What type of help does an overseas live in au pair or nanny offer?
Au pairs are primarily there to assist with child care and child care related duties. E.g.Breakfast, clearing up, packing and unpacking kids lunch boxes, school drop off and pick up, bath time, outings to the park, art, craft and playing with the children are typical Au Pair tasks. It is fine to ask them to cook regularly for the children and even an occasional meal for the whole family. You can expect the au pair to assist with some other general light duties such as laundry, tiding for the children and occasionally vacuuming the main family room etc. With respect to the duties of the au pair, there is a fine line between what can and what cannot be expected. For example changing the bed sheets or ironing the kid’s school uniform are typical au pair jobs. However this does not extend to changing the parents bed or ironing the parents’ clothes without exceptional prior agreement by the au pair. Au Pairs are not to be confused with housekeepers or cleaners and we recommend that all fami
