Call us Today to find a job in the Vancouver area – 604.298.6633.

Many jobs available for Nannies in the Lower Mainland in the following areas:

Nanny / Caregiver Jobs

• West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (school age and toddler), looking for live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Family with 1 child (school age), looking for live-in nanny, driver.
  Duties: driving the child to activities, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Senior looking for a live-in caregiver.
  Duties: companionship, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (school age) looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: driving, childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation. Top Salary Offered plus Benefits.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (4 and 10 years old), looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP. Salary Negotiable.
• West Vancouver – Family with 1 children (9 and 5 years old), looking for a driver, live-out nanny. Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday  ( 10:00 am – 6:00 pm).
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation, driving.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Family with 3 children, looking for live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Family with 1 child (school age), looking for live-in nanny, driving the child to activities.
  Duties: driving the child to activities, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP
• North Vancouver – Family with 3 children (one baby and two toddlers), looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: March 1st, 2010.
• North Vancouver – Family with 1 child (toddler), looking for live-in or live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP
• Vancouver – Family with 3 children (1 toddler and 2 school age), looking for a live-in nanny or live-out.
  Duties: childcare and housekeeping.
  Starting date: March 1st, 2010
• Vancouver – Family with 2 children (toddler and baby), looking for live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: June 1st, 2010
• Vancouver – Family with 2 children (school-age), looking for a driver, live-out nanny.
  Duties: driving the kids to activities, childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Vancouver – Family with 3 children (school age), looking for a live-in or live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Vancouver – Family with 3 children (school age), looking for a live-in or live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Vancouver – Family with 1year old child, looking for a live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Burnaby – Family with 2 children (twins infants), looking for a live-out nanny.
  Duties: mainly childcare.
  Starting date: June 1st, 2010.
• Burnaby – Family with 2 children (baby and toddler), looking for a driver, live-out nanny.
  Duties: driver, childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Richmond – Family with 1 child, 12 years old, looking for a driver, live-out nanny. Working days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday (8 hours a day)
  Duties: driving, childcare, housekeeping.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Surrey – Family with 1 child (school age), looking for a driver, live-in nanny.
  Duties: driving, childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Ladner – Family with 2 children (school age), looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Hope – Senior lady looking for a live-in caregiver with medical background to work 3 days (around the clock).
  Duties: personal care, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.

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Many jobs available for Nannies in the Lower Mainland in the following areas:

Nanny / Caregiver Jobs

• North Vancouver – Family with 2 children (baby and toddler), looking for a driver, live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation, driving the children to activities.
  Starting date: ASAP
• Vancouver – Family with 4 year old boy and 1 year old girl, looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare and housekeeping.
  Starting date: March 1st, 2010
• Vancouver – Family with 3 children (school age), looking for a live-in or live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Vancouver – Family with 1 year old child, looking for a live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Vancouver - Family with 3 years old child, looking for a driver with a car, live-out nanny.
  Duties: childcare, meal preparation.
  Starting date: March 1st, 2010.
• West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (school age) looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: driving, childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation. TOP SALARY OFFERED PLUS BENEFITS.
  Starting date: ASAP
• West Vancouver – Family with 2 children (4 and 10 years old), looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP. Salary Negotiable.
• West Vancouver – Family with 3 children (school-age), looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP. Salary Negotiable.
• West Vancouver – Family with 3 children (school-age), looking for a driver live-in or live-out nanny.
  Duties: driving the children to activities, childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP. Salary Negotiable.
• West Vancouver – Family with 1 year old boy looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping, meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP. Salary Negotiable.
• Burnaby – Family with 2 children (baby and toddler), looking for a driver, live-out nanny.
  Duties: driver, childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Burnaby – Family with 2 children (school-age), looking for a driver, live-out nanny.
  Duties: driver, childcare, housekeeping , meal preparation.
  Starting date: ASAP.
• Surrey – Family with 1 baby, looking for a live-in nanny.
  Duties: childcare, housekeeping.
  Starting date: February 1st, 2010. Salary Negotiable.
• White Rock – Couple seniors live-in caregiver.
  Duties: meal preparation, housekeeping.
  Starting date: February 1st, 2010. Salary Negotiable.

