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Arlington, VA - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English, and Italian. Looking for a female Au Pair or Nanny. Our aupair will need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 03/19/2005	Last Activity 09/04/2008	Profile added to 18 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 12 Due
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Contact Information for this Host Family
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City	Arlington
State/Province	VA
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair or Nanny
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny gender of	Female
Au Pair or nanny must be able to speak	English
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny of the nationality	American, British, German, Italian, Scottish, Swiss
Years of education required	12
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair or nanny	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair or nanny to live in/out	Live Out
A car is available for Au Pair or nanny's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	Negotiable
Light housework required of Au Pair or nanny	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English Italian
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Episcopalian
We require care for children under age 2	Yes
Number of children	2
Children's ages	1.5 and 3
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	Yes
Our family falls in the age group	30-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	Yes
Earliest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	July, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	September, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair or nanny is required	12 months
Longest period Au Pair or nanny is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair/Nanny job description

Greetings from Arlington, Virginia, just across the river from Washington, D.C.! We are looking for a creative, cheerful, reliable, enthusiastic, loving nanny with good judgment to welcome into our family. Our nanny should have experience with infants, toddlers, and young children. In addition to English, both children have learned significant German and Spanish from our current nanny and neighbors, and we would like to continue to develop their language skills. Driving the children to school, classes, or other activities will be necessary. We have a car for your use, but you should have a driver's license and a safe driving record. Knowledge of CPR and basic first aid are preferable, but we would be willing to sponsor training.

Family's Message to Au Pairs and Nannies

We are an active family with two children. Our daughter Annabelle turned 3 in January, is fully potty-trained, and will be starting school in September. Our son John turned 1 in November, is walking, knows some baby sign language (please, thank you, milk, more, all done, etc.), and is also beginning to talk. Our neighborhood is very close-knit and social, with lots of young children, nannies, au-pairs, and stay-at-home Moms to visit and plan activities with. Both children are bright, inquisitive, and imaginative, and they like to explore their world by playing in the park, going on walks, singing, reading books, or doing "projects" -- coloring, painting, playing with clay, building with blocks, or doing just about anything outside. Both children enjoy field trips, such as to pick fruit or vegetables, or visit a local zoo, park, aquarium, farm, or arts center. In our spare time, we enjoy gardening, photography, and boating on the Chesapeake Bay, which is nearby. We also spend time playing with our mixed-breed hound dog, Cookie, whom we adopted from a local shelter in 2001.