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elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\thow are sitters screened?\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9985388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9985388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All sitters must supply us with their (1) Curriculum Vitae,\u00a0 (2) Identification document, (3) Contact details, and (4) Contact details of their parents and \/ or a teacher. Once they have been cleared, they undergo a Teams Interview before they are accepted and added to our Sitters&#8217; list.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-nuebadi elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"nuebadi\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbd983e\" data-id=\"bbd983e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac5bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ac5bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1556b72 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1556b72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0c3a18\" data-id=\"c0c3a18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6465a6 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e6465a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1459\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/carla-van-wyk-website-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Carla Van Wyk<\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">CO-Founder<br>\nLa Rochelle GHS Old Girl<br>\nGraduated at Stellenbosch University in structural engineering<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3c7ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb3c7ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"comp-l52x0kej4\" class=\"_2KixH\" data-angle=\"0\" data-angle-style-location=\"style\" data-screen-in-hide=\"done\"><div id=\"text-content-comp-l52x0kej4\" class=\"_1Q9if _3bcaz\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_8\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Ever since I can remember, we&#8217;ve had pets. Cats, dogs, fish, hamsters&#8230; you name it. To me, a house just does not feel like a home without them waiting there for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div id=\"comp-l52x0kej5\" class=\"_2KixH\" data-angle=\"0\" data-angle-style-location=\"style\" data-screen-in-hide=\"done\"><div id=\"text-content-comp-l52x0kej5\" class=\"_1Q9if _3bcaz\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_9\"><span class=\"color_15\"><b>Finding someone to look after them when you want to go away for a weekend, has however always\u00a0been a struggle.\u00a0<\/b>A\u00a0BIG one. &#8216;What if I could find someone who\u00a0<b>(1)<\/b>\u00a0lives within the area\u00a0<b>(2)<\/b>\u00a0is available on the day that I need them and\u00a0<b>(3)<\/b>\u00a0I could trust to look after them&#8217; I thought. &#8216;And what if I could go\u00a0further\u00a0and create the same solution for\u00a0others?&#8217;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_9\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_9\"><span class=\"color_15\"><b>And that was how Get A Sitter was born.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be62a1f\" data-id=\"be62a1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a4fc02 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0a4fc02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-19-at-4.37.32-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1417\" alt=\"Minette Van Wyk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-19-at-4.37.32-PM.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/getasitter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-19-at-4.37.32-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Minette Van Wyk<\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">co-founder<br>\nLa Rochelle GHS Old Girl <br>\ngraduated at stellenbosch university in Physiology<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f4dd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12f4dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_9\"><span class=\"color_11\">When my sister and I decided to start <b>Get A Sitter<\/b>, we realised that we didn&#8217;t have to stop at only <b>pet sitting<\/b> &#8211; what about those who needed someone to <b>babysit <\/b>for an evening or look after their <b>plants <\/b>when they go on holiday for an extended period? &#8216;Why not cater for their needs as well?&#8217; I asked myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><span class=\"color_11\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\"><span class=\"color_11\">SO WE ARE! <b>Welcome to your ONE-STOP&nbsp;sitters!<\/b> Let us know what you need and we will help.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety how are sitters screened? All sitters must supply us with their (1) Curriculum Vitae,\u00a0 (2) Identification document, (3) Contact details, and (4) Contact details of their parents and \/ or a teacher. Once they have been cleared, they undergo a Teams Interview before they are accepted and added to our Sitters&#8217; list. Meet the Team Carla Van Wyk CO-Founder La Rochelle GHS Old Girl Graduated at Stellenbosch University in structural engineering Ever since I can remember, we&#8217;ve had pets. Cats, dogs, fish, hamsters&#8230; you name it. To me, a house just does not feel like a home without them waiting there for you.\u00a0 \u00a0 Finding someone to look after them when you want to go away for a weekend, has however always\u00a0been a struggle.\u00a0A\u00a0BIG one. &#8216;What if I could find someone who\u00a0(1)\u00a0lives within the area\u00a0(2)\u00a0is available on the day that I need them and\u00a0(3)\u00a0I could trust to look after them&#8217; I thought. &#8216;And what if I could go\u00a0further\u00a0and create the same solution for\u00a0others?&#8217; \u00a0 And that was how Get A Sitter was born.\u00a0 Minette Van Wyk co-founder La Rochelle GHS Old Girl graduated at stellenbosch university in Physiology When my sister and I decided to start Get A Sitter, we realised that we didn&#8217;t have to stop at only pet sitting &#8211; what about those who needed someone to babysit for an evening or look after their plants when they go on holiday for an extended period? &#8216;Why not cater for their needs as well?&#8217; I asked myself. 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