Filipino maid (domestic worker) Marie Sebastian is a nanny, cook and a
housekeeper too.
After 6+ years with the same employer, a Singaporean Chinese, she is now
available for transfer.
From the province of Ilocos Sur, she is 28 years old and single. Her
hometown of Masingal is about 10 hours from Manila by bus. She is the eldest
among 5 children. (Typically, the first born has more initiative and has
been more successful at work.) Her late father used to be a farmer. Now the
children operate the farm.
Currently she is in the employ of Catherine - a working mother of two
children. They were 8 months and 2 years old respectively. Marie was able to
handle the job from day one. Although Madam's mother-in-law live just one
floor above, she never found it necessary to come down and supervise Marie.
That she did a good job, there is no doubt as Catherine finds Marie
.... reliable, responsible and honest
among other things.
Childcare includes not only the physical requirements, also the
mental developments. Marie tells them stories or read to them and
occasionally tutors them. The children are now in Primary 1 and Primary 2.
Cooking
Marie is a self-taught cook for Madam never did find the time to teach her.
Marie relies on cook books for instruction. Now, after 6 years cooking for
the family is able to cook Chinese food. She is adventurous enough to cook
up her own concoction which the family found acceptable.
Personality
Marie, a universtity graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology,
speaks English very well. She is soft-spoken and speaks sensibly. She is
neat, tidy and smart in appearance. Marie has completed an 8-month part-time
course (6 hours every Sunday) in Healthcare Management. Some of the subjects
include
- CPR for children and CPR for adults
- giving medication
- taking vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure)
- dressing wounds
- preventing more damage in a fracture
- changing diaper, etc.
See Certificate
Besides practical at a nursing home at Geylang Poly Clinic, she also
worked at Salvation Army Nursing Home in Changi Village for 3 months as a
volunteer, during which period she received no pay nor any reimbursement for
bus fare.
Her forte
Between cooking and childcare, she says childcare is her
strong point, followed by cooking.
Update
Since the above profile was prepared for Marie, she has been working for an
expat family beginning in August 2006. Her employer has 3 children now 6, 9
and 10 years old. (The youngest was 2 years old then.) Her employer will be
releasing her in September 2010. Meanwhile she will going with her host
family when they go home for the summer. She will be back in Singapore from
5 Septemer 2010 and hopes to meet prospective employers.
Her current employer rates her very highly in 10 character traits and
performance of specific duties and states:
Marie has been a loyal, trustworthy and caring employee for 4 years. Our
children adore her and she has become part of the family. Anyone who hires
her will be very happy.
Surely Marie is a domestic helper worth waiting for.
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