Employment Information
- Post ID: 540964374
- Open Date: May 14, 2025
- Close Date: July 1, 2025
- Organization: Childcare at Home in Halifax
- Sector: Childcare & Caregiving
- Business Location:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 208
- Duration: 6 calendar days (5 business days)
- Last Updated: 6 days ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/halifax/540964374/child-caregiver-private-home/
Job Details
- Experience: 1 year - 2 years
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $19.00 per hour / 45 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping 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
- 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
- Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours
Experience and specialization
Experience with special needs children
- Autistic children
- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Additional information
Security and safety
- Child Abuse Registry check
- Criminal record check
- Vulnerable sector check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Overtime required
- Attention to detail
Weight handling
- Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Time management
- Patience
- Honesty