Kingston Metro
Childcare & elder care in Kingston
CareLink connects Kingston families with verified caregivers for every stage of life — babysitters and nannies, after-school cover, full-time placements, and elder or patient care. Every caregiver is JCF Police Certificate verified, ID-checked against her face, reference-checked by telephone, and interviewed by us.
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Care in Kingston
Parish capital: Kingston
Kingston is the country's corporate and financial centre, and it is also where most of Jamaica's business-process and call-centre work sits. A great many parents here work rotating shifts or hours that do not end at five.
The most common request we get in Kingston is not a full-time nanny — it is reliable after-school cover from about 2pm, because school lets out hours before a New Kingston workday does. Evening and weekend cover for shift workers is the second.
Kingston has the deepest concentration of hospitals and specialists on the island, so what families here usually need is post-hospital recovery cover and companion care between appointments rather than full medical nursing.
Communities we cover: New Kingston · Liguanea · Half-Way-Tree · Mona · Vineyard Town · Cross Roads · Constant Spring · Barbican
Ways CareLink helps in Kingston
Babysitters & nannies →
One-off sitting, after-school cover, and recurring nannies across Kingston. Standard rates $700–$1,000/hr.
Elder & patient care →
Companion care, live-in support, and post-hospital recovery from the same personally-vetted caregivers.
Household helpers →
Live-in or live-out helpers and nanny-helpers who blend childcare with light household support in Kingston.
Full-time placements →
A managed hire for a full-time live-out or live-in nanny — we shortlist, verify, and match.
Post a job →
Tell Kingston caregivers what you need and let verified applicants come to you.
Care rates in Kingston (JMD/hour)
| Type of care | Hourly rate |
|---|---|
| Standard (school-age) | $700–$1,000 |
| Premium (newborn / special needs / ECE) | $1,200–$1,800 |
| Urgent (under 2 hr notice) | +20% surcharge |
See the full parish-by-parish rate guide. Anything below J$425/hr is below Jamaica's national minimum wage.
Babysitters by town in Kingston
Common questions — Kingston
Can a caregiver work evening or overnight shifts in Kingston?
Yes, and in Kingston it is one of the most common arrangements we are asked for, because so much of the city's call-centre and hospitality work runs outside normal hours. Say so up front when you message us: overnight and late-evening work changes the pay rate, changes who is suitable, and needs to be written into the role brief rather than agreed casually.
How much does childcare cost in Kingston?
Standard babysitting in Kingston runs $700–$1,000 JMD per hour for one or two children aged 3+. Premium rates ($1,200–$1,800/hr) apply for newborns, special needs, ECE-credentialed caregivers, or overnight care. You pay your caregiver directly — CareLink takes no percentage of her rate.
Do you offer elder and patient care in Kingston?
Yes. The same four-step verification we built for childcare — JCF Police Certificate, AI document review, reference checks, and ID verification — applies to our companion, live-in, and post-hospital caregivers in Kingston. See /elder-care for details.
How are Kingston caregivers verified?
Every CareLink caregiver in Kingston uploads a current JCF Police Certificate, which we verify with AI vision plus manual review. Caregivers also have their government ID checked against their face, their references personally telephoned by us, and an interview before they are presented to any family.
Why CareLink for Kingston families?
Local trust
Every caregiver is ID-checked, Police-Certificate verified, reference-checked and interviewed by us.
Verified Police Certificate
We collect and AI-verify every caregiver's JCF Police Record.
Pay how Jamaica pays
bank transfer, Lynk, cash, or PayPal — and confirmations on WhatsApp.