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Needed: Caregiver for a Young Child
NOC Code: 4411
Employment Terms: Full-time - Permanent
Salary: $13.26/hour for 40 hours per week, some overtime is necessary
Skills requirements:
Education: Completion of secondary school or equivalent.
Experience: Previous child-care experience is an asset but not required
Work setting & Location: In a private home located in Lashburn, 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
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Children'S Ages
- School age (6 - 12 years)
Specific Skills
- 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
- Shop for food and household supplies
- 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
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
- Help children with homework
Work Setting
- Employer's home
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home