About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Employer's home.
Tasks
- Change diapers.
- Follow parents' lead with toilet training . Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Target audience: Children.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Time management.
- Patience.
Honesty.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.