Family Profile

Ref No. F00520/19

Family Details

Nationality:	Italy
Marital Status:	Married and living together
Religion:	Catholic
Profession-Husband:	Dental Technician
Profession-Wife:	Dentist
Languages spoken:	Italian
Names and ages of children:	Alessandro 10; Elisa 7 1/2
Description of home and locality:	The house has 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms. A big living with kitcken desk and an open "terrazza" is located in the second floor where we generally spend our daily time. The house is 10min by car from the main city centre (Catania) but the area itself is very fully equiped with local shops etc. Buses and internal railways link Misterbianco to Catania.
Other help kept in home:
No. of hours worked weekly of other help:

Family Address Details

City:	Catania
Country:	Italy

Candidate Preferences

Would you prefer a candidate:
Type of help needed:	Au-Pair
Approx starting date:	ASAP
Length of stay:	2 months

who can cook?
who can swim?
who can drive?
who is a non-smoker?
who has experience with children?
who is mother tongue English?

Will the candidate be expected to do housework for the family?
Does your family have any special needs:
Will you accept a candidate who smokes only outside?
Do you need a candidate who speaks a particular mother tongue?	English
Does the candidate need to speak any foreign language?
Will you give use of a car?
Will you give use of the internet?
If no candidate was available for 1 year would you take someone for 6 mths?
Description of candidate's accommodation:	Personal small but cozy room with single bed and a private bathroom.
Approx hrs of work:	Afternoon from4 to 9
Total daily hours:	5
Duties:	To help children with english language (english classes) and pick them up/taking them on swimming pool, dance school or others afternoon activities.
Time off:	1 1/2 days
No. evenings off:	3
Weekly salary:	150.00 Euro
Is salary negotiable?

Other Family Information

Family's interests:	We are interest in arts and fun family activities
Where do you go on holiday?:	We work all summer, we just take two weeks off in August.
Do you have any animals?	Yes, we have a lady cat.
Any other relevant information which you feel is important:	We, as a family, have just one car. So the use of this will be related to the duties with the children. The period of stay will be in Summer so there will be no school. They will go to the beach on the morning (doing some activities there) and from around 4pm to 8.30pm generally they will be at home

Job Description

Catania, Sicily, South Italy. Summer or long term position. Au-pair needed for family with 2 children, Alessandro 10 and Elisa aged 7 1/2. The family are looking for a candidate during the summer period so the children will not be in school. The kids will go to the beach in the mornings (doing some activities there) and from 4.00 pm to 8.30 pm they will usually be at home. Religion: R/C. Dad is a dental technician and mum is a dentist. They have a housekeeper for all the housework. The family live in a 3 bedroomed house with two bathrooms. On the second floor there is a large living area with kitchen, desk and open air terrace where the family generally spend their time during the day. The house is located 10 minutes by car the the city centre of Catania but the area where the family live is fully equipped with local shops etc. There is public transport in the form of buses and internal railway links to Catania centre. Requirements: Non-Smoker/Experience/English Mother Tongue. Use of car during working hours is given. 2 or 6 month placement. Accommodation: Own private small bedroom with single bed. The room is cozy. Private bathroom. Approx hrs of work: 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm. Total daily hrs: 5. Time off: 1 1/2 days including the evenings and another 3 evenings off per week. You are asked to babysit for 2 evenings a week. Salary: â‚¬ 150.00 p/w, net, negotiable (around Â£ 131.00 p/w at the current rate of exchange). Duties: To help the children with their English (English homework) and pick them up/take them to the swimming pool, dance school and other afternoon activities. Family's interests: Art, fun family activities. The family work all summer so will be spending the summer in Catania. They just take 2 weeks off in August. They have a cat. The family only have one car so the use of car will be related to the duties with the children. Catania is a lovely, quite large city on the beautiful island of Sicily. Sicily has a lot of history and lovely sandy beaches. In this position you have a lot of free time so plenty of time to explore the surrounding areas or just spend time on the beach. There are other au-pairs working the area. Sicily is well known for its gorgeous crushed ice made with fresh strawberries and lemons and hot climate.