New job child caregiver - private home in Nova Scotia

• or equivalent experience

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Emergency child care first aid and CPR

Children's Ages

• School age (6 - 12 years)
• Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)

Additional Skills

• Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Care for pets
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents

Work Setting

• Employer's home

Specific Skills

• Tend to emotional well-being of children
• Take children to and from school and to appointments
• Supervise and care for children
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• 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
• Care for foster children
• Prepare infants and children for rest periods
• Help children with homework

Target Audience

• Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children

Security and Safety

• Bondable
• Child abuse registry check
• Child welfare check
• Driver's validity licence check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Criminal record check
• Reference required
• Vulnerable sector check

Work Site Environment

• Non-smoking

Transportation/Travel Information

• Own transportation
• Own vehicle
• Valid driver's licence
• Travel expenses not paid by employer

Work Location Information

• Work in employer's/client's home

Personal Suitability

• Initiative
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Organized