Domestic Helper (3 Days a Week) – Experienced

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a family home in Atlantis. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is in Atlantis (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer

• Able to speak and understand basic English
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Good with children and patient

• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Cooking experience with family meals

• Own room with bathroom for live-in posts
• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires
• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer

• Say plainly what you can and cannot do: cooking, ironing, childcare, driving. It avoids arguments later and families like honesty.
• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.