Guaranteed

Au Pair

Guaranteed Au Pair

Guaranteed Au Pair

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Essentially an au pair is a young foreign national who stays with your family and helps with childcare in exchange for being part of your family (and an allowance). Au pair help is non-professional - that is to say au pairs are not trained - and traditionally live with the family exactly like an older sister or brother. As a form of childcare ad home help they can be extremely cost effective 

In contrast a nanny is a fully trained and paid child care worker. They typically live outside the family, work longer hours, but get a full salary.
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The nature of au pairing has changed significantly with the opening up of European borders. So too has the nature of Au pair Agencies and so up to date information and links  are essential. Yet the need for a guaranteed aupair has increased - not decreased over the years.

Originally the idea of aupairing was on the basis of cultural and language exchange rather than a salary earning position.

Cheaper transport and more widely available opportunites for young people to travel abroad and earn money has moved the type of aupairs, their timescales of employment and references significantly away from the original concept.

In the UK, an au pair must be a national of one of the following countries: Andorra, Faroe Islands, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greenland, San Marino, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Croatia or Monaco. Girls from the traditional countries associated with aupairing - that is to say from the current EU are of course no longer included in the au pair scheme as they can now work  outside the scheme anywhere in the EU



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