Call 604-298-6633 and find the right job for you. Send us an Email: info@paragon-personnel.com Check our website: http://paragon-personnel.com

It is proposed that all live-in caregivers no longer be required to complete a medical examination when they apply for permanent
residence. Instead, the medical examination completed to qualify for the initial work permit/temporary residence as a live-in caregiver
would be assessed for excessive demand in anticipation of the applicant applying for permanent residence under the LCP
rather than just for temporary residence.

By eliminating one of the two medical examinations and requiring that live-in caregivers, at the time of their application for a work permit, be assessed with a long-term view in anticipation of their application for PR status under the LCP, administrative processes would be streamlined and cost savings for live-in caregivers could be achieved. The examination at the work permit/temporary resident stage would continue to screen for infectious disease and the chance of contracting such a disease after arriving in Canada would be minimal.

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION REGULATIONS

1. Section 30 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations1 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

Exception (2.1) A foreign national who has applied for permanent resident status and is a member of the live-in caregiver class is not required to submit to a medical examination under subsection (1).

2. (1) The portion of paragraph 113(1)(d) of the Regulations before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

(d) they entered Canada as a live-in caregiver
and for at least two of the four years immediately
following their entry or, alternatively, for at least
3,900 hours during a period of not less than
22 months in those four years,

(2) Subsection 113(2) of the Regulations is replaced
by the following:
Calculation (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d),
(a) the periods of two years and 3,900 hours may
be in respect of more than one employer or
household, but may not be in respect of more
than one employer or household at a time; and
(b) the 3,900 hours are not to include more than
390 hours of overtime.

For more info go to http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-12-19/pdf/g1-14351.pdf.

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The first Monday of August is a legal holiday to be observed as “British Columbia Day”.

According to the Ministry of Labour ” to be eligible for statutory holiday pay an employee must:

* Have been employed for 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday and,
* Have worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days immediately before the statutory holiday.

Employees who work under an averaging agreement or variance at any time in the 30 days before the holiday do not have to meet the 15-day requirement.

No pay for ineligible employees

An employee who is not eligible for statutory holiday pay is not entitled to be paid an average day’s pay. If an ineligible employee works on a statutory holiday he or she may be paid as if it were a regular work day.

Exclusions

Specific regulations exclude certain groups such as managers, agriculture workers, some commission salespersons, and high technology professionals from the statutory holiday provisions of the Act. Please see the factsheets relating to these groups.

Statutory holiday on a day off

When an employee is given a day off on a statutory holiday, or it falls on a regular day off, an eligible employee is entitled to be paid an average day’s pay.

An average day’s pay is calculated by dividing “total wages” earned in the 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday by the number of days worked. Vacation days taken during this period count as days worked.

“Total wages” includes wages, commissions, statutory holiday pay and vacation pay but does not include overtime pay.

Working on a statutory holiday

An eligible employee who works on a statutory holiday is entitled to be paid:

o time-and-a-half for the first 12 hours worked and double-time for any work over 12 hours; plus
o an average day’s pay.

Substituting statutory holidays

An employer and a majority of employees can agree to substitute another day off for a statutory holiday. The Act and Regulation apply to the substitute day as if it were the statutory holiday.”

Paragon Personnel Ltd. has achieved a high standard in delivering its
services during the last 29 years and was successful in building a good
reputation among thousands of clients over the years. This nanny agency is a
member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of the lower mainland in B.C. The BBB
is recognized as an unbiased organization that sets and upholds high
standards for fair and honest business practices.

