French Speaking Nanny

**PART TIME FRENCH SPEAKING CREATIVE SITTER IN WESTMINSTER FOR LANGUAGE IMMERSION (4 hrs - one day or week)**

About CocoRio

CocoRio is a Creative Child Care agency employing freelance creative professionals with experience in working with children to provide a smarter child care service combining creative education with child care. Many of our sitters are also multilingual and can teach the different languages they speak through creative play. We cater to children aged 0-15 years old as well as children with SEND.

*About the Role

Our creative sitters are responsible for all child care duties as well as creative/language activities for the children they care for. The child care side of the job can include mealtimes, keeping up the daily routines of the child, helping with homework, school runs and most importantly keeping children safe at all times. The activity side includes delivering creative and/or language learning activities previously planned according to the child’s age and abilities, including adapting to the child’s response, making sure to fulfil the family’s requests that have been previously agreed.

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Our sitters hold zero hour freelance contracts with the CocoRio agency. Most of our roles are ad hoc, encouraging flexible hours that work around your availability. We also have some roles requiring regular commitment if this is of interest but all part-time

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Our hourly rate for sitters is £15 - £30 per hour, depending on the nature of the job - most jobs will be £15 per hour. Our sitters must be willing to register as Self Employed and will be responsible for paying their own taxes.

CocoRio doesn’t pay any travel expenses. We will try to match you with families local to you but depending on where you live, this may not be possible and you may need to travel to families who are up to 1 hour away. Most families are in South West and North London.

CocoRio’s Values
- Trustworthy - We take working with children very seriously and their safety is paramount. For this reason, all our sitters go through a three stage vetting process and undergo regular training to ensure we only send you the very best.
- Friendly - Our sitters and staff are very friendly and offer a personalised and unique experience
- Approachable - It is easy to book a CocoRio sitter and we will try to accommodate all your requests as best as possible. Come to us whatever your child care and creative/language learning activity needs, we’re here for YOU
- Sustainable - Creativity doesn’t need expensive tools. We encourage our sitters to explore the recycling bin, the pantry and the park before thinking about purchasing new materials. We LOVE upcycling We also enjoy following the change of seasons by engaging with natural elements - from flowers to sand to snow
- Diverse - Our sitters come from all over the world and have different creative expertises, child care experience, backgrounds and speak different languages. And we value each of their UNIQUE stories. The diversity in our books allows us to make the perfect family-sitter match, but if you aren’t 100% happy, we’ll send you someone else

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*Person specification

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Essential
- Creative professional with experience working with young children
- Fluent in French
- Must be based in, or have a quick and reliable commute to Westminster
- One day per week (to be arranged) - 4 hours shift.

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- Committing to children’s safety at all times
- Knowledge of children’s development
- Knowledge of health and safety and safeguarding
- Proactive in session planning of age-appropriate activities
- Reliable and responsible
- A belief and understanding of CocoRio’s values

Desirable
- Holding child care degrees/qualifications
- Speaking additional languages
- Holding a First Aid training, Enhanced DBS check, Safeguarding Certificates
- Previous work in nurseries/teaching roles or in children’s entertainment roles

Selection Process

**Job Types**: Part-time, Freelance, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £15.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required

Schedule:

- Day shift