Home child care providers care for the well-being and physical and social development of children, either on an ongoing or short-term basis. They help parents with child care and sometimes with household duties.
Foster parents and nannies are included in this occupational group.
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Home child care providers mainly provide care in their own homes or in the children's homes, where they may also live. They may work for child-care agencies or be self-employed.
Common job titles
- au pair / au pair girl
- babysitter - home / shopping centre
- caregiver / parents' helper
- foster father / mother / parent
- governess - child care
- kinship care provider / caregiver
- nanny
- au pair / au pair girl
- babysitter - home / shopping centre
- caregiver / parents' helper
- foster father / mother / parent
- governess - child care
- kinship care provider / caregiver