Looking for a nanny to spend time with and care for a 13 year old boy with Autism, who is very verbal but is challenged by anxiety and does not go to school. Location: Toronto, Ontario (just south of Yonge and Lawrence) Position will be Live-Out Days: Monday to Friday Time: 10am to 6pm (or 7pm); some Saturdays (all extra hours will be paid) Pay: Negotiable - depending on experience Other: travel expenses will be reimbursed (ie. monthly transit costs); cell phone may be paid for as well; willing to sponsor with LMIA Open to live in for the right candidate. Daily duties: Childcare duties: spend time with child, talking and building the relationship help child engage in daily life skills such as brushing teeth, taking a shower, washing hair (child has low tone and fine/gross motor delays) prepare snacks with or for child and eat together stays calm and helps child with emotions by staying calm, loving and accepting and using strategies taught by parents can stay flexible and find creative ways to let child feel in control and safe help child engage in fun activities that he would like to do by introducing ideas of what you can do together (child enjoys baking and animals) spend time together with child's pet Guinea pig and feed and care for the animal help child to go outside, go for walks and do physical activity be a safe person that child can go to whenever in distress and upset Other duties: we are a very healthy and holistic family and cook and bake everything from pure whole foods. We do not eat any packaged foods. Therefore, this job will require a lot of cooking and baking. cook breakfast, lunch for child and dinner for whole family (will be trained by mother on how to do this) bake breads, muffins, cookies and healthy deserts weekly do family laundry weekly change all bedsheets house cleaning: will clean the main kitchen and family room area daily; may need to clean other parts of house depending on timing, but we will most likely have a cleaning lady to clean the house every 1-2 weeks as the main priorities are taking care of child and cooking Child-related Goals: First goal is to develop a connected, safe relationship. This is top priority. This can be done by following the child's lead and always helping child feel he has some control (due to anxiety this is needed). Second goal is help child engage in fun activities he is interested in. Child has hard time playing or having fun. He has a great sense of humour and likes to sit and talk a lot. Goal is to help him become interested in doing activities with you. You will need to come with ideas/variety of activities daily for him to choose and do with you. Third goal is to help child learn emotional regulation skills. This will be done by using strategies that parents teach you. Fourth goal is to engage in some form of physical activity. Ideally to go outside and walk in backyard or down the street. Child won't leave house right now due to anxiety. Fifth goal is to help child become more independent by engaging in daily life demands of brushing teeth, taking a shower. Sixth goal is to help child engage in learning activities that are fun and play based Please keep in mind that the goals will be a slow and gradual process so you need to have a lot of patience and calm and creativity up your sleeve to help child develop these skills to engage more with life, have fun, and learn. Requirements: Child needs someone who is very calm, relaxed and is focused on building the relationship and helping the child feel safe and connected. Ideally you will have some experience with Autistic kids or with kids with anxiety and emotional challenges Must be passionate about working with special needs/neurodivergent kids Is fun, young at heart, flexible, has a good sense of humor and a calm demeanor and calm voice/way of talking (child has sensory challenges and gets anxiety when person talks to loud or fast – so if you’re too bubbly then this will not work…must be naturally more relaxed and calm) Can stay calm when a child is having a meltdown and not take things personally Can handle a higher stress environment where child gets upset easily and can help him through this Is comfortable hugging child and giving lots of care to child (child is very very loving and sweet and likes to hug as this helps him feel safe) Must be open to learning new ways to help the child by taking direction from parents on best ways to handle child’s challenges. Must be comfortable with animals or love animals as child loves animals very much (must be comfortable handling a pet Guinea pig) Must like or love to cook (as there will be a lot of cooking and food prep) Is clean and organized and attention to detail Must be willing to commit for 2 years Must have background criminal check done before hired Must be open to staying connected with and communicating with child through text and email when you’re not here working, as child needs to stay connected with his nanny outside of work hours too Flexible to work extra hours if needed and Saturdays if needed