ll be starting in the Spanish/English bilingual program at the Amherst schools in September. Loves math and numbers, as well as letters and reading, but very much likes to do things his own way! He has also more recently become interested in a wider variety of activities and we encourage both the things he loves and variety! He does have a diagnosis of ASD; some knowledge or experience is helpful but not required, overall he doesn’t require anything particularly different. The 2-year-old can both keep up with her big brother and loves to do her own thing! She has strong opinions and ideas, but also loves people and is usually very cooperative with sitters. LOVES the outdoors, she would probably spend the entire day and night outside if she could! Very active, but also enjoys things like puzzles, drawing, etc. Other info - MUST be covid vaccinated and boosted! Must get routine vaccinations including flu. Must be reasonably covid cautious. Students interested in these PAID positions offered by private families in their homes during this time, must be aware of the risks associated with COVID-19 and be personally responsible for minimizing these risks and are encouraged to adhere to federal, state and local guidelines and regulations. As these positions are offered by private families, UMass Amherst is not liable or responsible for any outcomes or situations that arise from participating in any of these opportunities.

Hourly Pay Rate
$20

Hours Per Week
5-15

Hiring Period
Entire year

Bus Route Information
On bus route

Location
Off-Campus

Work Study
No

How to Apply
Email, Send resume

Web site information
No URL provided

Contact
Cory and Michael

Contact Email
RundleDeutsch@gmail.com

Contact Phone
No phone number provided

Street Address
No address provided

City
No city provided

State
Massachusetts

Zip Code
01002

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