I am a hard working honest individual, good timekeeper, good organizational skills: communication; conflict management and interpersonal relationships, assertiveness, i am outgoing and tactful, and able to listen effectively, good in situations when solving problems if needed.
I am funny , friendly, helpful and polite, I love to read and play games, do exercises. Within childcare, social assistance and patient care i have personal experience (family members with 24h assistance, and of volunteer work) and professional experience (from companies such as Pátio das Andorinhas, as a Child Care Assistant in my country , and in the UK with Firstpoint Home Care and Ideal Carehomes). Also if you have pets, i love animals, they are passion. I can do so much more for them than what I've done so far. I have experience as FAT (family of temporary adoption); assistant in a pet store (Portugal ) and as assistant in a veterinary clinic (Portugal), I took care of cats, dogs, rabbits dwarfs, pygmy goat, farm rabbits, turtles, hamsters, birds, fish.
MY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Training Courses :
Moving And Handling; Mental Capacity; End Of Life Care; After Care Support; Communication Skills ; Ideal Food Hygiene; Health And Safety; Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children; Managing Challenging Behaviour; Dementia Awareness; First Aid . (in 2015 / 2016)
University attendance for the Licentiate Degree in Translation - New University of Lisbon FCSH. Admission in College through the Bologna Process, Ad-Hoc test for over 23 years .
High School - Accounting, Management and Business Administration in Monte de Caparica High School (1988)
Services offered |
Partial / after school care
Nanny working at family residence |
Training |
First aid qualification
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Experience | Professional Experience, 2-5 years. |
Already looked after children |
less than 6 months
6 months to 1 year 1-3 years 3-6 years over 6 years |
Spoken languages |
Portuguese
(mother tongue)
English (fluent) French (beginner) Spanish (beginner) Italian (beginner) |
Additional services |
Homework Help :
Yes, primary school
Cook for children : Yes, I love to cook. Help with housework / Ironing : Of course, I'm always helpful around the house! |
Sonia can provide references from recent employers
My rates are representative of the work i do