The Live-in Caregiver Program is a special temporary foreign worker program designed by the Canadian government to help Canadians hire foreign caregivers to live and work in their homes to care for children, the elderly or people with disabilities. The objective of this long-established program is to allow qualified caregivers from around the world to come to Canada and work as a live-in caregiver as there are not enough Canadians to fill the available positions. The program helps address Canada's skill and labor shortages and support socio-economic development in Canada

From a foreign worker's perspective, the Live-in Caregiver Program is a legitimate and convenient way for foreign care giving professionals to come and work in Canada. Moreover, the program enables these live-in caregivers to apply in Canada to become a permanent resident after completing a cumulative two-year period of full-time employment as a live-in caregiver under the program within three years following their arrival in Canada. Every participant of the program and their family will be granted permanent resident status unless they are otherwise found ineligible.

There are three main requirements that a foreign caregiver applicant has to meet to qualify under the Live-in Caregiver Program.

1. Successful completion secondary education equivalent to Canadian high school education. This requirement helps to ensure that participants who choose to apply for permanent residence can succeed in the general labour market as the majority of new jobs in Canada require at least a high school education.

2. Successful completion of six months of full-time Caregiver training in a classroom setting for the caregiver course. This requirement helps to ensure that the caregiver applicant possess the right knowledge and work skills to do the job.

3. Ability to speak, read and understand either English or French. This requirement helps to ensure that the caregiver can function independently and communicate.

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Live-In Care Giver Outline

1. Interpersonal Skills (51.0 hours)

• Objectives
• Learning good communication skills
• Interviews
• Work ethics
• Personal health hygiene and appearance
• Job safety
• Understanding the person
• Basic needs in life by providing culture, religion, courtesy
• Caring for people by providing physical, social, and psychological, spiritual needs

2. Safety (45 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Describe accident risk factors
• Identify safety precautions for infants and children
• Describe safety measures for preventing falls, burns, poisoning, and suffocation
• Explain how to handle hazardous substances
• Explain what to do if a fire occurs
• Give examples of natural and human disasters

3. Child, Adolescent , growth and development (51 hours)

• Objectives
• Understanding the principles of growth and development
• Identify the stages of growth and development and normal ranges for each stage
• Identify the developmental task for each age group
• Describe the normal growth and development for each age group

4. Developmental Disabilities (40 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Explain how various developmental disabilities affect functioning
• Explain disorders for Autism Down’s syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Fetal
• Alcohol syndrome
• Fragile X, Spinal bifida
• Identify the areas of functioning limited by a developmental disability
• Explain how developmental disability can affect the child, and the family across the life span
• Explain when developmental disabilities occur and their causes

5. Care of the mother and the new born (40 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Describe how to meet an infant’s safety and security needs
• Identify the signs and symptoms of illness in infants
• Explain how to help mothers with breast feeding
• Describe three forms of baby formulas
• Explain how to bottle feed babies
• Explain how to burp a baby
• Describe how to give cord care
• Describe the purpose of circumcision, the necessary observations, and the required care.
• Explain how to bath a baby
• Explain why infants are weighed
• Describe the care needed by mothers during postpartum period
• Perform the procedures described in this chapter

6. Emergency Care (40 hours)

• Objectives
• Explain how to control hemorrhage
• Identify the signs and symptoms and emergency care of shock
• Describe different types of seizures, and how to care for a person during a Seizure
• Describe burns and their causes and emergency care
• Identify the common causes and emergency care
• Identify the common causes and emergency care for fainting
• Describe the signs and symptoms and emergency care fro a stroke
• Discuss the procedures described in this chapter exclude CPR Heimlich maneuver, any procedures that requires a certified instructor
• Describe the general rules of emergency care
• Identify the signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest and obstructed airway
• Describe basic life support and basic life support procedures
• Explain the difference between internal and external hemorrhage
• Define key terms

7. Nutrition (40 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Explain the purpose and use of the Canadian Food Guide
• Describe the functions and major sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats, Vitamins and minerals
• Explain how to use food labels
• Describe factors that affect eating and nutrition
• Describe the special diets and between meal nourishments
• Explain how to prevent aspiration
• Describe normal adult fluid required and the common causes of dehydration

8. Preventing Infection (40 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Identify which germs need to live and grow
• List signs and symptoms of infection
• Explain the chain of infection
• Describe common disinfection

9. Medications (51 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Identify your role in assisting with medication
• Summarize how drugs work in the body
• List factors affecting drug action
• Differentiate between assisting with medication and administrating meds
• Identify guidelines to follow when assisting with medications
• List the 8 rights of assisting with medications
• Summarize what you would do if you made a medication error
• Outline your main responsibilities when assisting with medications

10. Care of the older person (20 hours)

• Objectives
• Describe key terms
• Describe the effects of retirement
• Identify the social changes common in the older adult
• Describe how a partner’s death affects the survivor
• Describe the changes that occur in the body system during aging and the care required
• Describe housing options for the older person

11. Home management I (20 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Your role in home management
• Handling of employer’s money
• Providing compassionate care
• Organization
• Cleaning guidelines, laundry, cleaning material

12. Home management II (20 hours)

• Objectives
• Define key terms
• Explain cooking tools
• Explain measurements
• Explain the importance of cleanliness i.e. cleaning of counter tops, equipments, washing,
• Preparing food
• Cooking classes teaching recipes

13. Embassy Preparation (30 hours) - Delivered by N. Juddoo CSIC

• Preparation of documents in support
• Review questions
• Mock interviews
• Genuine disclosure at interview

14. Canada/ Quebec/ Other Provinces (32 hours) - Delivered by N. Juddoo CSIC

• Employment conditions
• The live in caregiver contract
• Employer’s expectations
• Climatic and winter preparation
• Canadian/ Quebec society and habits
• Communication skills
• Personal emergency situation
• After landing facilities
• Work permit status
• Pathway to Permanent Resident status
• Status of family members in Mauritius

TOTAL 520 HOURS