Babysitting Caregiver

Work Term: Casual
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 10 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
**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
**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
**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
**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
**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
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Do you have the necessary equipment for remote work (i.e. internet, home office, etc.)?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
**Other benefits**:

- Team building opportunities