A live in caregiver program is for an individual who is qualified to care of children, elderly persons or persons with disability in private home without supervision. If you want to apply for live-in caregiver program under the economic class, you have to qualify for this program. There are certain requirements for live-in caregiver program and those are:
Requirements for caring for children
- You need to have two year full-time work experience in Canada as a child care within last four years
- You also have to meet a minimum language requirement against the Canadian benchmark 5.
- You also need to have a Canadian postsecondary education credential of at least one year. If you have completed your education outside Canada then you need credential equivalency against Canadian standard by Education Credential Assessment (ECA).
Requirements for caring for high medical need
- You need to have two year full-time work experience in Canada as a home care to someone or provide health facility as a registered nurse, a registered psychiatric nurse, a licensed practical nurse , a nurse aide, or a home support worker
- Show that you are licensed to practice in Canada if required
- You also have to meet a minimum language requirement against the Canadian benchmark 7
- You also need to have a Canadian postsecondary education credential of at least one year. If you have completed your education outside Canada then you need credential equivalency against Canadian standard by Education Credential Assessment (ECA).
There are some other requirements in order to qualify for live in caregiver program. You have to meet certain other requirements except your education specifically for caring for children and caring for high medical need in order to eligible for live in caregiver program in Canada. The requirements are following: