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Job Details

Parent's Helper

Employer

Allen Ihetu

Date Posted

February 11, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $15.00 to $16.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 4 to 16 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Apr 22, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Allen Ihetu

Languages

English

Education

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

Asset languages

Igbo

Work site environment

Non-smoking

Work setting

Employer's home

Tasks

  • Change diapers
  • Follow parents' lead with toilet training
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tend to emotional well-being of children

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Emergency child care first aid and CPR
  • First Aid Certificate

Target audience

Supervise and care for twins

Security and safety

  • Child welfare check
  • Criminal record check
  • Drug test
  • Medical exam
  • Reference required
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Travel expenses not paid by employer

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Time management
  • Patience

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

Experience an asset

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available

Support for youths

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

Support for Indigenous people

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people

Support for mature workers

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Parent's Helper 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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