Child caregiver – private home/Cambridge
Job Description
Posted on May 30, 2024 by Employer details MARIA TERESA RIGUER
Job details
- Location Cambridge, ON
- Salary17.00 to 18.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Day, To be determined, Early Morning, Morning
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits, Long term benefits, Other benefits
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
Experience an asset
Green job Help – Green job – Help
The employer stated that this position is a green job, because it involves tasks and responsibilities contributing to positive environmental outcomes and helping Canada achieve its net-zero target.
Work setting
- Employer’s home
- Staff accommodation provided
- Work in employer’s/client’s home
- Room and board provided
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Change diapers
- Follow parents’ lead with toilet training
- 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
- 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
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children
Specialization or experience
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Additional information
Security and safety
- Child welfare check
- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Willing to travel
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
Weight handling
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Time management
- Patience
- Honesty
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Gratuities
- Night shift premium
Long term benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available
Who can apply to this job?
The employer accepts applications from:
- Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
- Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.
How to apply
By email
Include this reference number in your application
2765550
How-to-apply instructions
Here is what you must include in your application:
- Job reference number
- Cover letter
- References attesting experience
- Proof of the requested certifications
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
This job posting includes screening questions. Please answer the following questions when applying:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
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