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Profile Code: KM/45/S09072024 |
Personal Data
| Info |
Detail |
| Salary: |
R5500 – R6000 pm |
| Languages: |
Able to read and write English and Zulu |
| Reside: |
Copesville, Pietermaritzburg |
| Availability: |
Immediately, live-in (go home every weekend in Pietermaritzburg); live-out |
| Driver’s License: |
N/A |
| Car type: |
N/A |
| Dependents ages: |
15 and 11 years old |
| Who will take care of them if you are employed: |
My husband |
| Health: Clinic visits – how often: |
Once a month |
| Can you get your medicine on weekends |
Yes |
Education
| Institution |
Detail |
| Highest Grade passed; |
Grade 12 @ Russel High School in 2001 |
| Other Certificates/ Diplomas |
Beaumont Eston Farmer’s Club: Cooking Course in 2019 |
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Care Worker Course: Azalea Gardens Frail Care |
Skill Matrix
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Years in total |
| Housekeeping |
15 years |
| Child Minding |
15 years |
| Care Working |
N/A |
| Au pairing |
N/A |
| Cooking |
15 years |
Employment History
| Job name 1: |
Thompson Family |
| About |
Family of four (two adults and two children); Four-bedroom house, kitchen, lounge, laundry room and two bedrooms; Lived in Camperdown, Pietermaritzburg |
| Duration: |
15 years (2006 – 2021) |
| Housekeeper Duties: |
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Sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping the floors. |
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Washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen |
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Cleaning the toilets, showers, bathtubs, and restocking restrooms. |
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Washing and ironing the Laundry. |
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Washing bed linen and curtains. |
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Also cleaned the employer’s salon from time-to-time as well as their workshop |
| Nanny duties: |
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Both children were born while KM was still employed |
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Taking care of the kids’ needs like feeding, bathing, and dressing |
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Making sure the kids are safe and feel loved |
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Planning fun and educational activities for the kids |
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Talking to the parents about the kids’ progress, behavior, and any concerns |
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Playing with the kids and watching them during playtime and outdoor fun |
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Keeping a regular schedule for meals and naps |
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Encouraging good behaviour |
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| Dishes cooked: |
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Chicken stir fry |
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Crunchy pork schnitzel |
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Chicken stew |
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Beef curry mince |
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Mushroom sauce |
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Sweet and sour chicken |
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Roasted vegetables |
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Pasta with chicken |
Reference
| Thompson Family |
Feedback |
| From when to when did she work for you: |
For 15 years until 2021 |
| Why is she no longer employed? |
The children were grown, and we moved further from where she lived |
| What were her Duties? |
She was our nanny for our children, she cleaned and cooked |
| How was her personality at work? |
Trustworthy, caring, intelligent and can use her own initiative |
| What would you say your former employee needs more training in? |
We put her through a cooking course, so no other training was needed on our side |
| What did she excel in? |
Being a nanny for our children especially when they were young |
| Loyalty to her work? |
Very good |
| Was she mostly on time for work? |
Yes |
| How was her personality towards the kids and animals or the elderly in the house? |
Caring and trustworthy towards the children |
| Her thoroughness? |
N/A |
| Activities she did with the kids, any feedback here? |
N/A |
| How many days in a week did she work? |
Full-time (five days a week) |
| Did she cook? Example of the meals? |
Yes. She cooked meals that were taught at the cooking course |
| Did she give notice when she resigned/ if applicable? |
No. We let her know that unfortunately her services were no longer needed |
| Would you recommend her to work with children? |
Yes. Especially younger children |
| Communication skills with the parents and the kids? |
It was good |
