Child Care Worker Personal Care Workers
SaveWhat Does a Child Care Worker Do?
Child care workers provide care for children when the parents or family members are unavailable. They look after the children's basic needs and help or supervise them during play. Child care workers can work for preschools, daycare centres, childcare agencies or individual families.
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Where Do I Start?
Workplace Sanitation
The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.
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These are common skills for this role. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box — use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become a Child Care Worker
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialWorkplace Sanitation knowledge
The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.
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EssentialAssist In Children's Development Of Basic Personal Skills skill
Encourage and facilitate the development of children's natural curiosity and social and language abilities through creative and social activities such as storytelling, imaginative play, songs, drawing, and games.
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EssentialAttend To Children's Basic Physical Needs skill
Tend to children by feeding them, dressing them, and, if necessary, regularly changing their diapers in a sanitary manner.
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EssentialCommunicate With Youth skill
Use verbal and non-verbal communication and communicate through writing, electronic means, or drawing. Adapt your communication to children and young people`s age, needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, and culture.
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EssentialHandle Chemical Cleaning Agents skill
Ensure proper handling, storage and disposal of cleaning chemicals in accordance with regulations.
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EssentialMaintain Relations With Children's Parents skill
Inform children`s parents of the activities planned, program`s expectations and children`s individual progress.
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EssentialSupervise Children skill
Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.
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EssentialPlay With Children skill
Engage in activities for enjoyment, tailored to children of a certain age. Be creative and improvise to amuse children with activities such as tinkering, sports or board games.
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Optional Skills (5 of 20 displayed)
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OptionalDisability Care knowledge
The specific methods and practices used in providing care to people with physical, intellectual and learning disabilities.
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OptionalCommon Children's Diseases knowledge
The symptoms, characteristics, and treatment of diseases and disorders that often affect children, such as the measles, chickenpox, asthma, the mumps, and head lice.
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OptionalPedagogy knowledge
The discipline that concerns the theory and practice of education including the various instructional methods for educating individuals or groups.
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OptionalBaby Care knowledge
The procedures required to take care of children up to the age of 1, such as feeding, bathing, soothing, and diapering the baby.
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OptionalBabysitting knowledge
Temporarily taking care of a child for a small remuneration.
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OptionalAssess The Development Of Youth skill
Evaluate the different aspects of development needs of children and young people.
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OptionalClean Rooms skill
Clean rooms by cleaning glasswork and windows, polishing furniture, vacuuming carpets, scrubing hard floors, and removing garbage.
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OptionalDispose Waste skill
Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.
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OptionalManage Children's Problems skill
Promote the prevention, early detection, and management of children`s problems, focusing on developmental delays and disorders, behavioural problems, functional disabilities, social stresses, mental disorders including depression, and anxiety disorders.
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OptionalPrepare Sandwiches skill
Make filled and open sandwiches, paninis and kebabs.
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OptionalProvide First Aid skill
Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.
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OptionalRelate Empathetically skill
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OptionalSupport Children's Wellbeing skill
Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others.
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OptionalSupport Children Who Have Experienced Trauma skill
Support children who have experienced trauma, identifying their needs and working in ways that promote their rights, inclusion and well being.
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OptionalSupport The Positiveness Of Youths skill
Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.
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OptionalTolerate Stress skill
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OptionalWork In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care skill
Interact, relate and communicate with individuals from a variety of different cultures, when working in a healthcare environment.
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OptionalAssist Children With Homework skill
Help children with school tasks. Assist the child with the interpretation of the assignment and the solutions. Make sure the child studies for tests and exams.
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OptionalCarry Out Wound Care skill
Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.
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OptionalPrepare Ready-Made Dishes skill
Get ready for serving snacks and sandwiches or heat up ready-made bar products if requested.
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