Position Summary/Job Duties: | •MONDAY-FRIDAY; SOME WEEKEND DAYS (MINIMUM 2 PER MONTH) AS EARLY AS JAN 2025
•6AM-9AM, 3PM-9PM; WEEKEND DAYS 6AM-4PM;
•PERFECT FOR A GAP YEAR SPEECH, OT, PT, or OTHER RELATED/ PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS
A loving, busy, family with professional working parents in Madison, Wisconsin is looking for a reliable and energetic caregiver. The family enjoys the outdoors, time with friends, and travel. The family has two daughters, ages 16 and 13, who attend public school. Both children are engaging, fun, and enjoy time with their caregivers. The older child has motor, learning, and language delays so acceptance of developmental disabilities and difference is a must - but experience is not. The position involves supporting the children and helping around the home. These will include: middle and high school homework, maintaining an organized and tidy environment for the children, easy meal preparation, children’s laundry and bedding, kids dishes, groceries for the kids. There is a vehicle for the caregiver to use in the greater Madison area and memberships to the zoo, art museum, pools, state park system, gym etc. We are in a walkable area of Shorewood Hills, on a multitude of bus lines. 10 minutes from downtown Madison, 1.5 hours from Milwaukee and 2.5 hours from Chicago. It is required that caregivers have a minimum of 1 year of experience with children elementary aged or older and/or multiple siblings, organizational skills, be physically active and willing to learn to swim. Teaching, previous childcare, camp counselor, or special needs experience and willingness to help during school closures is a plus. Successful applicants are flexible, active, and thoughtful team players. Weekly compensation guaranteed for 30-50 hours of work per week of beginning at $18-28/hr commensurate with experience and responsibilities; additional pay over established hours for non-respite care and a yearend bonus for demonstrated flexibility and dependability. Live in option. Spanish speaking household. Prefer 1 year commitment. Salary partially covered by Dane County CLTS.
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