Dear Au Pair, We are looking for someone very special to look after our adorable four year old son, Cade, from roughly 2nd week of May. Cade was diagnosed almost 18 months ago with moderate autism and although he is challenged with his communication and social skills, he is a fun loving, very affectionate, little boy who is always on the go. His favorite activities are swimming, jumping on the trampoline, running in the fresh air, playing with the iPad and Lego and watching feature length animated movies. He is such a lovely little boy and is generally very happy. Even when he does get upset and throws a tantrum, they last for a very short period of time a cuddle generally calms him down very quickly. Cade is a big boy for his age and is currently wearing age seven year old clothing so our Au Pair needs to be fit and active to keep up with him and to help get him in and out of the car. Cade attends a school for Autistic children on a Monday and Tuesday from 9.30am – 2.45pm. He also attends speech therapy once every two weeks. All of his therapists have been working together to put agreed approaches and activities in place that will drive his development in key basic skills and commands such as pointing and asking for items such as juice, cookie, more etc. We will be looking for an Au Pair who can work with us to implement his development plan at home. We live in Middle Dural (2158) in New South Wales, Australia which is an hour drive from several beaches and a 5 minutes’ drive from the nearest shopping mall and bus station which would take you to Castle Hill and from there you can get a bus into central Sydney. Middle Dural is regarded as semi-rural and is made up mainly of single houses on reasonably large plots of land. We live in a five bedroom house which sits on five acres and has a swimming pool, tennis court, horses paddocks etc. It is lovely and quiet but does mean that you have to drive everywhere, including an hour each way to Cade’s school and approximately 45 mins to his speech therapist. There are several parks and bush land areas near by that Cade also likes to spend time at. Cade has a large play/therapy area in our house and we will ask the Au Pair to play with him and conduct some play therapy sessions. We have two cars so on most occasions you will be able to borrow a car at the weekend for your own use if we are not using it. Failing that there is a bus that passes every couple of hours. We are, however, looking to move somewhere in the vicinity of Gladesville and North Ryde where Cade attends school and I work, and this will happen sometime in the next couple of months. We expect the house and grounds to be smaller as we will be nearer the city. My husband and I work for large corporations and put in quite long days and need that extra support with our little monkey. Your responsibilities will include getting Cade washed and dressed in the morning (he doesnt respond well to this being a rushed activity), taking him to and from his school/ therapy sessions, following his therapy program at home, playing with him, talking to him, preparing his meals, feeding him and bathing him ready for bed. Your day will normally finish at 6pm but we may need you to work longer on some evenings if we are caught in the office. We will pay you extra for this. You will also be responsible for keeping his bedroom and play room clean and tidy. Most importantly, we are hoping that you will also give him lots and lots of cuddles, and make him happy! There may be the odd occasion where you will need to give him his evening bath and put him to bed but that will be very rare as this is our precious time with him. We have cleaners that come to the house once a week but we ask that you share the daily household chores with us such as loading/unloading the dishwasher, washing machine etc. and keeping the communal rooms tidy. We keep a clean and tidy house and always share the chores. Your working hours would be Monday - Friday from 7.30am - around 6pm (depending on when we get home. Saturdays and Sundays are your free days.) Ideally we would like you to commit to a minimum of 6 months, but open to discuss actual details. Jonathan and I dont seem to have much free time together these days so we are looking for our Au Pair to babysit a couple of nights a month so we can go out for dinner or to the movies when Cade is sleeping. Ideally we would like you to live out, but will look at a live in for the right person. We will regard you as an extended member of our family and will incorporate you in our family activities if that is what you want. At the same time, we will also respect your right and need for privacy and hope that you will understand that we too need some family time alone now and again. If live in you would have a nice double bedroom upstairs, with a queen size bed and fitted wardrobes and your own bed linen. You will also have your own cable TV and access to the internet. If you think you are the special person we are looking for for Cade, then please let me know via email with details about yourself, so we can review and arrange a meeting/ telephone or Skype call. You could also talk to our current au pair for a better perspective of us and the family you would be joining, if we are moving forward in our discussions Kindest regards, Elaine (and Jonathan and Cade Van Der Berg) elaine.vanderberg@hotmail
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 01:59:52 +0000
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