Position: Live-in Child Caregiver
Number of Positions: 1
Work Hours: 40 hours/week
Salary: $20/hr
Length: 24 months
Vacation: 4%
Employer: Reem
Work Location: 2961 Sycamore Street Oakville, Ontario L6J 7H9
Job Description:
· Supervise and care for children in employer’s own residence.
· Prepare younger children for school and preparing breakfast and lunch boxes.
· Plan, prepare and serve meals for children and may perform other housekeeping duties.
· Oversee children’s activities, as instructed by parents, to balance between screen time or social media activities and schoolwork and other intellectual activities.
· Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home.
· Supervise and assist minor children in completing schoolwork and assignments.
· Pick up children from school, when needed.
· Drive minor children to activities and errands for shopping and visiting friends.
· Instruct children in social development.
· Tend to the emotional well-being of children and support their social development.
· Provide well-rounded support program that stimulates children’s intellectual, physical, and emotional growth.
· Organize and participate in age-appropriate activities, including academic training; crafts, reading and writing sports and outings.
· Report to parents any issues of concern related to children’s behaviour or areas that need the parents’ attention.
· Assume full responsibility for children and household in absence of parents.
Education: Secondary School diploma
Skills:
– Previous childcare work experience.
– Supervision skills along with experience in working with minors and teenagers.
– Communication, patience and ability to create as a safe supportive environment for children and teenagers.
– Creative thinking and decision-making skills.
– Problem solving skills.
APPLY: Send detailed resume to: reeme@cogeco.ca