As an au pair your main responsibility will be to look after and care for the family's child(ren).  It is important that you have had previous experience with children, and are comfortable being left to care for them.

Duties might include any of the following:

• Taking the children to and from school/nursery.  You may be asked to drive children to and from school.  If you say you are prepared to do this, you must be a confident driver with a clean driving license;

• Organising and running activities for the children (for example: painting, reading, going to the park).  [More ideas are suggested in your Starter Pack.];

• Preparing the children's meals (for example: lunches for school, or evening meals);

• Looking after younger children (you should specify on your application which age groups you are comfortable with looking after);

• between five and seven hours of work per day (5-day week);

• two to three evenings babysitting (one of which can be at the week-end.

You will be entitled to the following "perks":

• one or two whole days free and some evenings;

• enough free time to study or pursue other interests;

• your own room (which you must keep clean and tidy);

• free meals
• weekly pocket money (see FAQs for more details);

• more pay for additional hours