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Oakland, CA - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English. Looking for a female Au Pair. 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 06/29/2008	Last Activity 11/11/2008	Profile added to 26 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 53 Due
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City	Oakland
State/Province	CA
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair
Prefers an Au Pair gender of	Female
Au Pair must be able to speak	English
Prefers an Au Pair in the age range	18-26
Prefers an Au Pair of the nationality	Austrian, Belgian, British, Bulgarian, Cypriot, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
Years of education required	No preference
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair to live in/out	Either
A car is available for Au Pair's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$101 - $200
Light housework required of Au Pair	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Roman Catholic
We require care for children under age 2	Yes
Number of children	Not Specified
Children's ages	2
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	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair required	August, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair required	August, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair is required	9 months
Longest period Au Pair is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair job description

Family of 3: A Commercial Photographer, an Illustrator/Art Director and a energetic 2.5 year old daughter. We're seeking care for our daughter, as well as some housekeeping help. We're starting to look for au pairs now (August '08), but we probably won't be able to bring someone in until October. If you're with an agency, please let us know when you respond to us. Thanks!

Family's Message to Au Pairs

Hi there! We're looking for someone who will enjoy participating in the following with our daughter: outdoor activities (especially cycling, swimming and snowsports), trips to gymnastics and playgroups, healthy food, art activities, reading, and generally speaking with her a lot. This is what we do, so we know it works for her! Our au pair will have her own separate cottage to live in towards the back of our property, and use of a car. We live in the scenic Oakland Hills, which is right across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco. It's a great place to live! We like to travel to Lake Tahoe in the winter for snowboarding and we do at least one camping trip per year. We also have a lovable little Boston Terrier named Penny. She is one year older than our daughter, and will play with you as long as you can stand it! She otherwise likes snuggling in your lap. We hope our au pair will become a little part of our family! Now we have to say, we know some au pairs come to America to party, and that has sometimes become a problem with other families. We're not strict by any means, and we'll probably even show you some cool places, but please make sure your party life can be separate from our family life. It can be tough making breakfast for a 2-year old when you're hung over! :) Smiles, and we hope to hear from you!