- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Employer's home
- Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
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
- 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
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Target audience
- Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
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
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
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