Paragon Personnel Ltd. has been a BBB Accredited business since January
1984. That is to say that it supports and accepts BBB’s standards for ethics
and integrity and meets the BBB Accreditation standards. Based on BBB files,
this business has a Rating of A+ (Click here for more information)

Most recently, Paragon Personnel Ltd. was congratulated for 25 years of
accreditation with the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau. The BBB
reliability report indicates that this company meets their standards of
ethics and has no consumer complaints registered during all these years.

On this special day tell your mom (again and again) how much you love her, make a poem, write a letter, take mom out to her favorite restaurant, buy flowers, give her a day off (let her relax while the rest of the family does the work), etc.

Touch your mothers heart by writing these sentimental quotes in Mother’s Day cards, letters or gift wraps.

• “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” — Diana, Princess of Wales

• “By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

• “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” — Dorothy Canfield Fisher

• “Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he’ll end up hating you.” — Jill Bennett

• “It is not until you become a mother than your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.” — Erma Bombeck

• “Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.” – Charlotte Gray

• “At work, you think of the children you have left at home.At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.” — Golda Meir

• “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” — Oscar Wilde

• “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” – Chinese Proverb

Mothers Day Poem
M – O – T – H – E – R
“M” is for the million things she gave me,
“O” means only that she’s growing old,
“T” is for the tears she shed to save me,
“H” is for her heart of purest gold;
“E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
“R” means right, and right she’ll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
“MOTHER,”
A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

HAVE A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

The letter of Agreement Nanny-Employer states the terms you negotiate with your caregiver.

In this letter you may want to pinpoint the terms that suit your family and the nanny that you want to hire.

This Agreement is entered into as of _______ between ___________(hereinafter known as Family), and_______  (hereinafter referred to as Nanny) shall be in force for one year from the date of signature of both parties. Family and Nanny hereby agree to a one-year employment commitment unless Nanny is terminated for cause. Both parties agree to give at lease two (2) weeks notice before job termination unless Nanny is terminated for cause.

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Family and Nanny agree to the following conditions of employment:

1. Employment.
Employment will begin on ________ and is considered “at will”. Nanny is to provide childcare services and other duties as set forth below.

2. Work Schedule.
Nanny will provide childcare from ___ A.M. to ___ P.M., from Monday through Friday. During these hours, Nanny shall devote (his/her) entire time, attention and energies to providing care and performing other duties as listed below.
3. Compensation.
Family shall pay Nanny and Nanny hereby accepts in full payment for services:

• An (hourly rate of  _____) (monthly salary of  _____) which shall be paid (weekly/bimonthly/monthly) on the _____ day(s) of (week/month).
• Overtime compensation (specify).
• Performance-based increase after  (6 months/one year).

4. Probationary Period.
Family and Nanny agree that there shall be a probationary period of ___ days. During this period either party can terminate this Agreement by giving ___ days notice.

5. Termination.
The following are grounds for immediate termination with cause:

• Allowing the children’s safety to be compromised
• Inconsistent or non performance of agreed upon job responsibilities
• Dishonesty or lying to Family
• Stealing
• Breach of confidentiality clause
• Unapproved guests
• Smoking or consumption of alcohol while on duty
• Illegal drug use

Nanny’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated upon one of more of the following:

• By Family or Nanny for due cause upon 24 hours notice. “Due cause” is defined as breach of a material term of this Agreement.
• By Family without cause upon  ___ weeks notice, or in lieu of ___ weeks notice, ___ weeks salary.
• By Nanny upon ___ weeks notice.
• By Nanny’s total disability or partial disability which renders Nanny unable to perform services for more than ___ weeks.

