Child care workers provide care for children when the parents or family members are unavailable. They look after the children's basic needs and help or supervise them during play. Child care workers can work for preschools, daycare centres, childcare agencies or individual families.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Assisting children to wash, dress and feed themselves;
(b) Taking children to and from school or outdoors for recreation;
(c) Playing games with children, or entertaining them by reading or storytelling;
(d) Assisting in the preparation of materials and equipment for children's education and recreational activities;
(e) Managing children's behaviour and guiding their social development;
(f) Disciplining children and recommending or initiating other measures to control behaviour, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books;
(g) Observing and monitoring children's play activities;
(h) Keeping records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.