- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Asset languages
- Spanish
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Employer's home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Assist in regular exercise, e.g., walk
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide companionship
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
- Drive employers (including family members) to and from destination
- Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
- Help children with homework
- Develop individualized education and intervention plans based on special needs of client to facilitate their readaptation and independence objectives
- Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
- Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
- Synthesize the overall situation of the children and communicate the information to the parents
- Follow parents’ lead with toilet training
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Experience and specialization
Target audience
- Persons with a disability
- Persons with an intellectual disability
- School age (6 - 12 years)
Work experience with special needs students
- Children with an intellectual disability
- Assistance with lifting students
- Assistance with communication
Experience with special needs children
- Assistance with mobility
- Children with behavioural issues
- Autistic children
- Children with learning disabilities
- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)