Domestic Worker with Elderly Care – Permanent

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a family home in Benoni. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a family home on the Benoni side of Gauteng.

• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon

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

• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Basic first aid or child CPR course

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

• 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.