Meet Sakura: A babysitter in Glen Iris, VIC

Hello, families!

I am available for casual weekend babysitting.

Rate is negotiable.

✨𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞

Name: Sakura

Age: 25 in March

Nationality: Japanese

Languages: English and Japanese

Location: Glen Iris, I live with my partner just a few steps from Gardiner station.

I’ve been in Australia since Feb 2024 on a working holiday visa. I’ve applied for a second working holiday visa which will be valid until Feb 2026. I have 2.5 years of professional childcare experience.

✨𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Au pair in the US for 4 months

Nanny in Canada for 1.5 years

Assistant educator in Japan for 2.5 months

Au pair in Australia for 1 year

✨𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Full time volunteer at a daycare in Japan for 6 months

Practicums as a student in Canada for 400 hours

✨ 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Certificate lll in Early Childhood Education

Working with children check

Victorian driver’s license (don’t own a car)

First aid, asthma and anaphylaxis certificates

✨ 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

Experienced with children aged between 5 months and 6 years old. I have the most experience with infants (5 months to 14 months). I also have experience with twins.

•age appropriate activity planning

•nutritious meal preparation

•safety awareness

•daily medication

•nurturing

Thank you,

Sakura