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Job Details

Child Care Provider - Private Home

Employer

Private Household

Date Posted

November 27, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $18.00 to $20.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 27, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Private Household

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • or equivalent experience

Asset languages

  • Bini; Edo
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo

Work site environment

Non-smoking

Work setting

  • Employer's home
  • Work in employer's/client's home
  • Room and board provided

Tasks

  • Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning 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
  • Supervise and care for children
  • Tend to emotional well-being of children
  • Provide personal care
  • Provide companionship
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Administer bedside and personal care
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

First Aid Certificate

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Patience
  • Honesty
  • Dependability
  • Punctuality

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • 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?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site housing options
  • Other benefits

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for mature workers

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Child Care Provider - Private Home is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Nannies and Live-in Caregivers
SOCIAL

Interest in assisting to care for children in employers' residences; and to tend to the emotional well-being of children; may reside in employers' homes

METHODICAL

Interest in handling to prepare and serve meals; to prepare formulas and change diapers for infants; and to perform other housekeeping duties; may be required to keep records of daily activities and health information regarding each child

directive

Interest in copying employers' instructions to plan and oversee children's activities such as meals and rest periods; to discipline children according to the methods requested by the parent; to take children to and from school and to appointments; to maintain a healthy environment in the home; and in organizing activities such as games and outings to provide amusement and exercise

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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