child caregiver - private home
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
- Employer's home.
- Urban area.
- Work in employer's/client's home.
Tasks:
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- 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.
- Supervise and care for children.
- Tend to emotional well-being of children.
Security and safety:
Vulnerable sector check.
Transportation/travel information:
Public transportation is available.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Time management.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition. Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Veterans:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .
Support for Indigenous people:
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .
Support for mature workers:
Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).