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I am applying for a casual support worker role. I should say up front that I have been out of paid work for nine years, and I would rather explain that than have you wonder about it.

For the first five I was raising three children. For four of those years I was also my mother's main carer after her stroke. That meant showering and dressing her, prompting medication morning and night, getting her to about three appointments a month, and keeping on top of the paperwork nobody warns you about. I learned to ask services the questions that actually get an answer, and I learned what a bad day looks like when there is nobody else to hand over to.

So I know what this work is. I want to do it properly, for people who are not my family, and be paid for it. I am doing my Certificate III to make it official, and I have two units left.

I speak Arabic and English, which I mention because it might matter for who you could match me with. My availability is built around school hours and I have set it out below rather than leaving you to guess.

Nadia Haddad