Steps to follow when you select your au pair
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1.To discuss your requirements with Au Pairs Worldwide by telephone or in person.
2. For us to send you our family application form and several Au Pair profiles to match your family's requirements. Au Pair files are sent out to more than one family at the same time; to prevent disappointment you are advised to let Au Pairs Worldwide know the moment you receive one that is suitable. If more than one is acceptable, it would be helpful to indicate a second choice.
3.Return the family application form plus photo's of your family and passport photograph Father/Mother as soon as possible, so that we can fax this through the agent of the Au Pair of your choice. The agent will then tell the Au Pair about your family. Once Au Pairs Worldwide has confirmed availability, we will arrange for the Au Pair to ring you for an introductory chat, during which the conditions you are offering should be outlied.
4.Once you and the Au Pair in question have accepted each other, you will need to send a letter of invitation for your Au Pair to Au Pairs Worldwide together with the introduction fee (a brief phone call to us will confirm the reservation as well). On receipt of your fee we will reserve your Au Pair and your letter of invitation will be forwarded to her. In the invitation letter you should indicate the date of commencement, brief description of duties, some information about the family (children's ages etc.), amount of pocket money paid weekly, cost of language courses (per term).
5.Your Au Pair will then telephone you to tell you when and where she will be arriving. Naturally, this should coincide with the date you would like her to start. It would be of benefit to both you and the Au Pair if you were to tell her/him from the start what you would expect of her/him and what the house rules are. Each family has different requirements and to avoid any potential misunderstandings, it is well worth spending some time beforehand deliberating on the sort of task you would like her/him to perform, and to how you would her/him to interact with your children. Past experience has shown that clear guidelines with a certain amount of flexibility on both sides should lead to a happy relationship.