Domestic Helper (3 Days a Week)

A family in Somerset West wants someone they can trust with their guesthouse with family quarters and their children. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a guesthouse with family quarters on the Somerset West side of Western Cape.

• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week

• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Trustworthy, with references from previous employers you can share
• Good with children and patient
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• South African ID or valid work permit

• Non-smoker
• Experience caring for an older person
• Basic first aid or child CPR course

• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer
• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Transport money for live-out staff
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires

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