– Caretaker / Child Care Assistant For Special Children | NEST / CAREHOME

Position: Caretaker / Child Care Assistant

Department: Child Care / Residential Support

Work Type: Shift-based

Location: / NEST

Job Summary:

We are looking for a caring, responsible, and patient Caretaker to provide day-to-day care and support for children with special needs. The candidate should be comfortable working in shifts and should have a genuine interest in caring for children in a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide personal care, supervision, and assistance to special children.
- Handle children with patience, kindness, love, and respect.
- Assist children with feeding, hygiene, dressing, toileting, and other daily activities.
- Have basic knowledge and ability to feed babies and young children safely.
- Ensure the safety and comfort of children throughout the assigned shift.
- Support children during sleeping, play, meals, therapy, and daily routines.
- Maintain cleanliness and hygiene of the children and their immediate surroundings.
- Observe and report any changes in the child's health, behaviour, food intake, or general condition to the concerned staff.
- In emergency situations, accompany and stay with the child at the hospital as a caregiver/bystander, as instructed by the management.
- Coordinate respectfully with therapists, teachers, nurses, parents, and other staff.




- Follow all institutional child-safety, hygiene, emergency, and care protocols.
- Perform other reasonable child-care duties assigned by the management.

Requirements
- Previous experience in childcare, babysitting, daycare, residential care, special-needs care, nursing assistance, or a similar role is preferred.
- Experience handling babies or children with special needs will be an added advantage.
- Good communication skills and a responsible attitude.
- Should be patient, caring, trustworthy, and child-friendly.
- Ability to work day/night/rotational shifts as required.
- Should be physically capable of assisting children with their daily activities.
- Basic understanding of feeding, hygiene, and child safety.
- Candidates with a genuine interest in working with special children are encouraged to apply.

Employee Advantages
- Food provided during duty/shift as applicable.
- Shift-based work schedule.
- Supportive and professional working environment.
- Opportunity to gain practical experience in special-child care and rehabilitation support.

Preferred Qualities: Loving Patient Responsible Gentle Alert Trustworthy Good Communicator Child-Friendly

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Pay: From ₹400.00 per day

Benefits

- Flexible schedule
- Food provided
- Paid sick time

Work Location: In person

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