Childcare experience with contactable references, a driver's license and your own reliable car and a first aid certificate.
Frequently Asked Questions By AupairsChildcare experience with contactable references, a driver's license and your own reliable car and a first aid certificate. Once you have been accepted by Au Pair at Home as a candidate we go through your file thoroughly, prepare it for reference checking and start the matching process. The matching process also depends on the availability of positions at that time within your time's available and salary bracket. We profile the position to you as well as profiling you to the family. We then set up interview times for you to meet with the family. Both sides do the choosing - it is important to feel comfortable primarily with the children but also the parents - the 'click' is important The family are the employers. Au Pair at Home, having done the introductions and been the go-between, are now available on an advisory and support basis when required. You are responsible to get yourself to the first point e.g the school keeping a log-book for all the driving that you do for the family on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. At the end of the month (unless you have another arrangement) you must hand in your log book and invoice for the petrol used. We have a recommended Rand rate per km - we calculate this on the AA rate for petrol and add in some wear and tear. No and Yes. Families in Cape Town are looking for continuity and with an au pair building a relationship with the kids so they want a year commitment, sometimes more (a contract is normally for a year). We do also get short-term work with parents going away for a week or needing urgent fill in help. We then use the services of a very experienced short termer who is flexible enough to fit into various positions as they arise. In the very near future we will be starting a babysitting arm of Au Pair at Home as well, due to the demand from our clients. |