Is having experience as a teacher of children, (1 full year) significant enough for the live in caregiver programme?

I would be grateful for any advice, thanks

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Don't know. But you might want to seach for Babyblue's posts - just to get an idea of what you *might* let yourself in for...

I wonder what happened to her after she finally made it back home?

YES.

She reported here that things were going well for her in the UK.

Nowhere, I second Elvira's advice to check out Babyblue's posts -- not in her last discussion thread in which she reported being happily settled back in the UK, but in the threads that she started months before that.

I know a few nannies in Calgary. One of them is very happy with her employers, a couple are reasonably satisfied, and a couple are miserable, tolerating situations that I think most people would consider abusive because their families back in the Philippines depend on the money they send home.

Edited to add that I realise a live in nanny and a live in caregiver are not the same thing. Still, the situations have some similarities, in that you are living under the same roof as your employer(s).

Hi nowhere, have just looked at your previous threads - are you aware that you must pass a medical to qualify for the live in caregiver visa?

yes, i know you need to have a medical.. but I dont see why they would find me inadmissable for that.. I mean, I have suffered from depression before but not anymore. I am a full functioning person who has a job, a degree and totally sane! Every other person seems to be on anti-depressants these days. I mean, do you think they would still refuse me??

Yes your experience does qualify you as a live in caregiver. I came to Canada on this programme many many years ago.

Unfortunately babyblue did not have a very good experience with her employer and had a really hard time, but it is not always the case.

I had three employers in the almost eight years that I did childminding, the last of which I stayed with for 5 years, to this day I still keep in contact with them.

There are some really good employers out there and some really bad ones, just as you would find in any industry I suppose.