Domestic Worker with Elderly Care – Entry Level

You'll keep a large estate home in Pretoria East clean, calm and running smoothly for the family. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Pretoria East, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Change bed linen and make beds
• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon

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

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

• 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.