44100 Home child care providers

What this occupation covers

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.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 15 main duties for this code.

• 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.
• 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.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 3 of its 15 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants
• 44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations

Excluded from this code

• Child care worker - daycare (See 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants)
• Live-in caregiver - persons with disabilities (See 44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations)
• Live-in caregiver - seniors (See 44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

au pair · 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

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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training may be required.