About this role
Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. 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. Staff accommodation available. Work in employer's/client's home.
Tasks
- 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.
- Bathe, dress and feed infants and children.
- 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.
- Take children to and from school and to appointments.
- Tend to emotional well-being of children.
- Help children with homework.
- Target audience: Children.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Reference required.
- Transportation/travel information: Public transportation is available.
- Willing to travel.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Time management.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.