Caregiver Positions – The Talent Services

Under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), families can hire foreign caregivers. However, the caregivers must:

provide care on a full-time basis (minimum 30 hours per week)

work in the private household where the care is being provided

meet the requirements set Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)/Service Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

These families or private household employers will be able to hire foreign workers, on a live-in or live out basis, for 2 categories of in-home workers, which include:

Caregivers for children

Children under 18 years of age

This category could include positions such as:

child care provider, live-in caregiver, nanny (NOC 44100)

Caregivers for people with high medical needs

Elderly persons, 65 years of age or over

People with disabilities, a chronic or terminal illness

This category could include positions such as:

registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse (NOC 31301)

licensed practical nurse (NOC 32101)

attendant for persons with disabilities, home support worker, live-in caregiver, personal care attendant (NOC 44101)