Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Employer's home
• Staff accommodation provided
• Work in employer's / client's home
• Room and board provided

Tasks

• Change diapers
• Follow parents' lead with toilet training
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
• Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
• Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
• Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
• Organize, activities such as games and outings for children
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Prepare infants and children for rest periods
• Supervise and care for children
• Take children to and from school and to appointments
• Tend to emotional well-being of children
• Help children with homework

Target audience

• Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Security and safety

• Child welfare check
• Criminal record check
• Medical exam

Transportation / travel information

• Travel expenses paid by employer
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Overtime required
• Physically demanding
• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail

Weight handling

• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Time management
• Patience
• Honesty

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

• Experience an asset

Green job

• Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Gratuities
• Night shift premium

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning / training paid by employer
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Transportation provided by employer
• Parking available