Family ID: 2084797

Children: 2 Children, 6 - 10 years old

City: London / Big City | More ⇩

Job Start: Jul 2025 - Sep 2025

Time of stay: 9-24 Months

Last action: 14 days ago

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Hello! We are a British/German family in Blackheath, near Greenwich, which is an attractive area of south east London. We are looking for a German speaker (B1 or ideally higher) because we are bringing the children up bilingual English/German and we would like you to speak to the children in German most of the time.

We are looking for someone to start August 2025, but it might be possible to start earlier. Ideally, we would like our au pair to stay until July 2026.

**** IMPORTANT UK VISA RULES : IT IS ILLEGAL TO WORK IN THE UK ON A 6 MONTH TOURIST VISA. MOST PEOPLE CAN’T LEGALLY WORK AS AN AU PAIR IN THE UK.

Because the U.K. left the European Union at the end of 2020 (‘Brexit’), it is now very difficult for a U.K. family to legally employ an au pair from another country. People from most nations can visit the UK for 6 months as tourists, but it is illegal to work. A passport from an EU country does not help you (although an EU passport does mean that you can work in Ireland, or any other EU country).

You can legally work in the UK as an au pair if you:

*lived in the U.K. before the end of 2020 and have ‘pre-settled status’. Or
*you have parents, grandparents, or possibly even great grandparents who live or lived in the UK, which means that you can get settled status, or
*you have a student visa (eg you study 15+ hours in the UK in FULL TIME education at university or similar). Or
*you have a British or Irish passport. Or
*you are Ukrainian, and lived in the Ukraine at the end of 2021. Or
*you are from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, Andorra, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Monaco, San Marino, or Uruguay, which means you can apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa. See here for more
gov.uk/youth-mobility/eligibility

If none of these apply to you, you probably can’t legally work in the UK as an aupair. If you do English classes when in the UK, you can extend your stay in the UK up to 11 months instead of the 6 month tourist visa. But it is illegal to work with these visas. Also, you can't work with us on a Temporary International Agreement visa. The rules for these visas are below if you want to read them yourself;
gov.uk/standard-visitor
gov.uk/visa-to-study-english
gov.uk/international-agreement-worker-visa/eligibility

There are many jobs that allow you to get a UK ‘skilled worker visa'. A nanny or au pair is actually included as a 'skilled worker', but even if you are under 26 years then you still need to earn £30,960. Au pair salaries are not this high, so in reality au pair jobs do not meet the criteria, it’s only possible if you want to be a full time nanny in the UK
gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Maybe some U.K. families will be ok to employ you illegally. This is a risk to them, but there is also a risk for you - if the border police do not believe that you are a tourist, then they can send you on a flight back home again. ****

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Job Description

We are looking for about 4 hours help each day from 3-7pm Monday-Friday, and will pay £10/hour (plus food etc) which is hopefully very competitive. You will need to pick the kids up from school, where the school is a 15-20 minute cycle ride (you can cycle on pavements, you don’t need to go on any busy roads). Normally Emily will drop the children off at school in the morning, because the kids’ school is close to the school she teaches at. But occasionally we might need you to help with dropping the kids off at school at 8.15 in the morning - we will give you advance warning and pay you extra.

You should have lots of time to get a part time job on top or do something else (eg study), if you want to. There will be the opportunity for occasional evening babysitting (for example when Emily has parents’ evening and Mike has a work event), but we will pay extra and give you plenty of advance notice.

We would expect you to give the kids a snack after school and then play with them, and encourage the children to do any homework. We would expect you to keep the house tidy (including clearing away toys) and to clear up after yourself, but we do have a cleaner once a week to clean the whole house. It would be great if you could help with washing and hanging out the children's clothes. We will cook the evening meal when we get home, (and we usually have 1-2 takeaways per week). If you could help wash up after meals, that would be fantastic, and if occasionally you would like to cook, of course we won’t stop you!

Because Emily is a teacher, we would need you to take your holiday allowance during school holiday, but this also means you will get long holidays.

There will be the opportunity for occasional evening babysitting (for example when Emily has parents’ evening and Mike has a work event), but we will pay extra and give you plenty of advance notice.

In terms of what we are looking for in an au pair, we understand that you will want your own space, but we also want someone who will be an active part of the family. If we eat out or go on a short trip at the weekend then you are very welcome to join us.

We are keen to help make your stay a success, and we will assist you with finding language schools to study English (or even another language) if that is what you want to do, or we can contribute to gym membership or a different course IN ADDITION to your salary.

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Family Information

Family has pets No

Family lives in Big City

Parent's Age Group 30-45

Are you a single parent? No, our family has two parents

Nationality British

Languages spoken at home English, German

Religion No Religion

Importance of religion Not important

Employment Finance / Teacher

People living in the house 4

Children's/people's age and gender 11 Year male
7 Year female

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Job Requirements

Working Hours (per week) 15 - 20

Pocket Money of Au Pair (per month) 150 GBP

Salary of Nanny (per month) 250 GBP

Required Gender Female

Duration of Stay 9-24 Months

Earliest Starting Date Jul 2025

Latest Starting Date Sep 2025

Looking for Au Pair and Nanny

Children's/People's Age 6 - 10 years old

Children/People to take care of 2

Minimum Childcare Experience 10-50

Preferred Countries Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Preferred Nationalities Australian, Austrian, Belgian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, Croatian, Cypriots, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Liechtensteinian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgian, Maltese, New Zealander, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Scottish, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Ukrainian

Language Skills
German, Minimum Intermediate (B1)
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English, Minimum Intermediate (B1)

Education Level No preferences

Willing to pay/share the travel costs? Yes

Required Age 16-32

Accepts Smokers No

Taking care of special needs children/people required No

Taking care of pets required No

Swimming required No

Riding a bike required No

The applicant can attend language courses Yes

First Aid Training required No

Driving required No

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Family Description

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Accommodation

We live in Blackheath in south east London, which is a nice green area close to Greenwich. We like it because it feels like a village, with some good places to eat and drink, but it is still very easy to get into the middle of London. It’s also only a 20 minute walk to Greenwich Park.

We live in a large 6 bedroom house, with a big front and back garden, particularly by London standards.

Your bedroom would be on the ground floor, separate from the rest of us so you’ll have your own space and privacy. There is a bathroom (with a shower) next to your room which the children sometimes use, but mostly it’s for your use. We are relaxed and you would be welcome to eat with us or not - as you prefer.

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