child caregiver - private home
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment:
- Non-smoking.
- Scent free.
Work setting:
Employer's home.
Tasks:
- Follow parents' lead with toilet training .
- Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Shop for food and household supplies.
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping 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.
- 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.
- Cook.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
First Aid Certificate.
Target audience:
- Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children.
- Children.
Experience with special needs children:
- Children with a physical disability.
- Children with an intellectual disability.
- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD).
Security and safety:
- Medical exam.
- Reference required.
Transportation/travel information:
- Willing to travel.
- Willing to travel regularly.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
Weight handling:
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs).
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Time management.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Screening questions:
Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- To be determined.
- Day.
Financial benefits:
Piece work.
Other benefits:
- Team building opportunities.
- Wellness program.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
Support for Indigenous people:
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations .
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .