Gold – Care Worker, Housekeeper, Cook, Nanny – Three Rivers, Vereeniging

IM/28/Z24042024

Education

• Advanced AU Pair, Nanny, and Night Nursing Certificate (International Standards)
• Paediatric First Aid and CPR Certificate
• First Aid and CPR Certificate

Info

Salary: R 6 000 + (rates depend on level of experience)

Languages: Able to read and write English (Able to hear Afrikaans)

Reside: Three Rivers, Vereeniging

Dependants: One child (Five years old)

Position: Live-in/Live-out

Availability: Immediately

Experience

Job name: Private Family 1 (Two-bedroom house with sitting room, kitchen, and bathroom, two adults, one elderly person and with one child: Three-rivers, Vereeniging, Live-in position)

Duration: One year and one month (February 2023- March 2024)

Duties:

• Care-giver duties included the following:

• Patient was an elderly woman
• Mobility bathroom assistance
• Administering medication
• Emotional support
• Monitoring and recording patients’ health conditions
• Treating bedsore
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Dress and undress patients
• Bath, wash, wound care, feeding, nebulizing, and other hygiene to the patient.

• Checking the patient’s vital signs
• Nanny duties included the following (when they came to visit)
• Provided attentive care for nine months old.
• Organized and supervised indoor and outdoor activities, encouraging physical exercise and creative play.
• Assisted with bathing, dressing and grooming routines.
• Prepared and served nutrition’s meals and snacks, considering individual preferences and dietary requirements.

• Maintained a safe environment by implementing appropriate safety measures.
• Established positive and nurturing relationships with children, promoting emotional well-being and self-confidence.
• Housekeeping duties included the following:
• Sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing where necessary and mopping the floors.
• Taking items out of the cupboards and wiping the shelves.
• Cleaning the toilets
• Moving furniture to clean underneath
• Washing laundry, ironing the laundry of patient
• Informing employer of any cleaning equipment, detergents etc needed to do job effectively.
• Meals prepared included:
• Breakfast was toasted bread, jam and oats
• Rice and mince,
• Hake fish, mash with beetroots,
• Pap and meat,
• Spaghetti Bolognese.
• Cooked meals as per employer’s request.

Reason for leaving: Family relocated

Job name: Private Family 2 (Four bedroomed house with a dining and lounge and three bathrooms, with two adults and two children: Three-rivers, Vereeniging Live-in position)

Duration: Two years (April 2021- January 2023)

Duties:

• Care worker duties include:
• Patient was an elderly woman who blind on one eye
• Mobility bathroom assistance
• Administering medication
• Emotional support
• Monitoring and recording patients’ health conditions
• Treating bedsore
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Dress and undress patients
• Bath, wash, wound care, feeding, nebulizing, and other hygiene to the patient.

• Housekeeping duties included the following:
• Sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing where necessary and mopping the floors.
• Taking items out of the cupboards and wiping the shelves.
• Cleaning the toilets
• Moving furniture to clean underneath
• Washing laundry, ironing the laundry of patient
• Informing employer of any cleaning equipment, detergents etc needed to do job effectively.
• Meals prepared included:
• A weekly routine was created for the children. Therefore, breakfast cereals or oats meal with bananas was prepared, cornflakes with mild or rice cakes.
• Lunch would consist of either bread toast, sandwiches, or some noodles
• Dinner would consist of some pasta, soup or Pap and meat depending on a day.
• Maintained a clean and organized environment, including children’s bedrooms, play areas and common spaces.
• Fostered open and effective communication with parents, providing regular updates on children’s progress and any concerns.
• Developed a strong bond with children, earning their trust and respect.
• Assisted with caring for the family’s dog, prepared food, gave the dog water, administered medication, and looked after the dog.
• Worked with two children ages of six and two (when they came to visit)
• Planned and implemented age-appropriate activities, including educational and recreational outings such as playing outside, swimming, building puzzle or toys.
• Assisted with homework assignments and provide tutoring as needed.
• Prepared nutritious meals and snacks, considering any dietary restrictions or allergies.

Reason for leaving: Patient was relocated

Reference

Private Family 1: Employment has been confirmed. IM is described as helpful, intelligent, and patient especially towards, IM is able to perform all the duties assigned to her, IM also helped with their dog by feeding it and ensuring that the dog is comfortable. IM was part of the family and would highly recommend IM’s services to any family.

Private Family 2: Employment has been confirmed, IM is described as a lovely, caring, sweet and adorable person. Her previous employer describes her as very good at caring for people, she was part of the family.  IM assisted with the elderly parents if anything was required for her to do. IM is able to do anything that she is instructed to do. IM’s previous employer would highly recommend her services.