Job Duties for Home child care providers
- 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
- Provide age-appropriate educational training through organized 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
- 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.
Working Conditions for Home child care providers
Home child care providers may work for child-care agencies or be self-employed; some home child care providers work in their own homes, while others work and live in the children’s homes. Foster parents work in their own homes.
Alternate Job Titles
- Au Pair
- Au Pair Girl
- Babysitter
- Babysitter - Fitness Centre
- Babysitter - Shopping Centre
- Babysitting Caregiver
- Child Care Live-in Caregiver
- Child Care Provider - Private Home
- Child Caregiver - Private Home
- Child Minder
- Children's Guardian
- Family Child Care Provider
- Foster Father
- Foster Mother
- Foster Parent
- Governess - Child Care
- Home Child Care Provider
- Kinship Care Provider
- Kinship Caregiver
- Live-in Nanny
- Nanny
- Parent's Helper
- Babysitter
- Child Care Live-in Caregiver
- Child Care Provider - Private Home
- Nanny
- Parent's Helper
- Babysitter - Fitness Centre
- Babysitter - Shopping Centre
- Foster Parent
- Live-in Caregiver, Child Care