Peterborough
On-site
CAD 30,000 - 40,000
Full time
Job summary
A family in Ontario is seeking a dedicated individual to assist with child care and household responsibilities. The ideal candidate will supervise children, perform light housekeeping, and help organize family activities. A secondary school graduation certificate is required, and experience with children is preferred. Candidates should be reliable, organized, and able to work well in a team. This is a permanent, full-time position with hours between 30 to 44 per week.
Benefits
Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis
Qualifications
- Experience caring for children, ideally in a home setting.
- Comfortable performing light housekeeping duties.
- Ability to organize activities for children.
Responsibilities
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents.
- Supervise and care for children.
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals.
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home.
Skills
Initiative
Organized
Reliability
Team player
Honesty
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work site environment
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
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
- 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 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
Personal suitability
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Honesty
Experience
- 1 to less than 7 months
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 30 to 44 hours per week