Using an Au Pair

When an au pair arrives to a family, everything will be new and they will be far from home – perhaps for the first time – and can be feeling very vulnerable.

However, there are many ways by ...

Whether your au pair has had a welcome stay, or outstayed her welcome, there will come a time when you are contemplating giving her notice.

This is a tricky area an au pair is not an ...

It is very common that at some time or other families would like their au pair to do a few extra hours for them. But how much should you pay them? Here we give you useful tips and advice to help ...

One of the first questions families need to know when considering whether to have an au pair is how much to pay them!

The wage for an au pair is a very grey area and one which needs careful ...

One of the principle reasons au pairs come to the UK, is in order to improve their English. In fact it is a requirement of the programme - and unless girls specifically make it clear that they don’t ...

Once a family has accepted an applicant and wants to invite them to be their au pair, they must then formally write to them to offer them the job.

What is a Letter of Invitation? This ...

The question of whether you need to pay tax for your au pair rests on whether you are acting as an Employer or not.

Technically, au pairs fall into an entirely different category of ...

There are generally two occasions when families may be seeking a replacement au pair:

When the current au pair is about to leave. Because the au pair who has just arrived is not ...

This is probably one of the most common concerns of anyone who is considering having an au pair to stay. And justifiably so, for it's true; au pairs are people you’ve never met before who come from ...

When you have found the right au pair for your family, you will need to send him or her Letter of Invitation.

What is a Letter of Invitation? The Letter of Invitation is the official ‘job ...

When first approaching an au pair, they will expect to receive a family profile, recording basic details of the family such as name, location you live, when you require an au pair to start and for ...

All families who have had au pairs know that it can take at least a couple of weeks, if not a bit longer for a new au pair to settle in and get used to his or her new life in the UK and their role as ...

The issue of whether au pairs need official paperwork in order to enter the UK is something that strikes fear into the core of every family’s being. However, it need not be the minefield it seems to ...

When you first decide to have an au pair you must then decide whether you wish to have a ‘Live In’ or a ‘Live Out’ au pair.

Live In Au Pairs Normally, au pairs travel from their home ...