Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot

Below is a summary of the eligibility requirement of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot (HCCPP) & Home Support Worker Pilot (HSWP) programs. There are two eligible categories for each pilot program:

• Gaining experience category: having less than 12 months of qualifying work experience in Canada 
• Direct to permanent residence category: having 12 months of qualifying work experience or more in Canada

Job Offer

Gaining experience category:
The following requirements must be met for the job offer:

• for a position as a :
  • Home child care provider (NOC 44100) for the HCCPP program:
    • You must care for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home (can’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare)
    • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
    • Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count for this pilot program
  • Home support worker (NOC 44101) for the HSWP program:
    • You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s private home (can’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home)
    • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
    • Only home support workers are eligible under NOC 44101 for this pilot program
• Must be full time (minimum 30 hours of paid work per week).
• Must have a salary on your job offer that will be able to support yourself and your family members (and aligned with the Job Bank’s prevailing wages for the occupation in the province or territory of employment or at the national level if no provincial rate is available).
• Must be from a Canadian employer.
• Must be outside the province of Quebec.
• Must be from an employer that is not a business, an embassy, a high commission or a consulate.
• Must be genuine (the need to hire you as a caregiver is real).

You can learn how to find your NOC code and its category here.

Direct to permanent residence category: 
A job offer is not needed for this category, you will need at least 12 months of eligible work experience in Canada instead (see section 2. below).

Work Experience

Gaining experience category:
Qualifying work experience in Canada in not needed for this category to apply for one of the two pilot programs. You will have to apply for a an occupation-restricted open work permit at the same time as the permanent residence application. You will have 36 months from the issuance of you work permit to acquire the necessary 12 months of work experience. Your permanent residence application under this category will be paused until you submit the proof of the necessary 12 months of work experience. 

Direct to permanent residence category: 
In the last 36 months before submitting an application, you must have accumulated eligible work experience in Canada for at least 12 months.

For both categories:
The following requirements apply for both categories. 

• You must have worked for a position as a :
  • Home child care provider (NOC 44100) for the HCCPP program:
    • You must care for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home (can’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare)
    • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
    • Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count for this pilot program
  • Home support worker (NOC 44101) for the HSWP program:
    • You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s private home (can’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home)
    • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
    • Only home support workers are eligible under NOC 44101 for this pilot program
• You cannot mix experience in both jobs to fulfill the minimum of 12 months of work experience requirement.
• You don’t have to have worked 12 months in a row, only 12 months total within the 36-month period.
• You can count work experience gained in Quebec if you live outside of Quebec when applying or if you plan to move to another province or territory when applying.
• You can count only paid hours of work.
• You cannot count any week where you worked less than 30 hours.
• You cannot count work hours when you were a full-time student
• You cannot count hours when not authorized to work.

Education

For both categories:
The minimum education requirements are is a post-secondary education credential of at least 1 year in Canada, or the equivalent outside Canada.
If you studied outside Canada, you need an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA). You can learn more about how to request an ECA here. 

Language proficiency

For both categories:
The minimum language requirements for each of the four language ability, speaking, listening, reading and writing, is CLB5. 
For more information on Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and which language tests you are allowed to take, check this page.