child caregiver – private home

Work setting

• Employer's home
• Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

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
• 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 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

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Kindergarten age (4 – 5 years)
• School age (6 – 12 years)

Additional information

Security and safety

• Child Abuse Registry check
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

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