NKPD code: 5311
Child care workers provide care and supervision for children in their homes, before and after school, during holidays and in day care centres. Child care workers perform the following main tasks: • helping children to wash, dress and eat; • taking children to and from school and various places of recreation; • playing with children or entertaining them by reading or telling stories; • helping to prepare materials and equipment for children's educational and recreational activities; • guiding children's behaviour and directing their social development; • maintaining discipline and recommending or initiating measures to control children's behaviour, such as caring for clothing and tidying away toys and books; • observing and supervising children's play; • keeping records for each child, including daily observations and information on activities, meals and medication. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Babysitter – Governess – Nanny Excludes: – Teacher, kindergarten – 2342