Domestic Worker (Live-Out, Weekdays)

Steady household work in a family home in Benoni, with clear days and hours agreed upfront. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is Benoni-based, with most of your time spent at a family home.

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

• Good with children and patient
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Trustworthy, with references from previous employers you can share
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine

• Cooking experience with family meals
• Experience caring for an older person
• Non-smoker

• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires
• Written contract with fixed hours and duties

• Say plainly what you can and cannot do: cooking, ironing, childcare, driving. It avoids arguments later and families like honesty.
• Ask for a written contract and to be registered for UIF. Good employers expect the question and it protects you.