Juan, baby-sitter à Brighton

My name is Juan , I am Chilean, but I have been living in Brighton since September 2011 because my wife started a PhD in Social Psychology at Sussex University.

I am clinical psychologist, with a specialization in children and adolescent psychotherapy. I have more that 10 years of experience as clinical psychologist and I have been in charge of children summer camps during some years (all in Chile). I am not working as a clinical psychologist in UK at the moment because I have not certified my title here.

During all this time in Brighton I have been a Stay-At-Home-Dad, taking care of our two sons (now 5 and 2 years old). It has been a great and beautiful experience, where I was able to put in practice all my knowledge as psychologist about babies and children. Also, for a few months in 2013 I was volunteer at Hertford Infant and Nursery School, helping to Reception's teacher in different issues.

From March onwards, I will be able to start working again. I really enjoy to be with babies and children, I like to play with them. I am very energetic, patient, careful, responsible, empathic and I always try to develop their emotional, cognitive and behavioural areas, but always at the children's pace.

With my two kids I like to go outside, go to playgrounds or a toddler groups. I also like to go to a library or walk around the city. But when we stay at home, I try to play with them the most that I can (when I am not cooking or cleaning), specially games that allow them to use their imagination (rol playing, drawing, construction games).

I try to be a rol model to teach them adequate social behaviours, such as sharing, taking turns, respect and others.