Savannah S.
Looking for full or part-time work as a nanny.
- 12 years paid experience
- Nanny in Peoria, IL 61614
Meet Savannah
- Comfortable with pets
- Has a car
Compassionate, kind, caring, and expertly skilled. Degrees and extensive reflective experience in child development and psychosocial care. Delivered care and support as a specialized caregiving nanny to children with chronic health needs and as a nanny to a family of 4 ranging from infancy to middle childhood, with two children having needs with behavioral health and speech support. 10+ years of professional experience and supervision in education, formal child care, ministry, and hospital-based avenues of work with children and teens. * Special interests and skills when supporting children’s play and learning growth: Music with guitar, piano, percussion, and voice; puppetry; storytelling and reading; gardening/plant caring; process art; therapeutic play; stress and coping support; co-treating with early intervention and rehab therapies. * • Education • Post-Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy • Master’s of Science in Psychology - Child Life • B.S. in Child Development (minor in Public Health) • A.A. degree Read more in Children’s Ministry • Certified Child Life Specialist • * Lens of Theories and Approaches to Care: 1) Reggio Amelia, 2) Montessori, 3) Scaffolding (Vygotsky), 4) Psychosocial Development (Erikson), 5) Dan Seigel’s The Whole Brain Child, 6) Play Therapy & Child Life *
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Basic Criminal
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Motor Vehicle Records
Never run.
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First aid certification
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CPR certification
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Availability
- Willing to consider working as a live in care provider
- Has a child who needs to accompany care provider on the job
- Willing to consider either a part time or full time position
- Seeking Summer Position, Short-term (1 to 3 months), Temporary (4 to 12 months), Permanent (1 to 2 years) employment
- Open (all day, everyday)
- Start date is flexible
- My availability is valid through 6/24/23
Experience
Willing to care for 4+ children per sitting
$28-$40/hr
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Infants (age 0-11 months) expand
- Swaddling
- Feeding
- Changing
- Bathing
- Assist with setting a routine
- Mother's helper
- Occasional care
- Toddlers (age 1-3)
- Preschooler (age 4-5)
- Grade School (age 6-11)
- Pre-teen/ Teenage age (12+)
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Special needs expand
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Medical/Special Healthcare Needs
- Social/Emotional
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Delayed Speech
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Heart Defects
- Hydrocephaly
- Learning Disabilities
- Mobility Challenges
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Premature Newborn
- Seizures
- Sensory Integration Disorder
- Administering Medication
- Assistance With Transportation
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Bladder and Bowel Assistance
- Blood Glucose Testing
- Dressing Assistance
- Feeding Assistance
- Feeding Tube
- Grooming and Hygiene
- Insulin Injections
- Lifting and Transferring
- Mobility Assistance
- Recreational Music or Art Therapy
- Repositioning
Education
MS in Psychology - Child Life
Graduated 2020
Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Laundry
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- Travel with Family
- Willing to run errands as needed
- Willing to drive children to events, school, appointments, or carpooling
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Homework