New job child caregiver - private home in Alberta

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

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

Children's Ages

• 5 years
• Infant (3 months - 11 months)

Additional Skills

• Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
• Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
• Shop for food and household supplies
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Care for pets
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents

Weight Handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

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
• Sterilize bottles, prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
• Prepare and serve nutritious meals
• Organize, activities such as games and outings for children
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
• 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
• Prepare infants and children for rest periods
• Help children with homework

Security and Safety

• Bondable
• Child welfare check
• Drug test
• Criminal record check
• Reference required
• Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/Travel Information

• Own transportation
• Willing to travel regularly
• Travel expenses not paid by employer

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Overtime required

Work Location Information

• Work in employer's/client's home

Personal Suitability

• Flexibility
• Client focus
• Reliability
• Organized