You will provide your
host family with
responsible child care for an amount of hours which vary from family to
family. As an Au Pair for a maximum of 6 hours per day for a maximum of
6 days per week. As a Mother’s Help or
Nanny for a maximum of 8-10 hours
per day for a maximum of 5 and a half days per
week. This time will be spent in duties such as feeding, bathing,
driving if requested the children to school or to various activities
and playing with the children. You will also
be asked to do some evening babysitting whilst the children are asleep.
After your
application has been received you will receive
various family offers where all the conditions are set out
and on acceptance of an offer you accept all
conditions specified in it.
Your duties will
be centered on the children's needs
and usually you will not be expected to do a
lot of housework. Most host families have other domestic staff. As a
family member, you will be expected to do your share of the family
chores.
You will be expected to take your
child care responsibilities seriously. In the event of a conflict our
coordinator will be called upon to assist.
In the unlikely situation where you
feel uncomfortable with your family, we will arrange for your placement in another host family.
If you
do not complete your agreed length of stay you will be required to pay
your own fare home.
If you do wish to leave your host
family before the completion of your agreed length of stay you are
required to give 2 week’s notice. If you fail to do so your host family
can keep 2 week’s of your pay.
All our services are completely free
of charge. However on arrival your first salary will be deducted of £99.00
Pounds Sterling to cover the cost of sending
the family a substitute if you decide to leave early. If you stay with a
family for at least 6 weeks (even if you
change families through our program) this Substitution Deposit will be
refunded to you by paypal.
Above all we hope that you will
fully immerge yourself in your child care duties, grow to love the children
you care for, make new friends and experience a
new culture, learn new skills and spend a
wonderful time abroad which you will remember
for the rest of your life.
Your host family will sign a
contract with us undersigning to
keep to all of the conditions set out in the job offer.
Once you have been placed in a
family, we will provide you with
an information pack.
The host family will welcome you
into their home as an equal family member and
not as a servant or boarder.
The host family will provide you
with a private room, full board and weekly or
monthly payments as stated in the job
The host family recognizes that a
primary aim of the program is to give you an in-depth knowledge of their
country's way of life and culture by
sharing their lives with you.
You’ll receive min 1 full day off
each week, some evenings off plus a full weekend off each month (Friday
evening to Monday morning). Full details of time off
and hours of work are set out in the job
offer.
You will receive 4 weeks vacation
paid after the completion of 12 months. Fractions of this vacation can
be taken before at mutually agreed times. If you have agreed with your
host family for a shorter length of stay, paid
vacation is calculated in proportion.
You will receive a contribution of £120.00 from your host family
towards your return flight once you have completed the program
You will have a private room in the
family’s home.A more detailed description of your accommodation
is set out in the job offer.
We
will on the advice of its coordinator, remove you from an exploitative
situation and place you with a different
family.
If your host family wishes you to leave before the termination of
your agreed length of stay, they are obliged to give you 2 week’s
notice. If they fail to do so they will have to give you 2 week’s extra
pay.