Housekeeper All rounder
Location: United Kingdom
Reference: TC - 1136740
Summary
Great live in housekeeper All rounder who is a confident Driver!
‘A’ is a hardworking and reliable individual, who thrives in working in private homes. She is able to deal with the challenges presented as part of the role given and demonstrate the resilience needed to overcome all situations. ‘A’ has a wealth of experience within private homes and is looking for her next long term position.
‘A’ comes across as a candidate who is a really hard worker, smiley, very easy to talk to and engaging. She’s got a wonderful personality and diverse experience. She is kind natured, is a well-rounded individual with a multitude of skills and can turn her hand to childcare, cooking, housekeeping and PA responsibilities.
- Housekeeper, Nanny/Housekeeper, Housekeeper/Cook , Head Housekeeper, House Manager, Nanny PA
- Live in
- Monday – Saturday
- 10 – 12 hours a day
- £40 000 gross an annum
- Happy to travel with the family
Specialties
- Driver
- Full time
- Permanent
Skills
- Happy to travel with the family
- Confident driver
- Pro-active and flexible
- Multi-lingual; English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi
- Happy to do family cooking and baking
- Proxy-parenting experience
- Experience in formal and fully staffed homes
- Is confident, driven and enthusiastic
- Able to the multitask
- A competent chef, specialist in all Asian foods
- Knowledgeable in vegan, vegetarian, egg, nut and gluten free meal planning & prep
- Homework assistance for school–aged children
- Planning activities (I.e. reading, games, arts and crafts, and outdoor fun).
- Highly experienced with newborn
Experience
Housekeeping and laundry
- Cleaning and tidying of the household
- Organising
- Wardrobe management
- Laundry and Ironing
- General housekeeping
- Packing and unpacking dishwasher
- Changing bedding and linen
- Hoovering
- Dusting
- Changing bed linen
Childcare
- Experience with children from new born – 12 years old
- Experience with school age children
- School drop-offs and pick-ups
- After school activities
- Playdates
- Babysitting
- Proxy parenting
- Nursery duties
- Potty training
- Establishing and following routines
- Planning and organising various activities such as playdates, parks and going to museums
- Keeping a nanny log and updating parents throughout the day
Cooking
- Comfortable cooking
- Confident cook
- Baking cakes and sweet treats
- Follow recipes confidently
- Experienced cooking a variety of cuisines
- Cook 3 meals a day Breakfast, lunch and Dinner as well as snacks and tea
- Providing healthy meals and packed lunches
Pets and others
- Grocery and special occasion runs
- Managing other staff members (cleaners, ironer, gardeners, Tutors, dry cleaner)
- Keeping record for all assigned tasks and send daily report to the principle regularly.
- Lay table formally
- Key holder