6. Childcare responsibilities.
(Choose the ones that suit you and the Nanny you hire).

Nanny agrees to:

• Put the absolute safety of the children first before all other responsibilities
• Provide care, warmth, and security in the absence of parents.
• Plan activities that promote physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development
• Maintain a patient, cheerful, and helpful attitude while on duty.
• Actively participate in the children’s special problems and interests and serve as a resource for problem solving.
• Tend to children’s basic needs such as bathing, dressing, changing diapers, brushing teeth, and afternoon naps.
• Administer medicine to children as directed by Family.
• Plan and prepare nutritious snacks and meals for children during scheduled hours; clean up kitchen and dining table when completed.
• Participate and supervise activities with children, which would include: games, walks, play dates, playground outings and reading to children daily.
• Limit television/video and computer games to ___ minutes per day.
• Comply with Family’s discipline and child-rearing preferences.
• Provide reasonable flexibility in times of emergency or unexpected schedule changes.
• Keep the children’s bedrooms and play area clean and organized; which includes making the beds, vacuuming carpet, cleaning and disinfecting toys, etc.
• Clean children’s laundry (clothes and bed linens).
• Use Family automobile to drive children to activities and events.
• Meal preparation for Family.
• Feed and care for Family pets-daily.
• Grocery shopping.
• Make bed- entire home.
• Clean kitchen and empty dishwasher-daily.
• Clean interior windows and mirrors: bi-monthly.
• Clean, dust and vacuum entire house: bi-monthly.
• Clean Family’s laundry-weekly.
• Run errands – dry-cleaning, bank deposit, grocery store, etc. when necessary.

7. CPR and First Aid.

• Nanny agrees to complete an infant/child CPR and First Aid class prior to beginning employment or within ___ weeks of employment.
• If Nanny does not successfully complete CPR and First Aid class, Family may terminate Nanny without severance pay or notice.
• Family (will/will not) pay for approved CPR and First Aid class.

8. Personal Background Check.

• Nanny agrees to complete the official fingerprint process through British Columbia Police  Department.
• If the Personal Background Check indicates any record of criminal activity Family may terminate Nanny without severance pay or notice.
• Family will pay for fingerprint procedure and Personal Background Check fees.

9. Benefits.

• Holidays.
  Nanny shall receive the statutory holidays as paid vacation if nanny would otherwise be required to work on that day of the week.
• Sick Days.
  ___ days of paid sick leave will be allowed every year, accrued at the rate of  ___ hours per month.
• Vacation.
  ___ week(s) of paid vacation will be allowed every calendar year (check as applicable):
  • _______ To be coordinated with Family’s vacation
  • _______ After ____ months of employment
  • _______ Other

10. Evaluations.

Nanny’s job performance will be evaluated by Family at the end of the first month of employment and every ___ months thereafter.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties agree that they have read and signed this Agreement as of the day and year written above.

FAMILY:                                                                     CAREGIVER:
____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Choosing child care is an important and sometimes hard decision. If you go back to work, it may mean the end of the special time with your child. For some parents it may feel good, since it means that you have time to do some things for yourself again. Whether you need child care for a very small number of hours or full-time (40 hours a week), spend the time needed to find the setting that is right for you and your child.

There are many child-care choices available. Some families have grandparents or other family to look after their children, while others have a babysitter or a nanny to come to their home. Some take their child to a family daycare provider who cares for a small group of children of different ages in their own home. And still others choose group child care at a centre.

Think about what it is that you are looking for or need.

Plan What Will Work for Your Family

• Do you need care full-time, part-time, or for only a few days a month?
• Can you get your child to daycare or does the caregiver need to come to you?
• Do you need care for the same days each week? Or will you need someone at short notice, or someone who can stay at night if necessary, or someone to care for your child on different days each week?
• How many hours of child care do you need each day? Think about travel time to and from daycare.
• Can you find child care close to your workplace?
• How much can you pay? (Find out about child care subsidies)

Plan What Will Work for Your Child

• Does your child like large groups, small groups or does he like one-to-one attention?
• Do you think he will be happy at home with one caregiver? Having brothers or sisters at home helps.
• Does you child like going out and having lots of things to do, or does he like quiet times the best?

Children can be happy in many different sorts of child-care settings.

