child caregiver - private home
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work setting: Employer's home. Work in employer's/client's home. Tasks: Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents. Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties. 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. Supervise and care for children. Take children to and from school and to appointments.…
- On-site
- Dartmouth, NS
- Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Apply by Sep 3, 2026
- 1 position
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Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work setting: Employer's home. Work in employer's/client's home. Tasks: Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents. Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties. 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. 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. Target audience: Children. Security and safety: Criminal record check. Reference required. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding. Weight handling: Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs). Personal suitability: Initiative. Judgement. Organized. Reliability. Team player. Time management. Patience. Honesty. Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?. Are you currently a student?. 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. Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year. Employment terms options: Evening. Shift. Morning. Support for persons with disabilities: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities. Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities . Support for newcomers and refugees: Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition. Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Does not require Canadian work experience. Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth. Support for Veterans: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans . Support for Indigenous people: Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . 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.). Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.
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- Additional information Security and safety Criminal record check Reference required Work conditions and physical capabilities Physically demanding Weight handli
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- Minimum education
- College diploma
- Apply by
- Sep 3, 2026
