Welcome Letter to the Au Pair
Originally translated from Deutsch
What are the conditions for our au pair?
We live in the countryside. You need a driving license and driving experience.
The area does not have enough public transport, but you can use our family car. In total, we have three cars available, one of which is almost always available. We rarely go out, especially in the evening when the children are in bed, and it is no problem to borrow a car for the language course in the city or for going out on the weekend. You do not have to pay anything to use the car. However, we expect you to help us clean the car from time to time and also to refill the tank yourself from time to time. You can also use our bicycles and the electric bike in the warm season, when it is still light enough in the evenings.
Do you have a private room?
If, in the two houses, your own room tends where you can leave it during your breaks. The room can be kept safe and secure for children who do not have to take breaks during their breaks and have a respect for their privacy.
¿Tendria baño propio?
Nosotros are viviendo en dos lugares. The house of my marido in the finca grande with the vacas lecheras is renovated. Ahi hay dos baños, one with toilet and shower, the other with toilet, shower and bathroom. In my house, which is old and needs a renovation, only a bathroom with toilet and shower. All parts of our bathrooms. It is clear that there is a space for you to use the makeup, cepillo, etc.
¿Sería mi obligación cuidar de los animals de la granja también?
No. The contact with the animals estara según tu interés. If you have a lot of animals and other animals' interests, it's a place for me and I can see it. These must be able to adapt the tareas diarias to our interests. It is clear that a person who does not have a living environment in the camp, in the garden, in the animals - this person is the Tuviera who has the ability to define the family member. Los paseos with the dog and the children are part of the life diary and also take part in the tareas. Y si te gusta caminar, tambien te puedes llevar la perra a tus caminatas en tus horas libres.
¿Debo comprarme mi propia comida?
It's part of your family and comes with friends. The food is included. Tambien nos puedes acompañar a hacer las compras y decirnos lo que necesitas y lo que te gusta comer. When you spend three weeks there is a kitchen, the kitchen is very tasty. A nosotros nos gusta decubrir recetas de otros paises.
In our home, we can use shampoo, pasta, corporal cream... from the family. Los productsos mas personales y individuales like maquillage, cremas speciales etc. te lo compras tu.
¿Me puedes dar classes de English?
Young children from ten years learn idiom in my home. O classes privadas en la tarde, o estancia de unas semanas (en el programa "estudiar aleman en casa de la profesora"). Ahora with three children's children is a little difficult. The most important thing is to go to the city in order to meet new friends and ten people in a group of divers to go on excursions and explore Suiza in all their libres.
Pero al lado de eso yo te puedo apoyar por ejemplo con los deberes o con ejercicios especificos para un tema que te interesa or se te hace dificil. This means that the children will have a good time during the week.
Segun el contracto de Aupair de Nuestra Provincia, el curso de idioma se paga por el Aupair. But if you do this, you don't have to worry about it. My job is flexible and my working hours are flexible.
Cuantas horas debo trabajar?
General conversation with 5 hours per day, the domingo libre. Puede ser que una semana sea mas intensa y trabajas unas horas mas, mientras en other semana puedes relaxing mas cuando vienen relativos apoyarme with los niños or cuando yo estoy de vacaciones en mi trabajo. I'm very sympathetic to a person who takes part in the experience and doesn't have to worry about the watch and the minutes.
¿Debo pagar mis seguros?
Nosotros buscamos una persona del espacio Schengen que normalmente en su pais de original ya tiene hecho sus regular seguros like el seguro de salud, de viaje or other types of seguros regulares. Lo demas (seguro de trabajo...) lo organisamos segun las definitions en el contracto de au pair de nuestra provincia.
¿How gestionaríamos las vacaciones?
Tendrás vacaciones pagas segun el contracto oficial de Aupair de Nuestra Provincia. Las vacaciones son pagadas, que quiere decir, que recibes la misma cantidad de moneda de bolsillo todos los meses, si estas de vacaciones o no.
If you want to accompany you on an excursion to the Domingo (which is also free) or on vacations, you are invited to see what you are doing with the children.
¿Whether you are in your house?
Nosotros somos muy abiertos a other culturas yWe remain flexible with a youthful spirit. We had to set a few rules based on experiences we had in the past years:
1. Cell phones are not used during work hours or at the table. Meals are family bonding and we try to talk. When taking care of the children, cell phones are not used either. Cell phone use with the Au Pairs we had in the past was a problem. It started with "Only play music to fold laundry." But very soon the cell phone became so distracting that a lot of time was wasted with texts, calls, news and the work was not done well. Generally our children are young and do not need any kind of screen at this age. They do not watch movies or play video games yet. Instead we tell them stories from children's books. Instead of playing music, we teach them how they can sing and we sing and dance with them.
Of course there are exceptions with the media, such as a video call to your family, where the children want to participate to get to know your relatives and they get to know us.
2. The family's schedule is respected. When the children go to bed in the afternoon (which is earlier in northern European countries than in the Mediterranean) the house is kept quiet. We had the experience of an Aupair making calls at midnight and keeping the house awake, she went down at 1 in the morning to cook dinner and at 2 in the morning she woke everyone up preparing the bath until 3 in the morning... She had to leave us after the trial month, because we did not have the quiet nights we needed.
3. We do not want you to bring people to the house without asking us or to bring strangers when we are not at home. For the protection of the children and our privacy, we do not want our address to be made public with your new friends from outings etc. That is why we do not want you to let people we do not know or that you have just met take you home after going out on the weekends. Of course you can always introduce us to a friend or a boyfriend and after getting to know him it's a different story.
We had the experience of an Au Pair having three lovers at the same time and during our vacation she invited one of them to our house without asking us. We found out from the neighbors. This from our perspective is disrespectful and also dangerous for everyone. This Au Pair left us after we found out from the neighbors.
4. We have no desire for our second birthday. We parents want to know, or want and like many desires, the children come.
We always set up school so we can enjoy school, even if it is only a piece of chocolate that is handed over. Wir essen nicht im Gehen oder während dem Spielen.
Wir haben erlebt, dass das Aupair unserem noch nicht einjährigen Sohn heimlich regelmässig Süssigkeiten gegeben hat. Das Kind hat eine richtige Sucht entwickelt. Wollte am Tisch nicht mehr essen, hat aber direkt nach dem Essen nach Süssigkeiten geschrien und Wutanfälle gehabt, wenn es no Schokolade bekam. Es hat einige Wochen gedauert, um diese schlechten Gewohnheiten wieder abzugewöhnen.