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Home Child Care Provider

Employer

Colte

Date Posted

April 15, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $17.00 to $20.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 15, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Colte

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Non-smoking
  • Scent free

Work setting

  • Employer's home
  • 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

  • Change diapers
  • Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Emergency child care first aid and CPR

Target audience

  • Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
  • Infant (3 months - 11 months)

Security and safety

  • Child Abuse Registry check
  • Criminal record check
  • Reference required
  • Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Repetitive tasks

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Patience

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Financial benefits

As per collective agreement

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Transportation provided by employer

Support for newcomers and refugees

Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

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.)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Home Child Care Provider 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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