There are 2 types of Caregivers:

1. Home child care provider (Nanny)
2. Home support worker

You may find caregiver jobs in Canada from www.jobbank.gc.ca or from ca.indeed.com

Home child care providers care for children on an ongoing or short-term basis. They care for the well-being and physical and social development of children, assist parents with child care and may assist with household duties. They provide care primarily in their own homes or in the children’s homes, where they may also reside. They are employed by private households and child-care agencies, or they may be self-employed. Foster parents are included in this unit group.
Example Titles

• babysitter
• child care provider – private home
• live-in caregiver, child care
• nanny
• parent’s helper

Home child care providers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Supervise and care for children in employer’s or own residence
• Bathe, dress and feed infants and children
• Prepare formulas and change diapers for infants
• Plan, prepare and serve meals for children and may perform other housekeeping duties
• Oversee children’s activities, such as meals and rest periods, as instructed by employer
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home
• Instruct children in personal hygiene
• Tend to the emotional well-being of children and support their social development
• Discipline children according to the methods requested by the parents
• Organize and participate in activities such as games, crafts, reading and outings
• Take children to and from school and appointments
• May be required to keep records of daily activities and health information regarding each child.

Foster parents perform some or all of the following duties:

• Care for foster children, usually on an emergency or temporary basis, as a primary guardian under general direction of foster parent agency
• Consult foster parent agency supervisors for advice and when problems arise
• Administer foster care programs for foster children, as directed by foster parent agency social workers.
• Employment requirements
• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Home child care providers, parent’s helpers and foster parents may require completion of a training program in child care or a related field.
• Child care or household management experience may be required.
• Demonstrated ability to perform work is usually required.
• First aid certification and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training may be required.

Home support workers provide personal care and companionship for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. Care is provided within the client’s residence, in which the home support worker may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies, private households, or they may be self-employed. Housekeepers perform housekeeping and other home management duties in private households and other non-institutional, residential settings.
Example Titles

• attendant for persons with disabilities – home care
• family caregiver
• home support
• housekeeper
• live-in caregiver – seniors
• personal aide – home support
• personal care attendant – home care
• respite worker – home support

Home support workers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation, convalescence or family disruption
• Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation, bathing, personal hygiene, and dressing and undressing
• Plan and prepare meals and special diets, and feed or assist in feeding clients
• May perform routine health-related duties such as changing non-sterile dressings, assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
• May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry, washing dishes and making beds.

Housekeepers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Perform housekeeping and other home management duties under general direction of employer
• Plan and prepare meals independently or with employer, and may serve meals
• May care for children.
• Employment requirements
• Some secondary school education is usually required.
• Home management experience may be required.
• College or other courses in home support may be required.
• First aid certification may be required.
• Completion of a training program in care of the elderly, care of persons with disabilities, convalescent care or in a related field may be required.