Domestic Helper (3 Days a Week)

A family in Fourways wants someone they can trust with their large estate home and their children. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll report in Fourways. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon

• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• South African ID or valid work permit
• Good with children and patient
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines

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