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Child Caregiver - Private Home
Employer
Richard OlsonDate Posted
May 09, 2024Languages
English-
Location Redcliff, AB
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Earnings $15.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Temporary Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Jul 28, 2024
Employer
Richard Olson
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work site environment
Non-smoking
Work setting
- Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
- Work in employer's/client's home
Tasks
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
- Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
- Care for pets
- 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
- Keep records of daily activities and health information regarding children
- 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
- Take children to and from school and to appointments
- Tend to emotional well-being of children
- Help children with homework
- Cook
Target audience
School age (6 - 12 years)
Experience with special needs children
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available
- Willing to travel
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
Weight handling
Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Time management
- Patience
- Honesty
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
Interest Codes
- SOCIAL
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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
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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
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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
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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
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