Live in Caregiver
(personal support worker)
Caregiver for Canadians : Live in Caregiver
There are two categories of caregiver in Canada.
Home Child Care Provider
- Caregiver for Kids-Nanny
- Only women are allowed to apply
Home Support Worker
- Caregiver for adults
- Both men and women are allowed to apply
General requirements and eligibilities : Live in Caregiver
- Minimum one year diploma in any discipline after HSC. To assess your completed foreign educational credential is valid and equal to a completed Canadian high school diploma or higher, an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is required. This can be a degree, diploma, certificate or other proof of your education. You can complete ECA from https://www.icascanada.ca/ or https://www.wes.org/ca/eca/
- IELTS minimum 5 (General). The minimum score of Listening:5, Reading:4, Writing:5, Speaking:5
Other related information about Live in Caregiver
| Age | Preferably under 45 |
|---|---|
| Total processing time | Around 5 months |
| Work station | mainly clients home and outside in some extent (varies case by case) |
| Salary level | minimum wage level that is CAD $11.06 to $15.00 per hour (varies from province to province). |
| Per week working time | minimum 37.5 hours |
| Time to apply | Open for five years only, stated from June 18, 2019 |
| Main benefits | As a caregiver, you have options to come to Canada to become a permanent resident |
| Experience | Need at least 1 year of work experience as a home child provider or a home support worker |
| Restrictions | This occupation is restricted (so you have to work in that specific occupation) |
| Total costs | Please check which community/family you are being hired and what are their conditions |
| Suitable candidates for these positions | Diploma nurses and or Home support caregivers |
Main duties of home child care providers (NOC 4411)
- 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.
Employment requirements of home child care providers (NOC 4411)
- 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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training may be required.
Main duties of home support workers
- 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
- 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 of home support workers (NOC 4412)
- 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
The job you’re offered must be:
- made using Offer of Employment IMM 5983 (PDF, 2.33 MB)
- full-time, which means at least 30 hours of paid work each week
- from a Canadian employer
- outside the province of Quebec
- from an employer who’s not an embassy, high commission or consulate
- genuine, meaning there’s a real need to hire you
