Family Participation

Totalnannies.com welcomes applications from families interested in taking part in our au-pair/mother's help/nanny cultural experience. Families who join our program must:

• Provide a private room for the candidate.
• Agree to the program's conditions which specify that the host family:
  • Limit child care to a maximum of 36 hours per week for au-pairs and 55 hours per week for mother's helps, nannies and governesses extending over no more than 5 and a half days per week. Rota positions are also possible. 
  • Give the  candidate a minimum of 2 evenings off per week for mother's helps, governesses or nannies and a minimum of 4 evenings off a week for au-pairs
  • Give the candidate a minimum of 1 day off per week for au-pairs and 1 and a half days off per week for mother's helps, nannies and governesses
• Pay the candidate a minimum of £170.00 pounds sterling per week for au-pairs, a minimum of £210.00 pounds sterling per week for mother's helps and a minimum of £ 400.00 pounds sterling per week for nannies and governesses

• Give the candidate one complete weekend off per month (Friday evening to Monday morning).

• Give au-pairs the possibility to attend language courses.
• Treat au-pairs and mother's helps as an "extended family" member and not as an employee.
• Give the candidate one month off with regular salary after one year's stay (shorter stays are calculated pro-rata).
• Include the candidate, when possible, in family meals, outings, holidays and other events.
• Pay the candidate a travel contribution of £200.00 on conclusion of the agreed length of stay  
• Pay the candidate a completion bonus equivalent to one week's salary on conclusion of the agreed length of stay
• Agree to abide by the program's regulations and to meet obligations undertook with the candidate (set out by the Host family in the application form).
• Pick the candidate up at her point of arrival on her arrival
• Give at least two week's notice to terminate the agreement early.

  

"You and your company are a pleasure to work with. Thanks."  ---Robert L.W. Miller, President (Vienna, USA)