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Child Caregiver - Private Home

Employer

Private Household

Date Posted

September 01, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $21.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Sep 22, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Private Household

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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

Tasks

  • Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cook

Target audience

Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children

Experience with special needs children

Children with a physical disability

Transportation/travel information

Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Time management
  • Patience
  • Honesty

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site amenities
  • On-site housing options
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Variable or compressed work week

Support for youths

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Child Caregiver - 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

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