About this role
Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience.
Work site environment: Non-smoking. Scent free.
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.
- 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.
Target audience: Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children. Children.
Security and safety: Criminal record check.
Transportation/travel information: Public transportation is available. Travel expenses paid by employer.
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding. Work under pressure. Attention to detail. Weight handling: Up to 9 kg (20 lbs). Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- 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?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.
- Financial benefits: Bonus.
- Long term benefits: Maternity and parental benefits.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Transportation provided by employer.
- Parking available.
Support for persons with disabilities: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities . Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities . Support for newcomers and refugees: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees. Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees . Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
Support for Veterans: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans . Support for Indigenous people: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports 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: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers . Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Supports for visible minorities: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities.