Babysitter Job Responsibilities:
- Provides care to children inside and outside the home
- Ensures a healthy and safe environment for children when parents are away.
- Prepares healthy snacks and meals.
- Maintains daily feeding and care routines.
- Performs light housework, including laundry.
- Leads children in fun activities, such as playground visits and arts and crafts projects.
- Keeps children’s living and play areas tidy.
- Encourages older children to complete chores.
- Helps with homework and tutoring as needed.
- Cares for infants, including feeding, diapering, and dressing.
- Meets the physical, social, and emotional needs of children in their care.
- Provides structure and communicates consistent behavioral expectations.
- Encourages healthy habits and hygiene, and helps with toilet training.
- Follows parents’ instructions and keeps track of children’s school and after-school schedules.
- Helps children develop coping skills and good manners.
- Keeps in contact with parents, alerting them of symptoms of illness, as well as everyday accidents and challenges.
Babysitter Qualifications and Skills:
- Caregiving
- Reliability
- Responsibility
- Excellent listener
- Fun and engaging
- Caring, compassionate, and patient
- Skilled at developing and leading children in fun learning activities
- Creativity
- Energy and stamina
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Safety focus
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- Experience as a babysitter or nanny
- Reliable transportation
- Certification in first aid and child and infant CPR
- Experience with special needs children
- High school diploma or GED, associate’s degree in child development a plus
- State certification in early childhood education a plus
Live your best life possible while helping others live theirs.
Our Caregivers are the heart and soul of what we do. For that reason, we put our CaregiversFirst each and every day.
At ComForCare, it is our CaregiverFirst promise, that our caregivers will be:
- Treated with respect and dignity.
- Provided exceptional training on a regular and ongoing basis.
- Are never alone in the field - support is always available.
- Thoughtfully matched with clients that they are compatible with.
Join our team and be a part of a certified Great Place To Work®! Thousands of ComForCare employees were surveyed and the response was overwhelmingly positive, with 90% agreeing that ComForCare is in fact a Great Place To Work®.
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Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran.