child care provider - private home

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Employer's home

Tasks

• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning 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
• Keep records of daily activities and health information regarding children
• 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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

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

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Employment terms options

• Evening
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

Support for persons with disabilities

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Veterans
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities