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Skills requirements:
Education: Completion of secondary school or equivalent.
Experience: Previous child-care experience is an asset but not required
Drivers License is a requirement
Work setting & Location: In a private home located in Meadow Lake, SK
Work location information: Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is not a condition of employment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Plan, prepare and serve nutritious meals for children
Attend to the personal cleanliness of every child
Take children to and from school or school bus stops, appointments and park
Help children with homework
Organize, activities such as games, reading and outings for children to provide amusement and exercise
Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
Shop for food and household supplies
Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
Perform other related duties as required
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Children'S Ages
- Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
- School age (6 - 12 years)
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
- Tend to emotional well-being of children
- Take children to and from school and to appointments
- Supervise and care for children
- Sterilize bottles, prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Read to children
- Prepare craft materials and assist children to use them
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Organize, activities such as games and outings for children
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
- Keep records of daily activities and health information regarding children
- Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
- Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
- Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
- Prepare infants and children for rest periods
- Help children with homework
Work Setting
- Employer's home
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home