- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 42.5 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Optional accommodation available at no charge on a live-in basis. Note: This is NOT a condition of employment
- Room and board provided
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Employer's home
Tasks
- Administer medications
- Assist clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties
- Provide personal care
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Prepare and serve nutritious meals
- Cook
- Travel with family on trips and assist with child supervision and housekeeping duties
- Tend to emotional well-being of children
- Supervise and care for children
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
- Instruct children in personal hygiene and social development
- Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
- Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
Target audience
- Persons with a disability
- School age (6 - 12 years)
Experience with special needs children
- Children with a mental health disability
- Children with allergies
- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Patience
Employment terms options
- Early morning
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Day
- Overtime available
Other benefits
- On-site amenities
- In office housing options
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)