Francesca (23), итальянец / итальянка из Италия ищет работу Au Pair в Австралия, Канада & Новая Зеландия

Compared to my experience with children:
I have often taken care of my siblings, especially when they were younger and also of my cousins, but more rarely (this is my experience with children aged 3-6 years).
For several months, in 2020, I worked as Babysitter for a family with two children aged 9 and 12.
I participated for almost two years to an after-school/homework initiative for children between 6 and 14, in which I helped them do their homework.
Finally, in the summer months of the last 5 years, I worked as a lifeguard in the pools, spas and lake of my city. I also reported this work experience because, although it is not a child care experience as it is that of the babysitter, I often had to supervise and sometimes even entertain children in the pool. This work experience has taught me to be a very attentive and responsible person, and to know how to identify risk situations in a place that can become quite dangerous, especially for children. In addition, this experience gave me the first aid training (I have first aid certification and the qualification for the use of the defibrillator).

I have carried out other activities over the years, especially of a social and cultural nature, which I do not report because they go beyond what the figure of au pair (I could share then, if interested).

I want to try this kind of experience because it would perfectly reconcile my willingness to travel with that of taking care of children.
I have experience as a babysitter and educator, I like to take care of children and contribute to their growth; in fact, in a few years, I would like to work in the socio-educational field and I am studying at university to make this happen.
On the other hand, I love to travel, because it allows me to discover and know new things. Travelling means finding myself living in different contexts and having to adapt, get out of my comfort zone and grow. (I saw it with the Erasmus experience that I completed a few months ago and with the experiences abroad I’ve had in the past years).