THE AU PAIR JOB

Traveling and discovering new cultures, learning new languages, studying and working abroad, this is what many young want. The Strasbourg Agreement of 1969 regulates the au pair job in the European Union, through it young aged between 18 and 28 years old (the age varies from Country to Country) can be placed as au pair in different Countries. This means they can be host in a family living in another Member State, with a monthly or weekly pocket money, the family will ask them to spend a few hours of the day to take care for their children and to perform some light housework.

The great opportunity offered by this youth work is to be able to travel and live abroad for some months, learning the language of the place, thanks to daily contact with members of the family, in a social context comfortable and secure.

All that with no cost, even getting a monthly or weekly salary that will help the young to meet its daily needs. Clearly the costs of the travel and the costs to attend a language course are in charge of the au pair. The family will provide meals to the au pair, who consume the same meals with the host family, and they will provide a badroom for his/herself and if it is possible a bathroom.

This is an unique and unforgettable experience. An opportunity not to be missed for personal growth through the encounter of different cultures and common purposes between host families and au pairs, world citizens.

Au pair have not forget that their main task will be to look after children and spend several hours a day with them, and they will mainly use the normal rules of politeness for not to create problems with their host families .
 
To work as an au pair first you need to contact the host families in the Country where you want to go, you can do it through a specialized agency which will select a family for you. A further opportunity is offered by the web sites database ( as our www.aupair-online.com), you can register your au pair or host family profile in order to obtain easy and fast search. With the registration you can instantly view thousands of contacts such as email, addresses, phone numbers etc ... so the families and the au pair can take all the necessary arrangements.

Before leaving, it is still recommended to take all possible information about the host family or the au pair, about the documentation to enter and work in the Country where you have to go (special rules regarding the U.S., Australia, Canada and all those non-EU Countries), about a risk insurance that the au pair have to contract, and the health coverage during the months spent abroad.

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