(Toddler’s First Steps – A Best Chance Guide to Parenting Your Six-Month to Three-Year-Old)
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When families decide to have a nanny in their home, they think about what it means to have a new person on her own with their children. They think about the changes that will take place and how the kids will accept the stranger. In most cases, a nanny is not hired for a short term. Parents don’t like to change nannies and the nannies don’t like to change families. In many cases the children get attached to the nanny and she is considered a part of the family.
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If a family does not need a nanny on regular basis but only for a few hours sporadically, then a babysitter will be more appropriate then a nanny full-time. The question is where to look for a babysitter when your needs are for only a short period of time knowing that is not easy to have the same person babysitting whenever is required.

One should try as many ways as possible including friends’ and relatives’ referrals, newspapers and bulletin board advertisements and not in the least, domestic help agencies, especially those specialized in nannies. Although, a nanny or domestic help agency will ask you for a fee for finding a babysitter, the advantage is that the agency will do the screening process and if the babysitter is not available, the agency will provide a substitute for her.

Regardless of the screening done by the nanny agency, you should interview the baby-sitter at your home so you will have a better sense about the interaction with your kids and if they will feel comfortable with her at home.

Some questions to ask of potential babysitters:

1. How would you make sure that my child does not play with dangerous objects or swallow poisons?
2. Have you ever taken care of an injured child? What would you do if my child fell off a swing? How would you decide when to call an ambulance?
3. What would you do if there were an emergency in the house like a fire or a gas leak?
4. Do you plan to have children of your own? What do you like about children/
5. Have you ever taken care of your younger brothers or sisters? What do you dislike about children?
6. What would you do if my child complained that he was bored?
7. Tell me how you plan to spend the day (evening) while you are caring for my child?
8. If my child broke an expensive object in the house or refused to eat her dinner, what would you do?
9. What do you feel are your main duties as a babysitter?

The following are tips on choosing and orienting a babysitter:

• Choose babysitters who demonstrates knowledge of how to prevent injuries. They should have taken first aid training or a babysitting course that includes first aid. The Canadian Red Cross Society offers these types of courses.
• Orient a new babysitter to your home. Show the babysitter the first aid supplies, emergency telephone numbers, the escape plan in case of fire and how to control heat, stove, lights and fuse box.
• Be clear about activities and areas that are off limits to children.
• Leave the telephone number where you will be and the number of a neighbour who could be of assistance in an emergency.
• After the children are put to bed, the sitter should check each of them once an hour. Make it clear that the babysitter should not sleep.
• The babysitter should not be allowed to entertain friends. He or she is hired to do a job and should not be distracted.
• The telephone should not be used for personal calls. It is for emergency use only.
• The babysitter should know what the child is doing at all times.
• If possible, avoid asking babysitters to give medicine. If you must, give them careful instructions.
• Babysitters should not smoke. Smoking is a fire and health hazard. Smoke may cause or worsen children’s colds, flu, asthma and bronchitis.
• Babysitters should not be expected to do chores. Their concerns is for the safety of the child.
• Check out your babysitters thoroughly. Make unscheduled visits home until you are sure you can trust them.

Before you leave home give to your babysitters a written list of the chores needed for your child’s well being, instructions, everyday telephone numbers, phone numbers to be used in case of emergency.

Here is a sample information sheet you can leave with your babysitter:

INFORMATION FOR BABYSITTERS

Parents Names:________________________

The House Address:_____________________

The Phone Number of the House:___________

Mother’s Work Phone:____________________

Mother’s Mobile Phone:___________________

Father’s Work Phone:_____________________

Father’s Mobile Phone:____________________

Neighbour’s or Relative’s Name:______________

Neighbour’s or Relative’s Phone Number:______

Child’s Bedtime:__________________________

Mealtime Instructions:_____________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

Special Instructions:______________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

Fire:_________________________________911
Police:________________________________911
Ambulance:____________________________911
Poison Control Center:______________________

Doctor’s Name:____________________________

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