Domestic Worker with Elderly Care

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a large estate home in Pietermaritzburg. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Change bed linen and make beds
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking

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

• Non-smoker
• Experience caring for an older person

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

• 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.