Child Minder

**Institution**:Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch

**Service benefits**:
13th cheque, employer’s contribution to the pension fund, housing and medical aid allowance

**Requirement**

**Minimum educational qualification**:
Numeracy and Literacy and a Child Care Certificate.

**Experience**:
Appropriate experience.

**Inherent requirement of the job**:
Willingness to work shift weekends and public holidays and overtime and/or rotation basis.

**Competencies (knowledge/skills)**:
Ability to work independently and within a team.

Ability to perform child minding activities, multitask and take overall responsibility for each child.

Educare teaching and training skills.

Ability to communicate in at least two of the three official languages of the Western Cape.

**Duties (key result areas/outputs)**:
Provide quality childcare to children at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Chéche and create a safe, stimulated and happy environment for the children.

Supervise/look after the children between the ages 4months to 6 years.

Receive the children and parents in a warm and professional manner.

Provide effective communication within and outside the institution.

Report incidents or abnormalities to the relevant manager, parent or guardian.

Basic education and training of children and monthly reporting.

Maintain a clean and healthy environment to prevent infections.