child caregiver – private home

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Change diapers
• Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas
• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning 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

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• School age (6 – 12 years)
• Infant (3 months – 11 months)
• Kindergarten age (4 – 5 years)

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Reliability
• Time management
• Patience
• Honesty