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How to advertise as a babysitter in Dublin?

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  • 05-06-2012 1:01pm
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    LegacyUser
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    Hi,

    I'm from the west of Ireland, and moved to Dublin a couple of years ago. I'm 26 now.

    Back home, I had a few families that I babysat for very very regularly - I started babysitting in my early teens, so at this stage there are a couple of teenagers back home who I babysat for since they were newborns! I still babysit for these families the odd weekend that I'm at home.

    I'm currently working full-time in Dublin, but I'd love to get back into the babysitting work - even though I guess I'm a bit old for it at this stage! :o It's something I always enjoyed a lot, and never really considered it to be work as such. I have a basic first aid qualification, but no actual childcare qualifications - just plenty of experience (with newborns to late teens, including children/teenagers with special needs such as autism, Downs Syndrome, etc.)

    I'm just not sure how to go about looking for babysitting work up here! Obviously, I need to be cautious of my own safety - I would be a little cautious about just turning up alone at a random house. And also, understandably, parents would need background info on me (references etc would not be a problem - as I said, I have a few families back at home who could provide references.)

    How do parents in Dublin go about finding babysitters - i.e., what's the best and safest way to go about advertising that I'm available? While minimising risk to all involved?

    Thanks for any advice! :)


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