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Join Our Team as a Child Caregiver!

Company: Childcare at Home in Halifax

Job Category: Community and Social Services

Location: Halifax, NS

Salary: $19.00 hourly

About the Role

Are you passionate about nurturing and supporting children in a loving environment? Childcare at Home in Halifax is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Child Caregiver to join our team. This is a permanent position that offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and their families.

Key Responsibilities

• Assume full responsibility for the household in the absence of parents.
• Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
• Shop for food and household supplies.
• Travel with the family on trips, assisting with child supervision and housekeeping 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 the emotional well-being of children.
• Help children with homework.
• Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours.

Experience with Special Needs Children

• Experience with autistic children.
• Experience with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Requirements

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 45 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Security and Safety

• Child Abuse Registry check.
• Criminal record check.
• Vulnerable sector check.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Handling heavy loads.
• Overtime required.
• Attention to detail.

Weight Handling

• Between 45 and 60 kg (100-132 lbs).

Personal Suitability

• Client focus.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Excellent written communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Judgement.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Time management.
• Patience.
• Honesty.

Support for Newcomers and Refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (e.g., housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing).
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by conflict or natural disaster (e.g., Ukraine, Afghanistan).
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees.

Support for Mature Workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination.

Support for Visible Minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (e.g., anonymizing the hiring process).

If you are ready to embark on a rewarding journey in child caregiving, we encourage you to apply and become a vital part of our community!

Disclaimer: Please note that the job posting you are about to read has been automatically generated by OpenAI based on a brief description sourced from the Job Bank.