Au Pair Info > What is Expected
As an au pair you have to be a single person between the age of 17 and 27, without dependents who wish to travel to the United Kingdom to live with a family so that you can learn the English Language and gain experience and understanding on our culture and ways of british life.
You will be treated as one of the family within in a family assisting in caring for the children in the home. If any children are at school then you may be required to drop off and pick up the children to and from school or their meeting area (host families will advise you of this in their registration form). As an au pair who will also need to help out with housework duties i.e. vacuuming, dusting , ironing, preparing light meals etc.
Some host families look for short term or summer au pairs, but the majority of families are looking for long term au pairs. Some au pairs stay with their host families from 6 months to 2 years. In this time you will make great new friends from fellow students you will meet attending English Classes, as well as being a friend to your host family.
As an au pair coming to the UK you will be responsible for paying for your transport to come over to England. The host family will meet you at your destination whether it is at an airport, bus station, train station or port. Your new host family will help you look for suitable colleges/schools to help you enrol on courses to study English. Some colleges can charge you a fee, which could be around £200 a term. All college fees are your responsibility in paying for and not the responsibility of the host family, however, the host family may lend you the money which you can pay back on a weekly basis from your pocket money. In some cases it has be known that the host family will help pay towards the costs of college(normally for au pairs who stay 12 months +). If you are an au pair coming form an EU Country and there are Adult Education Centres near to your host families' home then you may be entitled to free classes/lessons and only have to pay for the exam fees.
The pocket money to be expected does vary on whether you will be an au pair or au pair plus. A normal au pair working 25 hours per week will receive £60 per week pocket money which is regulated to government standards and an au pair plus can expect to receive between £80 -90 per week pocket money.
To register with us for finding an au pair placement please use the link on the left hand side of this page to complete the registration form. Whether you are in your own country or already in the UK you will need to provide a recent photo of yourself, 2 references, medical record information and police check. If you need any help or advice on how to obtain this then please contact us and we will be happy to help.
