Home child care provider

Work setting

• Own home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assume full responsibility for household in absence of parents
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Food allergy and anaphylaxis training
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) proficiency test
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Experience with special needs children

• Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
• Children with learning disabilities

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Time management
• Patience
• Honesty