Overview
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 40 hours per week
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Emergency child care first aid and CPR
Target audience
- Supervise and care for multi‑aged group of children
Security and safety
Transportation / travel information
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
Weight handling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Time management
- Patience
- Honesty
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- 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?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the above‑indicated required certifications?
- Do you have the equipment you need to work from home (like internet and a workspace)?
- Do you live near the job location?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Experience
- 7 months to less than 1 year
Health benefits
- Paramedical services coverage
Support for persons with disabilities
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
Support for youths
- Offers on‑the‑job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous‑owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example : flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project‑based or seasonal work, etc.)
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age‑appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example : adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross‑cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities