child caregiver - private home

Work setting

• Employer's home
• Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note : This is NOT a condition of employment
• Work in employer's / client's home

Tasks

• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
• 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
• Cook

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Emergency child care first aid and CPR

Target audience

• Children

Security and safety

• Child Abuse Registry check
• Child welfare check
• Criminal record check
• Reference required
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation / travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail

Weight handling

• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?