Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Work setting
- Room and board provided
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Employer's home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assume full responsibility for household (in absence of householder)
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Persons with Alzheimer's disease
- Elderly
- Infant (3 months - 11 months)
- Kindergarten age (4 - 5 years)
- Newborn (including expecting mother)
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- Persons with mental health disabilities
- Persons with physical disabilities
- School age (6 - 12 years)
- Toddler to pre-school (1 - 3 years)
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Ability to multitask
Benefits
Other benefits
- Travel insurance