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Live-In Caregiver - Persons With Disabilities

Employer

Private Household

Date Posted

May 02, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $21.50 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 42.5 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 23, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Private Household

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

Tasks

  • Administer medications
  • Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
  • Feed or assist in feeding
  • Launder clothing and household linens
  • Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
  • Provide personal care
  • Shop for food and household supplies
  • Prepare and serve nutritious meals
  • Cook
  • Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
  • Tend to emotional well-being of children
  • Supervise and care 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
  • Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents

Target audience

  • Persons with a disability
  • School age (6 - 12 years)

Experience with special needs children

  • Children with a mental health disability
  • Children with allergies
  • Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Dependability
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Patience

Employment terms options

Early morning

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Flexible hours
  • Day
  • Overtime available

Other benefits

  • On-site amenities
  • On-site housing options
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Live-In Caregiver - Persons With Disabilities is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Visiting Homemakers
SOCIAL

Interest in serving - assisting clients by administering bedside and personal care such as aid in walking, bathing, personal hygiene and dressing and undressing; by feeding or assisting in feeding clients; and in demonstrating infant care to new parents

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to maintain client files and plan meals and special diets

objective

Interest in handling the preparation of meals and special diets; may perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds; may perform routine health-related duties such as change non-sterile dressings, administer medications and collect specimens under the direction of a home-care agency supervisor or nurse

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Abilities

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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