Domestic Worker (Live-Out, Weekdays)

Steady household work in a townhouse in a security complex in Rosslyn, with clear days and hours agreed upfront. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a townhouse in a security complex on the Rosslyn side of Gauteng.

• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Change bed linen and make beds

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

• Basic first aid or child CPR course
• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Cooking experience with family meals

• Transport money for live-out staff
• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Own room with bathroom for live-in posts
• 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.
• Ask for a written contract and to be registered for UIF. Good employers expect the question and it protects you.