• Hours of work/Pocket Money. Aupair jobs are between 5-7 hours per day with two full free days off per week. Recommended pocket money is a minimum of £65 (up to £90 for a Au Pair plus in London) per week (every country is different). An Au Pair from within the EEC/EEA may occasionally work longer hours providing she is agreeable and properly remunerated, or given time off in lieu.
  
• Baby-sitting. Your Au Pair can be asked to baby-sit two nights a week as part of her weekly duties. Wherever possible please give advance notice.
  
• Housework/Childcare. An Au Pair is not a housekeeper but will expect to be asked to help with light household duties such as dusting, vacuuming, washing up, keeping the children's rooms tidy, occasional ironing and some shopping. Most Au Pairs will be able to prepare the children's breakfast and a light supper. They would also expect to take or collect the children from school and keep them amused. Do not expect them to be able to run your household, remember Au Pairs are only an extra pair of hands.
  
• Travel. Many families wish to travel with their au pairs and this is usually popular but give advanced warning where possible. It is also important to be aware that many aupairs require visas to travel to other countries and these can take months to organise.
  
• What will your Au Pair Expect? Your Au Pair must have her/his own room with sufficient space for all his/her clothes and possessions, and facilities to study. She will take her meals with the family. If you go away leaving your Au Pair in the house, please remember to ensure that she has enough food or money to get provisions as required. Please don't turn off the central heating! Also leave contact details and emergency numbers.
• Language Courses. Most Au Pairs will want to attend an language course during their stay. Please find out about your local classes and help her to enrol.

• Telephone. It is strongly advised that you make your rules clear. Most families allow an initial call home on arrival and local calls in cheap time. You may wish to explain how expensive the telephone is especially for international calls. There are many different international phone card available. They can be purchased from most newsagents and provide cheaps calls to many locations.
• House Rules. These are entirely up to the individual family but we suggest you cover subjects such as who she can bring home and when, and arrangements if she will be late home at night. You may also wish to discuss the use of the television and acceptable volumes for music.
• Driving. Some families require an Au Pair to drive. Please bear in mind that she may not be used to driving on the left and will need some lessons to get used to our roads. Ensure that you are adequately insured as you will be responsible for any damages caused in the event of an accident.
• Medical Cover. Most countries will provide Au Pairs with emergency hospital treatment due to reciprocal health agreements with countries under the Au Pair (or similar) scheme, however, some GP's may make a charge for routine appointments. We do not think any Au Pair should travel without full travel and medical insurance of their own!
• Miscellaneous. The success of an arrangement depends on flexibility and goodwill on both sides. The Au Pair has come to improve her Language skills and will appreciate being talked to and her mistakes explained. Remember that she will probably be homesick. Please allow her time to settle in.

1. Never travel uninsured
2. Ideally you should have a valid first aid certificate.
3. Ideally you should have a valid International driving licence.
4. You should have taken at least basis lessons in the language of the country you wish to visit.
5. You should be in good health and carry an up to date doctors certificate.
6. Ideally you should carry a valid Police Check Certificate .
7. Your passport must be up to date and run for at least the length of stay in you chosen country.
8. Always carry enough money to travel home.
9. Do not travel unless you are happy with the host family.
10. Make sure a member of your family/friend know where, and with whom, you are staying.

The most important thing to organise is full contact details for the family you work for and all emergency numbers e.g. friends, doctors, hospitals. The emergency number in the UK country is: 999

• Hours of work/Pocket Money. You should expect to work between 5-7 hours per day with two full free days off per week. Recommended pocket money is a minimum of £65 (up to £90 for a Au Pair plus in London) per week (every country is different). You may be occasionally asked to work longer hours but you can expect to be properly remunerated, or time off in lieu given.
• Baby-sitting. You should expect to be asked to baby-sit two nights a week as part of your weekly duties.
• Housework/Childcare. You are not a housekeeper but expect to be asked to help with light household duties such as dusting, vacuuming, washing up, keeping the children's rooms tidy, occasional ironing and some shopping. You should be able to prepare the children's breakfast and a light supper.
• Travel. Many families wish to travel with their au pairs. It is also important to be aware that many aupairs require visas to travel to other countries and these can take months to organise.
• Accomodation and meals. You can expect your own room with sufficient space for all your clothes and possessions, and facilities to study. You will take meals with the family.
• Language Courses. You should expect time off during the day to attend language lessons.

• Telephone. Most families allow an initial call home on arrival and local calls in cheap time. You should be aware that international calls of any kind are expensive . There are many different international phone card available. They can be purchased from most newsagents and provide cheaps calls to many locations.
• House Rules. These are entirely up to the individual family. They are likely to cover subjects such as, who you can bring home and when, and arrangements were you to be late home at night.
• Driving. Some families require an Au Pair to drive. Ensure that you are adequately insured.
• Medical Cover. Most countries will provide Au Pairs with emergency hospital treatment due to reciprocal health agreements with countries under the Au Pair (or similar) scheme, however, some GP's may make a charge for routine appointments. We do not think any Au Pair should travel with out full travel and medical insurance of their own!

We sincerely hope that you will rapidly find the position/aupair you are looking for, and welcome comments and suggestions on how we might improve our service to you.