babysitting caregiver

Work site environment

• Non-smoking
• Scent free

Work setting

• Babysitting agency
• Employer's home
• Home care and visiting care agency
• Remote location
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
• Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
• Wash, iron and press clothing and household linens
• Care for pets
• Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
• 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
• Sterilize bottles, prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Certificate
• Behaviour management Certification
• Emergency child care first aid and CPR
• Food allergy and anaphylaxis training
• Understanding and managing aggressive behaviour (UMAB) course
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Supervise and care for multi-aged group of children
• Supervise and care for twins
• Children

Experience with special needs children

• Autistic children
• Children who are blind or visually impaired
• Children who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Children who have Tourette's syndrome
• Children with a mental health disability
• Children with a physical disability
• Children with allergies
• Children with an intellectual disability
• Children with diabetes
• Children with epilepsy
• Children with Down syndrome
• Children with asthma
• Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
• Children with learning disabilities

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Child welfare check
• Criminal record check
• Medical exam
• Reference required
• Basic security clearance

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• 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

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Team building opportunities