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I have a great passion and love for children and babies. Children make me happy and bring me joy with how cute and amazing they are. I can teach the basics in English and Maths until grade 3. I am a mom therefore, I have experience with new born babies , babies and children. I have volunteered for 4 years teaching Sunday School (while teaching looking after the children) ages 2-6 years old. I am currently studying Play Therapy for adults and children.( To help them overcome depression, behaviour and learning difficulties etc ) I studied for 2 years a bachelors in psychology. I have a diploma in counselling - counselling various groups (some example are : children, adolescents, adults, suicide and depression, substance abuse, marriage problems etc). I am currently studying to teach online English . I have volunteered for 4 years at youth on Friday Nights , age groups 13-25 . I have volunteered at a home for babies and played with the babies and looked after them . I would change their diapers and feed them as well. I also enjoy working with the elderly , they have wisdom to pass down and sometimes need a friend and just a person to talk to and someone to listen to them , to feel appreciated,valued and loved. I am immediately available. I am Garda vetted. I have my own means of transportation. I have volunteered at El-Shammah in South Africa,a place of safety for babies who have been abandoned. I looked after the babies by playing with them and sometimes feeding them and putting them to sleep. I have volunteered at a place called Saint Giles in South Africa in 2012 that is an association for people with disabilities. During my time there I was responsible for helping to ensure the library and other rooms were neat and things were packed away neatly. I have done outreaches at old age homes which care for the elderly who have patients who require frail care as well as those who struggle with disabilities and mental illness. During my time there I would spend time with the people and talk to them and if they required help with anything I was available to assist them. During my Bachelor's of Psychology studies I received a certificate and registration(certification) with the HPCSA (Health Practitioners Counsel of South Africa as a Registered Counsellor) and did volunteer work during this time of studies at a School in South Africa for children who had Autism. During this time at the school I spent time with the children , played with them and talked to them and supervised them , with their teachers , while they engaged in sensory activies. I have 4 years of voluntary teaching. (Where I was trained and learned a lot) I was responsible to manage the classroom and present the lessons with the help of assistants. I prepared lessons for the pre-school age group (ages 2-6) and then I presented the lessons to the children(class) , this included singing songs and dancing, making crafts and colouring in , playing games and doing activities and then watching the children play outside and I would play with them as well such as hide and seek and so forth. When children needed to resolve conflicts with other children I would help them resolve the matter in love, kindness and respect and teach them how to resolve the matter and if any child needed comfort , an ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on, I would provide them that comfort , ear to listen and should to cry on. I would teach the children things that they wanted or needed to learn such as colours, forgiveness, climbing on the jungle gym steps to get to the slide etc. I would help them to practice good hygiene by washing their hands after going to the bathroom or before eating and I would assist the children when they needed to go to the toilet and help them change their clothes if they were wet or wanted to change into cooler clothes like a T-shirt and shorts. I would assist children with their colouring and making of crafts , if help was required. I would dance with the children to include them in the dancing and singing activities and do puppet shows as an activity for story telling of the lessons theme and I would encourage them to ask questions and give answers to questions. I encouraged the children to "come out of their shell" and be themselves. If any child wasn't feeling well I would let them lie down on a mattress in the class room and cover them with a blanket ,if they didn't have fever, and allow them to rest and sleep until their parent or guardian came to fetch them.(Parents and guardians were notified by me or the assistant that their child wasn't feeling well ). Parent's were also notified about their children's behaviour, progress and anything that needed to be communicated to the parents. I would also serve the children snacks of biscuits or chips with juice or water. I also tidied up the classroom and welcomed the children to the classroom and encouraged them to engage in the activities. I have done food outreaches to feed people in impoverished areas. I was responsible for speaking to the people and handing out food to them. In 2012, I did voluntary work at an underprivileged school which required me to read to the children and to teach primary school children how to read. As well as having experience in the sales field when working at Clinique at Stuttafords in South Africa (a clothing and cosmetics company) I gained experience promoting skin care products as well as promoting the sales of skin care products and providing knowledge of the product to the customer as well as advice pertaining to the product. I graduated from BlackFord Institute with a Diploma in Counselling(ranging from childhood to adulthoods , marriage ,grief and so forth) I have 2,5 years of a Bachelors in Psychology training and I am currently completing my online studies at TEFL (two online teaching courses for adults, teenagers and children) and my online Diploma in Play Therapy for Adults and Children(assists them in overcoming anxiety, depression etc) I value people and relationships and I enjoy working with and helping people. I want to be an asset to people to help them grow and to make and be the positive difference in the lives of people. I want to use my knowledge and life skills to do so. I am passionate about meeting the needs of others and I enjoy and am excellent at encouraging others to grow , succeed , see and speak the positive in every situation. Honesty and integrity are core values because without honesty and integrity there is no trust and without trust there is no honesty and integrity. These values are core values for forming and building strong and solid ,long lasting relationships. Having studied counselling, 2,5 years of psychology, currently completing my online TEFL (Teaching Online English Courses) and Play Therapy Diploma for Children and Adults, I believe that the knowledge and life experience I have attained is beneficial in helping , communicating and making (being) a positive difference to your children and family. I have a variety of skills attained from voluntary service provided in a variety of positions such as , hosting and welcoming guests , looking after babies ,checking data and making necessary alterations, ensuring finances were counted correctly, making follow up calls , planning lessons for pre-schoolers as well as presenting these lessons to the pre-schoolers , providing assistance with a card machine to those who want to make card payments, checking in people to the building by using a check ins app , selling food and merchandise as well as serving at the information desk to provide people with information they require about the event, packaging and packing of gifts for guests(people) , working behind the scenes to prepare for an event, decorating venues for the event and then cleaning up after the event . I have grown and developed in these skills , even in places that were outside of my comfort zone. These skills have benefitted me as well as others because I've been able to serve them and mentor (teach) them in these areas , as well as other areas in their personal life. I want to continue using these skills to benefit others and continue growing in my skills . I want to be a continual "river" of supply of wisdom and knowledge to meet the needs of others. I have excellent communication skills. I am hard working and have a teachable spirit and am willing to do necessary training and courses to grow and develop my skills. Helping people and teaching , taking care of babies and children is who I am and what I am extremely passionate about because it provides me with a deep inner joy and fulfilment because I have helped,given back, imparted into and given back to other's in a positive way that will benefit them and others both now and in the future and I have helped their day and life to be filled with more sunshine(positivity, love,joy,hope, peace,faith and goodness) and I have also added value to someone's life and made a positive difference and impact in their life by depositing love, joy,peace, goodness,hope, faith and positivity into their heart, mind and spirit. I believe that I will bring positive change to your children and family by the skills , knowledge and wisdom I have attained throughout my studies , voluntary skills and my life experience. I appreciate and value you taking the time to read my application and I look forward to hearing from you.

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