The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot were 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada with the goal of becoming permanent residents.
Qualifying work experience means you had worked full-time in 1 of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) jobs:
Home child care provider (NOC 44100)
- You must have cared for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home.
- The location couldn’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare.
- You didn’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify.
- Experience as a foster parent didn’t count.
Home support worker (NOC 44101)
- You must have cared for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s private home.
- The location couldn’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home.
- You didn’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify.
Further details are forthcoming.
Source: canada.ca