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Registered Childminder With Special Needs Experience Job In Edinburgh
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Female Member since Aug 2025 Last Updated Aug 2025 Last Login 08 Aug 2025
About Me
Laid back and energetic blended and neurospicy family of 7.
I’m a writer and stay at home mum for now. An AuDHD creative with health challenges that have kept me at home for years, but given me the opportunity to play a close and vital role in raising my children.
My partner is a chilled, hands-on stepdad and father to our five charming and highly loveable children.
I like to spend my time (I don’t have spare time but pretend I do) swimming, doing yoga, and working on the book I hope to complete. Dad is a videographer with a heart of gold, and a skateboarder in the nuggets of time he has for hobbies.
We have a smart, curious, witty, sensitive 9 (almost 10) year old boy with ADHD. Loves a routine and rules, but struggles with big emotions and needs to be active. He LOVES football and is on a team, with practice twice a week, a game on the weekend, and he also does swimming lessons.
Our 6 (almost 7) year old boy is a pocket rocket and always on the go, but also a deep empath with ASD. He is obsessed with animals, lions in particular, enjoys learning about nature and the planet. Currently in swim lessons, but would like to be doing more.
High functioning autism, which makes learning and socialising a struggle sometimes. Very sensory sensitive and needs clear, repeated instructions, gentle communication, a lot of patience and understanding and help with regulating his emotions. But he’s also the one that joins us altogether, the joker, the cheeky one, and has a lot of love to give.
Our middle little is a 4 (almost 5) year old warrior princess. Girly girl meets genius, bada** boss. Riding unicorns and painting her nails whilst slaying dragons and telling off bad guys.
She loves imaginative play and all things girly, but also likes getting down and dirty outside and having fun adventures. She is incredibly intelligent and very articulate, but still needs to feel like the baby once in a while, because…
Our youngest are 7 month old twin boys. They are fraternal and literally yin and yang. Hugely different and an equal but opposite mix of mum and dad. They are magical. Babies well beyond their years, incredible soulful and strong with big personalities and even bigger appetites. A beautiful combination of zen chill and rave festival energy.
In summary, we’re a *vibes* family that do well with structure and order, but are also too creative and neurodivergent to actually be consistent. Our home is too small for us, so we suffer from overcrowding, never have enough time or space, and need more hands and support than we currently get.
We are very close, spend lots of time together and have a really special bond together and in and amongst each other individually, that makes our blended family work well. Generally good relationship with eldest 3’s father, whom has regular contact, but personal issues that inhibit his ability to be a stable and consistent parent and support system.
My Requirements
With all of the above in mind, we need as much help as we can get. Ideally we are looking for someone that can consistently help with either or school pick up and or drop off (Leith area) twice a week.
Household help would be a bonus, example, help tidying, cleaning, organising, general maintenance. Nothing heavy duty, just the day to day tasks that can take a little pressure off of parents such as dish washing/hoovering/bed changing/laundry/clothes folding etc. None of this is mandatory, but any of it would be extremely helpful and appreciated.
Childcare needs are predominantly for the eldest 3 children, as one or both parents are usually home during the day. However, we would love someone who, on occasion, could look after the twins for a few hours either during the day or in the evening so that my partner and I can partake in our individual activities as well as spend quality time together as a couple.
Ideally we’d like the majority of childcare to take place after school and or evenings. On the two agreed days of school pick up/drop offs (if implemented) we’d like assistance with entertaining our eldest 3, whether indoors or outdoors, and assistance with our evening routine of dinner, bath, bed.
On agreed days (these can be flexible if needed) once or twice a week we would like an evening/night babysitter who can do the evening routine with the eldest 3, put them to bed, and then go on to look after our baby twins for the evening so that mum and dad can have a little time out, dad also often has evening work outside of the home, and often, because of health issues, mum often needs respite and uninterrupted sleep, so having someone else on hand to assist with evening childcare would be an essential component.
We hope to have someone that’s patient, kind, nurturing and down to earth. Doesn’t mind a little hard work, but will also find the experience rewarding. Someone that’s able to assist with tutoring/homework/learning new skills for the older children would be a huge bonus. Particularly someone experienced in childcare for neurodivergent families and who can also provide a trauma informed approach to their care. The latter isn’t a must, but would be helpful.
We want someone that will build and maintain consistent, reliable support to our family and that will approach the job as being an extended part of the family. We want our children to be able to build a warm, healthy, trusting, and loving relationship with our care provider and someone that can support the family as a whole. You won’t just be doing a job, you’ll be adding to our quality of life.
Note: Times and days listed for work are flexible and variable. These are more of a suggestion and unlikely that we may need all of this all the time. Happy to work out a schedule that works for all.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 08/08/2025 | |||||||
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