CAREER PROSPECTS/ OPPORTUNITIES There's a big demand for Professional Nannies and Early Childhood Educators in CANADA and Overseas. Last year about nine out of every ten of our graduates at level five got jobs with families and early childhood centres or went on to further study at university. Employers tell us they much prefer our graduates because of the wide range of experience they get with different families, early childhood centres and schools.
Our courses are your passport to many exciting jobs with children. You can work as a professional nanny in CANADA and all over the world, including England, Australia and the USA. You can choose to work with babies, older children, twins, or with infants and children who have special needs. There are exciting jobs on offer in beach and ski resorts, childrens' holiday camps in the CANADA, and on cruise ships.
Some graduates use their qualification to start work as an educator in an early childhood centre. If you wish you can continue your study while still employed. The Academy is well known and recognised both in CANADA and overseas. We have really strong long-established links with employers and so can make sure you get the right job when you graduate. We continue to support you even after the course is finished. All the Academy's courses prepare you for a well-paid professional career with children.
The Liberal government in Canada recently tabled an immigration strategy under which it proposes to take in nearly one million immigrants over the next three years — 3.1 lakh economic immigrants, family reunifications and refugees in 2018; 3.3 lakh in 2019, and 3.4 lakh in 2020. Around 58 per cent of the immigrants would be economic migrants, including professionals. Caregivers are a part of this.
Traditionally, people from Punjab have gone to Canada as plumbers, carpenters, electricians and welders. “Going to Canada as caregiver is a relatively new trend. After an initial boom, there was a downturn in 2009 when the processing time took much longer due to the increasing number of aspirants. Since last year, there is again a boom as rules were changed. Now a caregiver need not live with the family round-the-clock, but for a minimum eight hours in a day,”
Armed with a certificate from CNTI, and a signed agreement of employment, a visa applicant can apply for a two-year work permit. After two years of working as a caregiver, the candidate is free to apply for a permanent residency in Canada.
IRCC will be able to issue more caregiver work permits for those who have valid job offers to work for families in Canada. The new policy will take effect on May 3, 2021. Those who applied to the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots in 2020 will not need to reapply, IRCC says.
Caregivers who are already in Canada could also have the opportunity to apply for permanent residence through the recently announced creation of a permanent residence pathway for essential workers.
Starting May 6, Canada will accept 30,000 new permanent residents with one year of work experience in essential occupations. Caregiver occupations, NOC 4411 and 4412, are considered eligible occupations under this new program.