Domestic Worker with Elderly Care – Entry Level

A family in Pretoria West wants someone they can trust with their retired couple's cottage and their children. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Pretoria West-based, with most of your time spent at a retired couple's cottage.

• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking

• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• South African ID or valid work permit
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• Good with children and patient

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

• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires
• Own room with bathroom for live-in posts
• 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.
• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.