Rachael
Mothers Help Job In South Hams District
Female Member since Oct 2015 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 02 Jan 2025
About Me
I live in Totnes with my little girl who is 10 and little boy who is 6 in a few days. I've got a chronic health condition and could do with an extra pair of hands at present either to mind the children or sort things out around the house, or ideally a bit of both!
My Requirements
Hello, I'm looking for a special person to help support my little family. I'm a single parent in Totnes with hEDS, POTS and MCAS, I've got a 10-year-old daughter with hEDS and dysautonomia - she has chronic fatigue and reduced school timetable, she's also in the midst of ADHD assessment and maybe ASD. My soon-to-be 6-year-old son is currently being assessed for ASD and PDA, he also gets very tired and is hypermobile so may be heading the same way.
I'm looking for somebody to initially do a regular afternoon per week , probably 3-7pm with me still there to start with , plus ad hoc babysitting in the evening, I currently never go out! At the moment Tuesdays or Thursdays would work best but this isn't set in stone, and may change . The hours may increase with time as I hope to get back to work this year but I'm going to need some support to do that.
The work is to be really flexible, and I hope fun. It might be playing dinosaurs/ lego or taking somebody swimming or emptying the dishwasher, walking the dogs, caring for guinea pigs or coming up with some other creative activity - both kids are very arty and highly intelligent, or sometimes lifting or moving heavy things I can't manage ( within reason obviously) , but no personal care. I hope with this support in time the kids might be able to access some other activities as between everyone's needs this isn't currently possible.
I'd expect you to do a bit of reading, or have experience in how to approach somebody with PDA or chronic fatigue. It is essential to be a driver, and to like dogs as we have two of these. The puppy is a bit bouncey but he's learning.
My apologies to those who have been in touch in the past, life's really chaotic and part of the support I need is to allow me some more time to do the organisation side of running our family. If I haven't got back to you it's not because I didn't like you, just in a permanent jumble! Please do get in touch again, now is the time.
I'd like to find the right person to build a relationship with the kids and be a regular babysitter they really look forward to seeing.
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