Verified caregivers in Kingston
Your mother is in Kingston and you are not. Most of the families we work with here are adult children in Florida, New York or Toronto, arranging care for a parent who has lived in the same house for thirty years and has no intention of leaving it. The question is never whether she needs help. It is who you can actually trust with a key.
The standard, in every parish
Every caregiver placed in Kingston is verified before the family meets her: ID checked in person, current JCF police certificate, two references telephoned by our team, interview, and a signed declaration.
Elder and patient-care files are also reviewed by our Registered Nurse before a caregiver is presented. CareLink places caregivers; we do not deliver nursing or medical services ourselves.
How verification works, step by stepArranging care in Kingston from abroad
- You interview her yourself on WhatsApp video, after reading her written profile. Nothing is confirmed until you are comfortable.
- A local family member or neighbour can meet her first if you would like one to. It is not a requirement.
- Under Diaspora Care we check in every week with your relative and her caregiver, and send you a short written update.
- Overseas clients pay in US dollars by card or PayPal. The Jamaican dollar figure stays the fee of record.
What families in Kingston usually ask for
Kingston households are the most varied we place into. A professional couple in Kingston 6 wanting a live-out helper who can cook and manage the school run. A widow in Kingston 8 who needs someone in the house during the day, not overnight. A family in Barbican with a newborn and no grandmother nearby.
The two requests we hear most often in Kingston are infant care from a caregiver who has genuinely done it before, and a housekeeper-cook who can hold a kitchen to a standard. Both are specific enough that the wrong match shows in a week, which is why the interview happens before anyone is placed, not after.
After-school care is the quiet one. A caregiver who collects from school in New Kingston, gets homework started and has dinner on by the time the parents are out of traffic is worth more to a working household than almost anything else we do.
If you are here in Kingston
The fee is one-time and is paid before the search begins. Your caregiver’s wage is separate, agreed between you and her, and paid directly to her.
J$25,000
Full-time or live-in placement
J$15,000
Recurring part-time placement
Managed Care, if you want us to stay involved after she starts: J$8,500 a month for Essential, J$14,500 for Complete, and J$19,500 for Diaspora Care. Month to month.
30-Day Replacement Guarantee. If she resigns or is not the right fit within thirty days of her first working day, we search again and run the full four checks on her replacement at no additional fee.
45-day search commitment. If we have not presented a suitable verified candidate you approve within 45 days of payment, you may continue the search at no further cost or take a full refund of the fee.
Tell us what you need in Kingston
Six questions, under a minute. We open WhatsApp with your answers already written out, so the first message you send is the useful one.
Start with Kingston selectedQuestions from Kingston families
- Can you place a live-in caregiver in Kingston if the house has no separate quarters?
- Yes, but say so at the start. Live-in works where there is a private room the caregiver can close a door on, and it does not have to be separate quarters. Where there is no room to spare, a live-out arrangement with early starts is usually the better answer, and we will say so rather than place someone into a situation that will not hold.
- I live in New York and my father is in Kingston 8. How do I know who is actually in his house?
- You meet her before she starts, by WhatsApp video, and you see her written profile first. Nothing is confirmed until you are comfortable. On the Diaspora Care plan we then check in weekly with both of them and send you a short written update, so the information comes to you rather than waiting for you to ask.
- Do you place caregivers for newborns in Kingston?
- Yes. Infant experience is asked about directly in our application and confirmed with the references we telephone, because it is the one thing families cannot afford to take on trust. If a candidate has not genuinely cared for a baby before, she is not put forward for a newborn role.
Nearby parishes
Families often ask about the parish next door, particularly where a caregiver lives on one side of a border and works on the other.
All 14 parishes