Our Standards for the Caregivers

Every caregiver or nanny is interviewed personally by our Recruitment Coordinator and then by the Placement Coordinator.

Please see our minimum standards for the Nannies & Caregivers

  1. Minimum age – 18 y.o.
  2. Language ability – all caregivers speak a minimum of two languages. They all have the ability to read, speak and understand English. We have caregivers that also speak Hindi, Punjabi, Greek, and Mandarin etc.
  3. Education – minimum required level of education is Equivalent of the Canadian High School. Applicants from Philippines will complete at least High School + 2 years of College or University, Applicants from India and Nepal will have at least Matrix +2 Certificate and applicants from Sri Lanka will have at least 3 A-level subjects completed. Some of the applicants completed 6 months live in Caregiver course, trained in First Aid and CPR.
  4. Experience – all our clients are currently employed in European Families as live in nannies, caregivers or domestic helpers and have at least 1 year of recent related experience.
  5. Criminal & Medical record – all of our clients are free from communicable and contagious diseases and have no criminal records.

Before any profile of the caregiver can be circulated we require the following original documents:

  1. All passports, recent and previous ones
  2. Birth certificates (including immediate family members if any)
  3. Documents proving marital status
  4. Documents proving legal status in the country of residence
  5. Documents proving Education & Training – diplomas, transcripts or records, certificates etc
  6. Documents proving Experience – contracts, work permits, certificates of employment, references letters

We require confirmation of Education or Employment regardless of the time passed since it was completed or the relevance to the position they look for now.

We verify the recent references wherever possible. Verification of the education, training, medical and criminal information is completed by the Canadian Immigration authorities as a part of the Work Permit process however if we have reason to doubt the genuinity of any documentation provided we carry out our own stringent checks.